What will you find if you turn within? Yogic approach to meditation
One of the things I missed the most during the past year was travel. I really enjoy a complete change of scenery that puts distance between you and your usual[…]
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Happy Global Yoga Therapy Day! Celebrate by connecting with healthcare and yoga professionals
A yoga student said to me once: “I have all the tools I need to deal with my current issue, but I don’t use them. I know the kinds of[…]
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Three main forces that define your mental state, reactions and behavior: The gunas and the Polyvagal Theory
According to the yoga tradition, there are three qualities, or three energetic forces, that are always present (to various degrees) in all things and beings in the world. Those qualities[…]
Keeping your “body budget” balanced: How to avoid depleting your resources
I love it when Eastern and Western approaches to health and wellness overlap, even if they speak entirely different languages. For example, the Ayurvedic tradition is based on the concept[…]
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Can yoga help us manage our emotions?
I recently read an article about some major employers closing down their operations for weeks at a time to make sure that all their employees could get a break. The[…]
Short yoga snacks for more summer fun: Get your body ready for hiking, gardening, and strolling
How’s your yoga practice going this summer? Do you have an opportunity to luxuriate in your practice, or does it fall by the wayside of other activities? If it’s the[…]
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How to break long-term goals into manageable pieces in your work with yoga students
Last week we discussed how to set long-term goals for your work with yoga students. Once the student (with the teacher’s help) gains clarity on what they wish to accomplish[…]
How to set long-term goals for your work with yoga students
When we work with yoga students one-on-one, we always begin by identifying each student’s unique needs. The first question we always ask our new yoga students is, “What do you[…]
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How to ensure that an organization you work with is HIPAA compliant
Yoga teachers and therapists often handle student information that is considered private and therefore bear certain responsibilities under the HIPAA. It is the personal responsibility of every yoga teacher and[…]
HIPAA: Yoga teachers’ responsibilities concerning private student information
About ten years ago, I ran a wellness center that housed different types of practitioners, including yoga teachers, massage therapists, acupuncturists, and movement therapists. One day a laptop belonging to[…]
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Yoga snacks for summer activities
After a year of keeping our interaction circles and our travel routes intentionally small, we are now starting to venture out into the world, only to discover that our bodies[…]
The path of a teacher or yoga therapist: Accessing inner wisdom to chart your course
We live in a busy world. The householder stage of life is weighted with responsibilities at work and home and being a citizen of the world. Wonderful, but complicating, is[…]
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What’s next? Reemerging from the pandemic and setting direction for the future
I will never forget the description of the experience my yoga teacher Gary Kraftsow shared with us about his recovery from brain surgery many years ago. As I remember it,[…]
Five yoga practices for better digestion
Our digestive systems are in charge of breaking down food into its basic components, which are then absorbed into the blood and transported throughout the entire body. Food is the[…]
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Morning Rituals: Four steps to creating a morning you love
How do you start your morning? In a given week, do you create space to begin your day with intention, peace of mind and a connection to something bigger? Or[…]
Revise your body story and give your practice meaning with Nyasas
Humans have used body movements and hand gestures to tell stories and facilitate particular psychological states since the beginning of time. For example, Hawaiian hula dance was meant to promote[…]
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Hrdaya (Anga) Nyasa: Open up to cosmic energy and protect yourself from external negative influences
Nyasa is a symbolic gesture of placing the mantra onto one’s body so that the body becomes the seat or temple of the Deity. One of the most potent and[…]
Nyasas: Symbolic gestures that turn your body into a temple
Mudras are specific hand gestures that are meant to have symbolic, energetic and healing qualities. Most mudras are static gestures, but you can also make them dynamic when the actual[…]
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How to infuse your yoga practice with meaning: Devata Yoga
In our home yoga practice and in our work with our students, we always seek to make the yoga practice personal and relevant to the practitioner. This can only happen[…]
Mudra in a supporting role: How to use mudras to help manifest the intention of your practice
Last week we discussed how you can organize an entire practice around a mudra, if you give your mudra a leading role in your yoga practice. A mudra can also[…]
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