Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
The amount of twisting we do in our daily lives is minimal, yet spinal rotation is essential for keeping your spine healthy and your physiology running smoothly. Twisting postures involve[…]
To have a strong body, we need a supple spine, stable skeletal structure, supportive core, toned muscles, and stable joints, all linked together in an integrative way and balanced within[…]
Many yoga teachers/therapists find delving into the world of marketing quite overwhelming. For others, the thought of promoting their services can present with some unease. However, to create a successful[…]
In the old times, those who wanted to study yoga had to seek out a teacher and beg them for yoga knowledge. The way my teacher, Gary Kraftsow, who studied[…]
Do you want to maintain that summer energy and keep moving your body as days get shorter and darker? Yoga can help with that. Try one (or more) of our[…]
Do you want to feel stronger and more stable? How do you get there? The answer might seem obvious – if you want a stronger body, strengthen your muscles. Lift[…]
How many thoughts do you think you have per day? What percentage of those are useful thoughts? Scientists estimate that an average person has about 60,000 thoughts per day, and[…]
Oftentimes our bodies try to get our attention through physical pain and discomfort. The messages that the body is trying to send us range from simple “Quit lifting heavy things[…]
Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques can help yoga therapists accomplish two fundamental goals in their work with students: unblending (letting go of attachment, vairagya in yogic terms) and unburdening (minimizing[…]
In a recent yoga therapy session, a student of mine came to a realization that she would no longer be able to do certain yoga poses because of her recent[…]
When we have a persistent pain or health problem that doesn’t seem to respond to usual measures, it helps to take a closer look and see what’s happening within our[…]
Every student who comes in seeking yoga therapy is a complex blend of structural and physiological peculiarities, genetics, past experiences, perceptions, ideas, habitual patterns of movement and behavior, and so[…]
I recently watched a show called Fleishman is in Trouble, which unpacks the aftermath of a divorce. The story’s female protagonist, Rachel, played by Clare Danes, had a difficult childhood[…]
I have an early childhood memory of crying about something or rather and my father taking a camera off the shelf, taking a picture of me, and telling me with[…]
For as long as I can remember, my students have talked about their body parts as if they have their own personalities and agendas. They would say things like, “My[…]
My grandmother on my mom’s side had lost her mother early in life. When my grandmother was in elementary school, her mother was arrested by the Communist Party for some[…]
Last weekend, the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once won an Oscar. The film visually demonstrated how the choices we make in our lives could lead us toward entirely different[…]
Your right and left brain hemispheres approach the tasks you do throughout your day a bit differently: the left one looks at things linearly, as a sequence, and the right[…]
Even though February is still in full swing, signs of spring are already in the air. When I go for my afternoon walk, I can almost feel the trees getting[…]
How do you feel when you are at peace with yourself? Inner peace (or peace of mind), by definition, is an absence of conflict; it is a state of calm that[…]
