Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
There was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening the neighbors gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, “May be.” The next day[…]
In Pixar’s movie Inside Out there is a scene where two characters travel on a “train of thought” and accidentally bump into two boxes spilling their contents on the floor.[…]
I used to have a rather complicated relationship with my paternal grandmother. When I was little she had a looming presence in my life, often shaming me for the smallest[…]
“I just wanted to stay there forever – this pause feels so comfortable and peaceful,” – said one of my students after a yoga practice designed around Patanjali’s yoga sutra[…]
I met my teacher Gary Kraftsow at an event called “Yoga and Meditation Conference” in Seattle in 2004. Even then I was slightly puzzled by the title of the event[…]
According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras there are nine potential mental roadblocks that you can bump up against. When that happens, you might experience physical pain, anguish, agitation and disturbed breathing.[…]
My family and I are going to Spain later this summer, so not long ago I started taking Spanish lessons. And even though I already speak two languages, boy is[…]
Every moment of every day you are bombarded by information from outside and inside of your body. You take outside information in via the senses (it’s called perception) and internal[…]
When it comes to dealing with chronic pain we have to differentiate between pain and suffering. Pain is the actual physical /physiological response to the triggering injury or illness. It[…]
When one thinks of a brhmana practice that is supposed to build and energize the system, it is easy to conjure images of sun salutations, challenging standing poses and fast[…]
I have experienced a full-blown panic attack once in my life about 10 years ago. I was flying back home from my mom’s funeral and in the middle of the[…]
When you are in pain, the body gets stuck in a loop of emergency stress response and continues to cycle through endocrine response (release of adrenaline); sympathetic system activation (fight-flight-or-freeze)[…]
The other day I was cooking dinner as my son was watching a kid’s movie about Sid the science kid. I wasn’t paying attention to the actual storyline, but I[…]
Your body likes to be in a state of internal balance. It is called homeostasis and indicates a stable internal environment. Homeostasis maintains the state of internal equilibrium on the[…]
Some days when I begin my yoga practice I can feel the entire physical history of my body: here is that neck tension from staring at the computer all day[…]
Your brain interprets your bodily sensations based on context and experience. If you feel a rumbling sensation in your stomach and it’s almost dinner time, you interpret it as hunger[…]
There is a heated ongoing debate in the yoga community about the difference between a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. Some feel that yoga by its nature is therapeutic, so[…]
One of my clients is currently shopping for a doctor. She is trying to find one that she can stick with for a while and so far she hadn’t been[…]
When my son was little he used to freak out every time he fell down and scraped his knee. He would start screaming that he “needed a doctor”, that “this[…]
In our digital world technology experts continuously come up with solutions to make our everyday lives easier. Need to share your pictures? There is an app for that! Need help[…]
