“The struggle ends when the gratitude begins” – Neale Donald Walsch In this season of giving Thanks, we consider gratitude. Gratitude comes easily for the good things in our life. Our loved ones, being in nature, or a successful endeavor. Gratitude enhances our...
In the United Kingdom, yoga is now being offered through the national healthcare system. (Learn more here.) This initiative was in part prompted by those suffering from lingering, or new, symptoms post COVID-19 infection. These individuals have been termed COVID...
Our fingers are connected to energy channels in our body, to our nervous system and brain. By holding certain fingers we can help to calm down the energy channel and area of the brain that finger is associated with. These finger holds can be done on yourself or...
Mudras are like yoga poses for the hands. The hands are intimately connected to the nervous system. There is a huge portion of the brain dedicated to processing the sensory input from the hands. (Learn more about this here.) By placing the hands in certain...
We all feel out of sorts at times and to varying degrees. Sometimes these moments can turn into days, months and years. How do we restore balance? Body-based practices are some of the quickest ways to restore balance. Why is this? This is because there are more...
This human image is known as the sensory homunculus. It represents the portion of the brain dedicated to the sensory input receive from the different parts of the body. Notice the hands are huge! This is why hand placement, known as nyasa in yoga, is such an...
Now is the time to build up respiratory fitness. How do we do that? By breathing better. Often when we think about breathing better we think about taking a bigger breath or that we need to take in more oxygen. This is actually a misnomer. What we want to do is to...
Guided Meditation Exploring the Pain (Adapted from Pain Meditation III by Stephen Levine) Let your body settle into its relaxed comfortable position. Bring your attention to the breath. Feel the body expanding and softening, in tune with the breath. Bring attention to...
Guided Meditation Opening Around the Pain (Adapted from Stephen Levine’s Pain Meditation I) Relax into your body. Bring awareness to the breath. Feel the body expanding and softening, in an oceanic rhythm, in tune with the breath. Bring awareness, to the area of...
Yoga is inherently therapeutic as it functions on all levels of one’s being – physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual. This is why so many people are attracted to yoga and why so many health care professionals are now recommending yoga. Numerous...