Yoga and mental health are inextricably intertwined. Yoga helps promote mindfulness, healing from trauma, and boosts creativity. Yoga has been thoroughly studied for its mental health benefits and has been proven to help with anxiety, depression, and many other mental health disorders. Even without a specific...
Read More🔻 The Guru of Giggling shares how it’s possible (and beneficial) to laugh—even in the face of a pandemic. “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now,” wrote Veronica Roth in her dystopian novel Divergent. But is it okay to laugh (is...
Read MoreA 15-minute meditation that begins by imagining yourself surrounded by a circle of the most loving beings, making generous offerings of love and goodwill to you. BY SHARON SALZBERG ↓ ↓ A Meditation for Opening the Heart 15:49 1) Imagine your are encircled by people who...
Read MoreResearch suggests that mindfulness benefits our bodies, not just our minds. Ask a group of people why they meditate and you’ll get a list of replies as varied as the people you’re asking—generally, the reason will have something to do with each individuals’...
Read MoreMeditation isn’t a vacation from everyday life—it can be an intensive course in exploring your inner landscape. If you need rest, Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce says meditation may not be the best way to manage your mind. In Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things...
Read More↓ Strengthen, support, and stretch out your hips. Every time I ask for requests in my yoga classes, someone mentions hip openers. Lots of people go to yoga simply because their hips brought them there! Our hips are designed to move in a lot of different directions,...
Read MoreTry these three helpful poses to bring stress relief to your muscles. ↓ Your psoas (pronounced SOAZ) is a major part of your core and most of the movement in your body, since it is the only muscle in your body that connects your spine to your...
Read MoreTry these three helpful poses to bring stress relief to your muscles. ◊ Your psoas (pronounced SOAZ) is a major part of your core and most of the movement in your body since it is the only muscle in your body that connects your spine to your...
Read MoreUse this guided meditation to draw the senses closer to connect with the body in the present moment. ↓ Pratyahara is a word that’s often translated to mean “withdrawing the senses.” I like to think of it instead as a way to draw the senses closer, to work...
Read MoreFix Your DNA with Meditation and Yoga A new study suggests that mind-body interventions can reverse a common molecular reaction that causes poor health. Meditation, tai chi, and yoga—we know how good it feels to practice these and other mind-body traditions. We become more relaxed. More focused....
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By focusing on the breath while doing some simple mindful movements you can synchronize your mind and body with breath and rhythm. ♠ Mindful movement can help you tap into that space beyond your busy mind where you are already calm and clear. By focusing on the breath while...
Read More♠ The Art of Receiving What You Are Getting We don’t always get what we want. But we always get what we receive. ↓ In Sanskrit, the word diksa means initiation. It usually refers to the teachings passed on from a guru to a student. New York yoga teacher...
Read More♥ Breathe We all have the most perfect relaxation system already built within us, the breath. The only problem is - most of us have forgotten how to use it properly. Instead, we rely on short, shallow breathing which tells our body there is something stressful going...
Read More↓ How to Wake Up Your Body for Morning Meditation Win the morning with 5-minutes of mindful movement to synchronize your body and mind with movement, breath, and stillness. ↓ When you win the morning, you win the day. But there are days when my body isn’t quite ready...
Read MoreTips for Insomniacs with Busy Minds ♠ I’ve struggled with insomnia my whole life. It’s partly because I think a little too much, and sometimes when I lie down and get quiet in my body, my mind thinks it’s a great opportunity to pipe up and tell...
Read MoreEye Gazing: See Your Soul Shine * Avidya, or the “lack of light,” is a symptom of not identifying with the deeper and greater part of our self. We all have an inherent light within us, whether we call it the soul, the atman, or something else...
Read More4 Common Types of Self-Talk How paying attention to your internal dialog can free you from you self-doubt, and help familiarize you with your own personal brand of autopilot. The Laboratory of Neuroimaging at the University of Southern California says that a person has about seventy thousand thoughts per...
Read MoreMeditation Is Hard When You Hate Yourself * Maybe at some point, you decided to try meditation—thinking it might help you resemble those placid, robe-draped figures chanting in the documentaries. Maybe you marveled at those scientific studies linking meditation with reduced anxiety and better sleep. Maybe you started...
Read More* The 7 Qualities of Mindfulness Trained in the Body Scan The body scan is a foundational mindfulness practice that introduces us to working more skillfully with experience. Try it for yourself. Although in some ways it can seem quite simple, mindfulness is a multifaceted skill. The...
Read More* Calcium: Everything You Need to Know From the health benefits to the best resources, here’s the scoop on calcium. * Google has this handy little widget, now. Search any medical term, and, on the results page, a sidebar pops up, running down the basics of the disease or...
Read MoreA Personalized Wellness Experience * Finding the time, money, and resources to exercise can be challenging for the average person, especially for those who lack experience or knowledge in the field. Many of us juggle long work hours, running a household, and other responsibilities that leave little...
Read More* 6 Meditations For Personal Transformation Here are six meditations for personal transformation. * Human beings crave comfort. What I’ve noticed during my 14 plus years of practice is that comfort is an end-point for many people. “I want to be comfortable,” is what we say. We link comfort...
Read More* The 10 Breaths Practice * Excerpted from Ten Breaths to Happiness: Touching Life in Its Fullness, by Glen Schneider When a beautiful moment presents itself and you encounter something you would like to savor, such as sunlight on a dewdrop: Stop whatever you are doing. Close your eyes,...
Read MoreYour Breath Is Your Super Power * If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, you’ve heard some reference to the breath at some point. We know it’s incredibly central to the yoga practice; the awareness of the breath is perhaps the thing that defines yoga against any...
Read More* The Many Possibilities of Joy in a Small Cup: Yoga, Life, and the Second Chakra * Lately, I’m really into joy. That probably makes me sound like a jerk. I don’t mean the kind of joy that comes with huge life-changing events like winning the lottery or making...
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