Daily Elevation #3 On Taking Pause
Daily Elevation #2 Love vs Fear
Daily Elevation #1 Brain vs. Heart
Cold Story
My experience with cryotherapy: So I have been hearing all about the benefits of cryotherapy and have a couple of friends who swear by it - you know where you stand in a freezing cold tank to reduce pain, inflammation, and aging, increase...
Power of Intention
Intentions have a bit of a bad reputation. They say “the path to hell is paved with good intentions.” In the tradition of yoga, however, intention is the starting point of practice. It makes the space for the positive and powerful transformations practitioners have...
New Year’s Review
The ball pictured above is only 4" in diameter... but it holds some of my biggest dreams. Every time I see it - I recall what I wrote on those little scraps of paper. It's the newest part of my new year's ritual. The first time I welcomed in the New Year with some...
Rebuilding the Mind-Body Connection and Body Trust in Eating Disorder Treatment
An edited version of this article was originally published on Walden Behavioral Care's Blog. The mind-body connection is the intelligent way our body and mind inform each other of our personal wellness. Our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and beliefs affect our biology...
Body Wars to Body Scans
When it comes to the relationship between your mind and body, it is interesting to notice if it is more comparable to a dictatorship or democracy. It might be a peculiar way to consider this relationship but I remember when I had no feedback loops in place from my...
Transforming Body Shame into Body Love
My first 5 years of yoga only happened alongside a VHS cassette in the privacy of my own home. I was terrified to walk into a yoga studio. I was terrified to fail, to be seen, to be seen as fat. I judged myself so harshly and was sure others would only see the bad I...
The Role of Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Did you know that yoga can be a great complement to eating disorder treatment and as a helpful tool in eating disorder recovery? Adding an appropriate yoga practice (that is unique to each individual and where they are at in their recovery) can be a great way to help...
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