Yoga for A Connected Heart Have you ever felt that deep direction from universal forces and at the same time complete free will? Well that’s when your air element is home. It’s place in our body is obviously the lungs and heart. The hands and arms are extensions and express the power air through our…
Do you ever wonder where your pleasure went? Did you know feeling rigid, controlling and critical often has to do with our pelvis? Or that feeling drained, disconnected or never … enough, is equally related to pelvic health. Because our pelvis is our place of pleasure, playfulness and prosperity, it’s integrity is essential. Because the…
We create mental clarity and focus by understanding our mind body. In Sanskrit this is called Manomaya kosha, the mind illusion sheath. With mental clarity naturally leads to confidence, curiosity and creativity flow. Our mind true state is reflective, clear and deep like a mountain lake. The mind, like a lake, remains clear when it…
So, the articles we’ve wandered through the body on a journey exploring the effects of our posture. We’ve seen how posture improvement is essential to our health and wellbeing, and how Yoga can affect that. Yoga can simultaneously improve posture and uplift our mood. This week we’re slipping into the movement of Yoga to uplift…
So why do I keep going on about emotions, you might ask, and how can Yoga improve them? Emotions drive our impulses. They filter our perception, relation and reactions, in that order. If we don’t know which emotion prompts us, we react instead of respond. We risk communication and relation breakdowns. Communication is the basis for…
“Since emotions run every system in the body, don’t underestimate their power to treat and heal.” – Candace Pert. How powerful that feeling of total bliss or joy is when we’re elated, delighted and excited all rolled into one. It gives us energy and motivation to do incredible things with ease and confidence. Or equally…
