Give Sorrow Words: Creative Writing for Grief and Loss
Giving your sorrow words through creative writing. In grief, loss, and trauma writing helps us express and release feelings that otherwise have no outlet.
Chakras and Grief: Remembering Wholeness
How is the subtle body affected by life-altering and painful events? Learn from Karla Helbert, licensed professional counselor, Yoga therapist, and certified Integral Yoga teacher, as she explains chakras, koshas, and how we can practice remembering wholeness through...
Ahimsa and Environmentalism: Iana’s Solar Bus Story
Ahimsa is the Yogic principle of non-harm, from the Yoga Sutra’s Yamas and Niyamas. Essential for any Yogi, ahimsa applies to all our actions, not only with one another and ourselves but with all living beings and the planet as a whole. “Unless one is firmly rooted in...
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Step Out of the Studio for 2017 Yoga Festivals
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What is Medical Yoga? The Medical Yoga program is a holistically-based health education program that focuses on bringing the body, mind, and spirit into a higher state of health and alignment. This program helps an inidual in the management of stress and in choosing a...
Setting a Sankalpa for Change
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The Ten Commandments of Back Pain
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Ayurveda, Addiction, and Recovery
This post is an edited excerpt from Ayurveda Journal of Health, vol. XIV, issue 2, Spring 2016, (16–21). Read the full, uncut article here. Ayurveda is often introduced and practiced alongside its sister science of Yoga, which has been heartily embraced by a large...
Shake It Off: Neurogenic Yoga™ and TRE®
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Serving Our Service Members: Bringing Yoga and Meditation to Military Communities
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Yoga for a Lighter Life: Mind-Body Health
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Yoga and Ayurveda: Sister Sciences
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