It’s hard to put into words how much YTT changed my life. Through the training, I learned poses, proper alignment, how to use visual language to direct another person’s body, how to use guiding touch, and about the history and purpose of yoga. But all of that, however important, pales in comparison to the greatest lessons I learned. For the first time in my life, I learned how to be Continue Reading
We all get messages. Are you listening?
Yoga, the process, the practice, leads us where we need to go! We all get messages – all of us. Sometimes we listen and take action motivated by our guardian angels / spirit guides, and sometimes we don’t. We might have really good reasons for putting off action…I am just too busy, money is tight right now or I need to prioritize someone or something else. Beware: ‘fear’ is underlying Continue Reading
Undoing the years of programming
How do we undo the years of programming? The practice of yoga helps us all rewire our mind, body and spirit reconditioning and changing the neurological pathways. So how do we do it? We do it slowly, steadily with tons of empathy and understanding. We don’t condemn or blame, get angry or punish because that only puts more negative energy, matter and toxic waste into already diminished life Continue Reading
Yoga: The Best Medicine Ever
For me, Yoga is the best medicine ever, as it reintegrates what was long ago torn apart. It is an oral and experiential tradition sanctified through direct practice. And it is in the practice that the healing occurs. Think about it: we spend thousands of dollars each year on health care and health insurance to treat conditions once they exist. We take medications, go to therapy, and allow Continue Reading
Self-Healing is Our Responsibility
Autumn always stirs up lots of stuff. It is the cycle of life in action and a call for self-healing. Nothing really dies, and yet death is experienced. The end of a physical existence, the conclusion of a relationship as we know it, the loss of a job, the leaves crumbling and disintegrating into the earth, is a death. We refer to this process as the cycle of life. It is change from one form to Continue Reading