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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I started to think about my offhanded video title “Sweet and Spicy Core” and what a confusing, nonsensical image that might be. Speaking linguistically, we throw the word “core” around to take on a broad range of meanings. The definition of “core” includes absolute, deep rooted, or in a complete or extreme way. Most often, …
This body spiral practice came out of several inventive ingredients; The practical one being I laid on my newly finished floor to test the viscosity for what I thought would be a short moment and was still rolling around 45 minutes later in a cathartic state. I also recognized earlier in the week during several …
The most powerful thing to change pain is your own mind. A practice used in Yoga Therapy for healing pain is the method of distraction. Distraction is about re-investing some of your focus. It does not mean the pain is gone. For instance, we often use the breath as an awareness point to distract ourselves …
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I did a twelve minute interview on mindbodyradio.com today and you can listen HERE. Since I am more comfortable writing than public speaking, after the interview, I wrote down what I wish I would have said about being a Yoga Therapist and studio owner. What do you do?I offer a variety of accessible weekly classes …
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Have you considered going on a spiritual quest? The short, cold days and holidays season provide a particularly inviting opportunity and energy to explore spirituality. But the problem is we cannot take a spiritual journey because we are spiritual beings having a human experience. What we can do in the dark of winter is garden …
Bear Foot Yoga and Bodhi the yoga dog featured in the 2018 summer issue of Lake & Country magazine! Megan MacCarthy, owner of Bear Foot Yoga in Burlington, aims to make yoga welcoming and accessible to all, through a focus on yoga therapy. At her studio you can find a delicate balance and assortment of …
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