As I have been dealing with intense joint pain, particularity when waking up, I have been taking to heart a quote that I heard awhile back that “the brain is like velcro for negative experiences and teflon for positive ones”. The acceptance of this statement has been leading my practices. In yoga, the “velcro” might …
Vacationing to see family can be a trigger and that is where I am as I write this. The joke is that if you want to test your mental strength and spiritual attainment, spend time with family. I have always been and continue to be “too sensitive”. Doing embodied practices does not desensitize me. Quite …
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Whatever hemisphere you are in, we just passed through the solstice; an important annual event in the astronomical calendar. Though the idea of the days getting longer or shorter may seem like it has more to do with your electric bill, the amount of daylight we receive sets the tone for our food choices, practices, …
Welcome into June! As a lifelong Northern hemisphere dweller, June has always been my favorite month, if only for the beauty of the landscape and abundant light. My recent move to new weather patterns has made “June” one of my favorite words in the English language. A walk down the Irish boreen brings me yellow …
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It is my opinion as a 55 year old woman that when you go through menopause, biological knowledge is power. So is a therapeutic yoga practice that addresses the adrenal glands. Hot flashes, or vasomotor instability as it is called in medical terms, is partially a product of imbalance in the adrenal glands. Adrenal insufficiency …
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The hips are lamentably but accurately considered the junk drawer of stored emotions. If you follow the belief that the issues are in the tissues, mental health conditions and trauma create physical symptoms in our body. Even when mental stress dulls or ceases, tension lingers in the tissues of the body in the form of …
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No single muscle (or pair of muscles like the Quadratus Lumborum – QL) should be held accountable for low back pain. Never the less, if you do have low back pain, the QL muscle is likely to be tight. QL is the deepest supporter in your lumbar spine (L1-L5, AKA ‘low back’). As such, it …
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It was so fun to have a yogi friend visit this week. We got to play on the new wall ropes, use the yoga toys and props from the old Bear Foot Yoga Studio and buy a new gong! My dear friend Liz first showed up in my life at an “Introduction to Yoga” workshop …
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