“Eating well” isn’t just about the food you put in your mouth, it is also about how you relate to your food. We know that eating more fruits and vegetables will make us healthier, but when it comes to actually doing it, how does that feel? Overwhelming? Easy? Shame inducing? Anxiety producing? Many of us
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We all lie to ourselves. If you think you never lie to yourself, you are lying to yourself. The problem is, we don’t always know that we are lying. Sometimes we don’t do it intentionally, these lies are based on beliefs that we actually think are true. I’m too much. I’m not good enough (smart
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Have you ever noticed that when you feel agitated, you tend to fidget? It’s hard to sit still when you’ve got a million things running through your head. However, the opposite is also possible. When you intentionally sit still, even for just a few minutes, the mind stops racing and starts to settle, like water
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Your body is meant to move. The spine offers a lot of information between the body and brain, and putting it through a wide variety of movements keeps it healthy. However, knowing how to move your spine will ensure you move it safely. There are lots of postures that we take during the day the
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When practicing Asana, the physical practice of doing yoga poses on a mat, having a general understanding of your own anatomy can enhance your practice in many ways. Practicing yoga is not just about physicality, it’s about awareness. Studying anatomy gives you more awareness of what sensations in your body mean, and how to move
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Most people come to Asana, the physical yoga practice, for the physical benefits: strength, flexibility, balance, help with lower back pain, cross training, etc. But yoga offers so much more than that, the poses are simply an entryway to the myriad other benefits. Through the poses you learn about your breath and the power that
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When I bring up the topic of meditation, many people scoff, “I can’t meditate, my brain won’t turn off.” Or maybe it’s “I can’t meditate, I can’t sit still.” There are many false beliefs surrounding meditation that I cover in “3 Myths about Meditation and Why it’s Easier Than You Think!” a free eBook you
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Many people understand how 5 deep breaths can shift you from feeling stressed to feeling calm. But did you know that Pranayama (yoga breathing practices) can be used for more than just calm? Different types of breath control can help you clear brain fog, cool you down (think menopausal hot flashes), or help you feel
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Last week I wrote about the 5 Yamas (Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, and Aparigraha). These are all principles related to interacting with other people, although these principles can also be applied to ourselves. Part 2 is about the 5 Niyamas, principles related to our internal work and self-exploration more directly. There are ways to see
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There is more to yoga than just doing poses on a mat, there are 8 “limbs” to a balanced yoga practice (read more about that here). This post is a discussion about the first limb of yoga: Yamas. Yamas and Niyamas usually go together, but there is a lot to say, so I am splitting
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