What Even is Yoga?
There is so much misinformation out there about what yoga really is, mainstream myths as I call them. White skinny rich women wear those tight pants and stretch. Right? Well, let’s clear this awful stereotype up. Anybody can do yoga. You don’t need more than a body to try it. Yoga does not have to […]
Reuniting with Self
Unpacking the disease process: According to science the elements are grouped into 5 categories: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ether. From these elements, Ancient Ayurvedic teachings have identified 3 major groups of energy present within the body that are believed to circulate within the body and govern physical, mental, emotional characteristics. Pitta: fire and water […]
STROKE YOGA
Yoga this complex system or practice that brings us into ourselves; healing from an injury that has disconnected us from ourselves or typically one half of the body seems like an obvious pairing to me Breathing into the body because the disruption was all about blood flow, therefore oxygen loss. Blood is the vehicle oxygen […]
The Frequency of Life
So many talk about energy and raising vibrations, but not many actually explain these scales and what types of things lower frequency (that rate at which something vibrates) Lets start with the first scale of vibrations in the things we put in our bodies this includes foods and hygiene products, soaps, shampoos, face wash, toothpaste, […]
Intuitive Living
Let’s talk Ayurveda: the science of life. You really cant talk about yoga without referencing Ayurveda. Some say ayurveda and yoga are sisters. Some say Ayurveda is the science that supports yoga. The Sanskrit word Avurevda translates to “Science of life” Ayu– meaning life or day to day Veda-meaning knowing It is also […]
TRAUMA…
70% of people in the US have experienced trauma but only 3% have been diagnosed with PTSD. Trauma is defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. 70% doesn’t even seem right… my bet is its more like 100% of people. You see Doctors are able to discern PTSD and if my trauma is labeled […]
Space and Time
Between any stimulus and our brain there is a space. A place time does not exist. A moment. A doorway some might say. A threshold. Every second new opportunity. Yoga is literally the science of life. A practice that allows this space to be known. It needs space to give space. In his book, A […]
Spasticity and the Breath
As a stroke survivor and registered yoga teacher I have found there is a lot the medical community does not take the time to help brain injury survivors learn after a brain trauma, because of some pretty huge gaps in research studies. The things they tell you are you will never get better, they leave […]
Meditation
This is the question I have gotten asked to most in my yoga teaching experiences. There is a mysticism around this word. There is a lot of general confusion about what it is. My favorite way to meditate is in nature for sure! But that’s me! There is a special quality about connecting to nature […]
…Trauma Continued
You don’t have to have gone to war to experience PTSD. Trauma is Trauma. Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk explains in his brilliant book and life’s work on the body and the trauma response, The Body keeps the Score. Fight, flight, freeze, fawn are our bodies 4 responses to trauma. This means trauma occurs […]