‘Trauma-sensitive yoga’ has become quite catchy in recent years, but is there substance behind the trend? Here are the top reasons to try trauma-sensitive yoga today. Yoga is a supposed prescription for all kinds of ailments, but it might not feel like it’s for you. What, exactly, makes some yoga ‘trauma-sensitive,’ and why does that…
2.1 Tapaha Svadyaya isvara pranidanani kriya yoga 1: Purification (self-control) 2: Self study 3: Faith in something bigger than self This sutra happens to be my favorite. My mantra. My driving force to a healthy, well-balanced life. It is a guideline I try and live by to give me direction. Success is varied of course,…
Today in the West, we mostly think of yoga as an exercise system that moves us through positions we put our bodies in to create more flexibility. Often people tell me they can’t “do yoga” because they are not flexible. I am so excited to have begun blogging for Cardinal Point to dispel these false…
The human brain needs to decompress, to take a break to rid itself from stress. Today everywhere you turn, technology is growing, making things easier, quicker, and demanding more of our free time. Most of us use every spare moment between meetings, picking the kids up, even walking to our cars, to go online. Because…
Therapeutic yoga is my passion. But yoga is so much more than poses and stretches. Yoga sutras take therapeutic yoga to the next level and will help you to live a healthier life. In this blog I will describe my favorite sutra and what a sutra really is. 2.1 Tapaha Svadyaya isvara pranidanani kriya yoga …
5 Easy Steps To Combat Negative Self Talk With Yoga Cultivating Counteracting thoughts of Love: The Practice of Pratipaksa-bhavana Today in the West, we mostly think of yoga as an exercise system that moves us through positions we put our bodies in to create more flexibility. Often people tell me they can’t “do yoga” because…
