The way we know we are more than just a body.
Last week I received some shocking news. A loved one had died rather suddenly. Instinctively, my hand went to my heart. My stomach clenched. I felt like I was going to vomit. I hadn’t been ill before I received the call, and my symptoms subsided as my grief lost its...
Seasonal allergies, weight gain, and breakouts brought to you by Kapha season!
If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve got. There are two annual occurrences that signify for me that the transition from winter to spring has arrived: First of all, I can walk around my house wearing one sweatshirt, not two. Second,...
Annamaya kosha: What Netflix didn’t show you in Russian Doll!
We are all Russian dolls. I have recently started watching the new Netflix series Russian Doll. The show is centered around 36-year-old Nadia. Nadia has a big problem. She keeps living the same day -her 36th birthday- over and over again. At the end of each “birthday”...
Four ways to optimize the prana you are receiving.
Please don’t count the number of times your yoga teacher says “breathe” during your next yoga class. That being said, if I had a nickel for every time a yoga teacher said “breathe” throughout a typical hatha yoga class, I’d have enough change to take all my yoga peeps...
Trauma-informed yoga: We could all be a bit more in-the-know about trauma.
Those of us who practice yoga don’t need to be told of the healing impact it has on body, mind, and spirit. Now, thanks to the work of people such as trauma specialist Bessel van der Kolk and Dr. Rebecca Epstein, executive director of the Georgetown Law Center on...
