From Me To You
Guest Blog: Improving Health and Fitness by Melissa Howard
If you want to live a happy and fulfilling life, self-care should be a top priority. But, what can you do if your budget is tight and your calendar is packed? Luckily, inexpensive and time-efficient measures can help you feel your best. Stay Hydrated Drinking...
Vulnerable Patience
“Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges...
Yoga As We Age
“ Growing older is an inescapable fact of life. When we reach middle age we become more aware of the depletion of our natural stores of vitality…We do have a choice to conserve our health and make the most of our potential. Yoga is about that choice.” Mary Stewart...
Wobbling Away From Yourself
I believe that yoga practice is at its most transformational when we use it as a way to restore, nurture, and expand a loving, compassionate relationship with ourselves. We do this not only for ourselves but also because doing so changes the way we see others and...
Surprising Benefits of On-line Yoga: by Carol Krucoff C-IAYT, E-RYT 500
My experience teaching Gentle Yoga online has offered some unexpected insights into the surprising benefits of virtual classes: Convenience. Many students enjoy not having to drive somewhere (especially in bad weather), find parking, and get their...
There’s a (Yoga) App for That: Creative Tools for Your Home Practice
Guest Blogger From rehabilitating your body to rejuvenating your mind, yoga helps you slow down and live a healthier life. Recent studies link yoga to health benefits like stress relief and pain reduction. Yoga may also ease symptoms of mental conditions like PTSD and...
“Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in. And this is the point of spiritual practice; to make us teachable; to open up our hearts and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are.”
Neuroscience research suggests that the process of managing wobbles begins with awareness. This awareness includes both the actual detection of the mental wobble and an understanding of our emotional reaction to it. A wobble perceived as harmful results in the...
American Book Fest Award!
I am thrilled to say I was a finalist in a book award." American Book Fest has announced the winners and finalists of The 2021 Best Book Awards on November 16, 2021. Embrace Your Wobbles: Wisdom from the Yoga Mat is an Award Winning Finalist in the Health: General...
Two Little Voices
All of us have multiple voices inside us; they are part of the ongoing narrative of the mind. Each voice expresses a specific opinion regarding how we should respond to a wobble (the challenge at the moment). Sylvia Boorstein, a teacher in the Buddhist...
