Are your pain and anxiety pointing to an internal roadblock?
We tend to think of physical pain, depression and anxiety as stand-alone issues. If you experience physical pain, you usually try to figure out where the damage is and what[…]
Category: yoga for your mind
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Does the way you see the world limit you or empower you? Four steps to change your thinking patterns
What do you think is the most effective yogic tool for working with the intellectual mind? Is it meditation? Nope. Meditation helps you to observe and focus the mind, but[…]
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How to train your memory and encourage learning
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[…]
Do our thoughts make us suffer? Five types of mental activities
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[…]
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Is there a difference between pain and suffering? Insights from Patanjali
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[…]
How patient-practitioner relationship impacts the healing process
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[…]
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Why yoga is effective for chronic pain management
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[…]
How the brain can interpret other signals as pain
One of my clients has recurring knee issues. For her, there is always a low degree of discomfort that never goes away; sometimes it flares up, causing sharp pain. When[…]
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Why do we tend to expect the worst when it comes to pain? Negativity bias
If you accomplish ten great things today and make one mistake, what will you more likely think about when you lie in bed at night? Most likely you will think[…]
How does pain become chronic?
A former client of mine, let’s call him John, bent over to tie his shoes one day and was unable to sit up because of excruciating pain in his lower[…]
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When you are hurt where does the pain come from?
Few years ago my family moved from one house to another. On the moving day I was carrying a big heavy box down the stairs and missed the last step.[…]
Embrace your own power by cultivating presence
In my first year of college my academic advisor had roped me into presenting at a minor conference. I complied, even though I didn’t care about the subject that was[…]
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Do you need tightening or loosening? Stability and ease at every level of the human system
“Clinical psychologists sometimes say that two kinds of people seek therapy: those who need tightening, and those who need loosening. For every patient seeking help in becoming more organized, self-controlled,[…]
Thank you for your feedback! A quick peek into 2017
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who completed our Reader Survey! I take your feedback to heart and will use it to guide my publishing choices[…]
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“Joy! Where are you?” Three ways to find your bliss through your yoga practice
My son’s favorite movie nowadays is Inside Out. He would literally watch it every day if we let him. He quotes the characters all the time and retells the jokes.[…]
How chanting OM affects your physiology
When my son was little, I used to sing lullabies to him. Unfortunately, most of the time I couldn’t remember the exact words of the song, so I ended up[…]
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Yoga’s secret ingredient for the busy mind
Students come to yoga classes for all kinds of reasons. Along with the most common ones of stretching, exercising and the like, I often hear “to get out of my[…]
The art and science of yoga sequencing: How the order of poses can change the effect of the practice
I remember hating Latin in college. Unfortunately, it was required for my degree, so I had to endure. For example, translating a Latin sentence takes a lot of work because[…]
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The Chakra model: the yogic map of personality
In 2002 I went to the Seattle Yoga Conference with the sole purpose of meeting Gary Kraftsow. I loved his book Yoga for Wellness and wanted to study with him.[…]
An Ode to Warrior
There are a handful of poses that I choose to do in almost every yoga practice, and Virabhadrasana 1 (Warrior 1) is one of them. This pose holds a special[…]
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