We’re going to work with a more subtle awareness and bring our attention to the energies flowing through us.
Expansiveness and flow increase when we invite a higher volume of subtle energy into our bodies. Experience this subtle power in a simple round of Sun Salutations, awakening deeper to the energies that flow through you in every moment.
Awakening is the goal, awareness is the process, yoga is a tool…
How we habitually align our shoulders and hips has profound ramifications for overall health. Slouching forward with our shoulders for hours everyday puts a lot of strain on our neck and upper back, and overtime can result in chronic pain up and down the chain.
Continue readingHello Beautiful Souls, I’m on a pilgrimage in Cathar Country, southern France for three months, and I’ve decided to share a few yoga videos.
Continue readingYour lymphatic system, an important part of your immune system, is passive, meaning that it does not move itself.
Instead, it moves when you do. That also means that if you aren’t moving it isn’t either.
One thing that most of us don’t do enough of is move.
And if we do move, we don’t necessarily move those parts that are most effected by our modern, device using lifestyles… like our shoulders.
Continue readingAnd why should you care?
Processed food is food that’s been….
… wait for it….
… processed!
(Ok, ok, I know. But when else was I going to get to make that silly joke?)
For example taking a tomato off the vine (it’s natural state) and cooking it and turning it into tomato sauce.
Usually processed foods are marketed as a convience for you. The idea given is that it is faster and easier for you to buy that jar of sauce than to buy tomatoes and make it yourself.
Getting it all together: ingredients, options, kitchen tools & containers
Continue readingThis is a practice I’m sharing in my Mindful Movement classes this winter.
Winter is a time of year to go in… to hibernate a bit, to focus in. A time to evolve, cultivate and fuel your inner fire.
Your inner fire is your inner power, your unique essence, that part of you that burns bright and strong and makes you uniquely you. Taoists refer to it as your Tian Tien, a place just below and behind your navel.
Continue readingMove your lymph!
In winter we tend to move less, which means our lymphatic system, which only moves when we do also moves less.
Also, according to my understanding of Ayurvedia, our lymph gets thicker in winter (a Kapha season) making it even slower! Yikes.
This is a great recipe for colds and flus!
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