The power of connection

Dec 12, 2019 | Blog | 0 comments

“[G]roup support is one of four key components of the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease. The other three components are diet, exercise, and stress management.” Yoga is the “stress management” component of the Ornish Program,...

Don’t die on the toilet! Five simple yogic practices to address aging fears

May 30, 2019 | Blog | 18 comments

By Michelle Andrie “I don’t want to die on the toilet,” said a new yoga therapy client, a vibrant 90-year-old we’ll call Karen. My mind flashed to Elvis Presley—overweight, weak, and depressed, the King had fallen from his throne in just this way. Why is it that some...

Stress-fest

May 10, 2019 | Blog | 0 comments

Back in the 1930s, endocrinologist Hans Selye first used the term stress as we know it today—basically to indicate the way the body-mind system responds to any challenge. Since then, the pressures most of us face every day have changed dramatically. Our understanding...

Support for a yoga journey

Mar 28, 2019 | Blog | 0 comments

Yoga therapists are a prolific bunch, partly because we often have been so changed by the practices ourselves that we want to find ways to share them with as many people as possible. These recent texts offer guidance for those wishing to incorporate yogic wisdom into...

Yoga therapy: A sweet spot in diabetes control

Jan 31, 2019 | Blog | 2 comments

By Robyn Tiger Did you ever stop to wonder how the cells in your body get their energy? Just like you, your cells need food—for them, that comes in the form of a sugar called glucose. Insulin, a hormone released by the pancreas, acts like a key that lets glucose into...