Yoga: A Path of Building Mental Resilience while Having Fun! Similar to the roaring 1920s after the 1918 flu pandemic, many of us are eager to engage in more self-care, as well as more fun, to help us separate ourselves from the unpleasantness of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoga, through movement and exercise, is an excellent [...]
Healing is an Inside Job and Melanie Salvatore-August’s Book, Yoga to Support Immunity, Gives you the Tools “Healing comes from within. We have the power to heal ourselves—no one else can do it for us; it is truly an inside job,” says Melanie Salvatore-August in Yoga to Support Immunity: Mind, Body, Breathing Guide to [...]
We are always just one breath away from feeling better when using breathwork Could something we do every day really be that simple and at the same time complex? Absolutely! It could be said that the two most important breaths in our life are our first and our last breaths...but what is most important to [...]
Transforming Trauma--The Gift in the Wound Investigating the impact of trauma in our lives can be an important part of healing our anxiety. Unresolved traumatic experiences from our past can fuel (and be the source of) our anxiety, unbeknownst to us. Sometimes people don’t realize that some of the experiences they have had may have [...]
Rituals and Routines for Transitional Times How do we keep practice alive, fresh, and rich with presence? When done regularly can we maintain an attitude of curiosity, of refined awareness? Ritual, or routine with intent, can lend support to daily and larger life transitions; practice is a part of that. Such rituals don’t have to [...]
Hala Khouri Photo by Sarit Rogers What Does it Mean to Participate in Redefining Self in These Times? There is a collective anxiety that many people are experiencing these days. It’s an anxiety about the state of the world—politics, the environment, lack of safety in public spaces, our relationship to people different [...]
Photo by Brooke Ziegler Connecting to Health through Time Outdoors In many ways, getting out of the studio and into nature during the Covid-19 pandemic have unintentionally deepened our yoga practice, our connections to each other, and our connections to the earth. As a naturopathic doctor, there a number of benefits I see [...]
The Modern Use of CBD Over the past few decades, yoga and the use of cannabidiol (CBD) have become two leading practices in American home physical therapy and health supplementation. While this is a fairly recent phenomenon in Western countries, you might be surprised to know how far back it goes in Central Asia, [...]
The Ego Trap of Spiritual Arrogance When we think about cultivating our inner faith, we do not often consider how closely faith ties into spiritual arrogance. The topic of spiritual arrogance is vast and deep. But when we feel into how this subtle aspect of ego-driven identification has unfolded within ourselves and within those around [...]
If you experience anxiety you are not alone. Statistics show that 18% of Americans report anxiety and it’s predicted that 31% of adults, will experience anxiety at some point in their lives. For many of us, it is our struggles with anxiety that led us to our yogic and spiritual practices in the first place. [...]