YOGA

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into you.
— Friedrich Nietzsche

Enjoy These Musings and Insights on Yoga and Life


Releasing and Refocusing

As we end 2020 and look to 2021, our minds naturally start to move towards the future.

However, we can’t successfully move forward until we release the past.

Have you taken time to stop and recognize all of the myriad of things you’ve accomplished this year?

Have you made time to celebrate your successes and reflect back on how far you’ve come?

Here are two videos to help you refocus your mind and thoughts to help you release the past and embrace what is to come in the year ahead!

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Releasing Abdominal Tension

Releasing Abdominal Tension

If you are struggling with upper abdominal tension, you are not alone.

Tension and rigidity in your deep core muscles not only inhibits your ability to breathe deep and fully relax, but it can also interfere with your digestion, creating symptoms like constipation, gas, bloating, and cramping.

Using some of the techniques suggested in this video can be extremely helpful for learning to relax and release that pattern of holding tension in your abdomen, and also increase parasympathetic stimulation in order to improve the resilience of your nervous system regulation.

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5 Ways To Reduce Stress & Anxiety

5 Ways To Reduce Stress & Anxiety

As we transition out of our slow Summer pace into a new kind of speedy September mode, you might be feeling a little anxious at the prospect of sending the kids back to school, heading back into the office, or trying to create some kind of “normal” feeling into the weeks ahead. Especially during these stressful times, it is important to take care of yourself. Here are 5 simple things you can do to decrease any feelings of overwhelm as you make this transition… READ MORE

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Pranayama: Expansion of Energy
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Pranayama: Expansion of Energy

The mind and the breath are said to arise from the same Source, and so to learn specific methods for controlling the breath can lead directly back to this Source. Thus, gaining control over the breath is a means to achieve mastery over the mind.

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