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    • in Announcements
    • — 19 Oct, 2022

    Virtual event: Working with individuals & small therapeutic groups around trauma (with Mary Hilliker and Olga Kabel)

    Working with people who have experienced trauma is some of the most difficult and humbling work that we might take on as yoga therapists or yoga teachers trained in yoga[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your energy
    • — 12 Oct, 2022

    Taking care of yourself as a yoga therapist & yoga teacher who works with trauma recovery

    The ability to hold the space for clients who have experienced trauma requires the ability to take care of yourself and continue to refine your understanding of suffering and how[…]

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    • in Teaching tips
    • — 5 Oct, 2022

    The healing balm of therapeutic groups and working with the story

    Our connection with other human beings is essential to our health and happiness. Traumatic experiences can disrupt that interconnectedness, creating grief and isolation. Often clients are sitting with their story[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 28 Sep, 2022

    The role of the inner practices of yoga for working with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma

    The doorway into yoga for so many westerners is asana. In my last blog, I talked about the role of asana in working with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Asana[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body
    • — 21 Sep, 2022

    The role of asana as an intervention tool for collaborating with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma

    A painting is often a complex combination of the totality of it and the independent parts of it that come together to form the work of art. So, too, is[…]

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    • in Teaching tips
    • — 14 Sep, 2022

    Assessment models for working with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma

    Human suffering is universal, but everyone’s experience of suffering is unique, even for those who have been through the same traumatic event. Our role as Yoga Therapists and yoga teachers[…]

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    • in yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 7 Sep, 2022

    Issues in the tissues: Four main causes of our physical and mental suffering

    Time and time again, I find that Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras offer invaluable insight into every subject I’m exploring at any given moment. Last time we talked about the nervous system[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 31 Aug, 2022

    The remarkable nervous system and how it runs our physiology and cognition

    Are you or someone you know having a hard time? Do you experience mental or physical pain, tightness in your chest or stomach, restless sleep, or just a general sense[…]

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    • in Announcements
    • — 24 Aug, 2022

    One week only: End of summer sale on all yoga series

    As the summer gradually comes to an end and many of us return to more sedentary patterns of living, it becomes particularly important to keep moving our bodies and maintaining[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your mind
    • — 17 Aug, 2022

    What kind of rest do you need? Part 2

    In viniyoga, we often say that the remedy we choose should match the type of problem the student experiences. When someone is dealing with a structural issue, yoga asana would[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 10 Aug, 2022

    What kind of rest do you need? Part 1

    What kind of tired are you? ­– asks Saundra Dalton-Smith in her book Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity(1). This seems like a confusing question; how[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 3 Aug, 2022

    Short yoga practices to strengthen your body and move your energy

    Time and time again, research shows that moving our bodies makes us feel more healthy, vibrant, strong, and happy. Even a little movement goes a long way; but if you[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · Announcements
    • — 27 Jul, 2022

    How to help your students take the load off their back: A conversation with Rachel Lanzerotti

    Do you have questions about working with students with chronic lower back pain? Join experienced Yoga Therapists Rachel Lanzerotti and Olga Kabel for a casual discussion of practical teaching strategies[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body
    • — 20 Jul, 2022

    Where to begin with scoliosis and back pain

    Perhaps reading this first paragraph you’ll recognize, right away, why it might challenge a Yoga Therapist to figure out how to work with a new client who has scoliosis and[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body
    • — 13 Jul, 2022

    Where to begin with spondylolisthesis and back pain

    A new client contacts you about ongoing pain that bothers him most in the mornings and after athletics that include running. He reports, and your observations confirm, lower back pain[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body
    • — 6 Jul, 2022

    How working developmentally helps clients with back pain

    I first heard the term “developmental practice,” and directly experienced this approach myself when starting to teach yoga for low back pain ten years ago. Developmental movement practices are taught[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body
    • — 29 Jun, 2022

    What to ask a new client with chronic back pain

    A new client reaches out to you, saying they are suffering with back pain. It has eluded their efforts to feel better. The ongoing or recurring discomfort is keeping them[…]

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    • in Virtual Yoga Studio
    • — 22 Jun, 2022

    Short yoga breaks to feel stronger and more vital

    Would you like to feel strong? Would you like to feel vital? I am yet to meet a person who prefers to feel weak and drained, yet this is how[…]

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    • in Virtual Yoga Studio
    • — 15 Jun, 2022

    Yoga practices for dealing with anxiety

    Yoga is uniquely positioned to be very effective for dealing with anxiety because it addresses the symptoms and sources of anxiety on multiple levels of our systems. Our yoga practice[…]

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    • in Virtual Yoga Studio · yoga for your mind
    • — 8 Jun, 2022

    The racing German Shepherd in the mind

    Before I ever truly experienced anxiety, I studied it. I read about it. As a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, I was conscious about how to offer a calming, soothing[…]

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