Healingyoga

LATEST ARTICLES ( 206 )

• J. Brown: Simple Perfection

  Years ago, a teacher I was studying with spoke about the need to practice a style of yoga that didn't reinforce your current tendencies. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Healing Trauma

  Outside of having two near miss (and by near miss, I mean miraculously getting out of the car without injury being grateful -- and wholly surprised -- to be... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• It's Your Choice

  

  Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,there is a field. I'll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,the world is too full to talk about. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• On Self Care: Your Body

  

  I am not a runner (unless someone is chasing me) but I remember a conversation with one in which he said that runner's take extra special care of their feet... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Om Sweet Om

  When it comes to working out and/or practicing yoga, I'm definitely a homebody. I like to practice when I feel moved to do so (as opposed to studio or gym hours... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Does It Bring You Alive?

  "Sometimes, in order to know what love is, we need to experience what it is not." --DD Last night I was struck with the strong desire to do a little Spring... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Says Who?

  Ah, the "dirty" confessions of yoga teachers... A few fellow teachers and I recently had a discussion in which a few admissions came out. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Who Do You Think You Are?

  I've seen this little pattern time and time again: student finds teacher; student practices with teacher and comes to respect, adore, worship teacher; student... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Tending the Heart Fire

  

  I used to have a lot [ahem...understatement] of yoga books (everything from anatomy to philosophy to poetry and everything in between). Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Rerouting

  It's been silent here since mid-December (are those crickets I hear or is that a pin dropping?). This is the longest I've been away from the blog since I starte... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Howling at the Moon

  I admit it -- I'm a sunny side up kind of gal. I tend to be optimistic. I look at the bright side. One could say that my yoga practice reflects this, as I... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• The 2013 Holiday Gift Guide

  "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." Yep, that song is running on an endless loop in my head. I think that might have something to do with the fact tha... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Dreams Do Come True

  

  "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,there is a field. I will meet you there."—Rumi I'm enjoying some delightful downtime this holiday week. I've take... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Yoga Musings: An Injured Yogi's Mind Dump

  This topic has come up in a myriad of ways in the past few weeks, so I'm feeling the need to muse about it here... Last week I was chatting with a friend of min... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• It Hurts So Good

  "It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all. The opposite of love's indifference. So pay attention now..."--Excerpted from Stubborn Love by The Lumineers... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Walking the Walk

  

  A while back I had one of those moments -- the one where you get angry at someone else for some perceived wrong only to realize that you're really angry at... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Pushing It to the Limit...and Beyond

  At the risk of sounding unpopular and uncool, I'm not a fan of CrossFit. Shocking, right? After all, how could I not be a fan of "elite fitness?!?!?" You think... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Seeing with Fresh Eyes

  

  Many times I've asked the question of someone who lives in a place surrounded by beauty (i.e. a kickass view): "Do you ever become immune to the beauty around... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• Making Adjustments

  Adjustments in yoga...I just don't make 'em...or, at least, not in the standard way. Instead of suggesting an adjustment to a client or moving my client's body... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS

• The Power of Words

  A few years ago, I did something shocking...I went out and got myself something that I had told myself for years that I couldn't have. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, FITNESS, SPIRITUALITY, SPORTS