by Brook Blaylock The sound of my membership card being scanned failed to signal transformation. I walked into that—and my deep stretch class—unsuspectingly. In class after class instructors talked about the potential of certain poses to rinse my body of toxins and negative energy, but I’d never really paid it much, if any, heed. I […]
by: Hope Smyth They found her body nearly twenty-four hours after she died, submerged in the bathtub. The faucet continued to run as hot water turned cold. Eventually it leaked into the apartment below. It would take the coroner’s office almost a month to release the final cause of death. The phone rang and I […]
by Alexander Japit As practitioners, we all have our own unique reasons to start and continue our practice and training. Maybe we practice for better peace of mind, better physical health, look better, nail that handstand, have fun, or even a resolution or promise. Reasons for practice and training are varied, and like everything […]
What you are recovering from doesn’t need a label but the journey to alleviate suffering always starts from within. The face on this page is that of a recovering codependent. An enabler. But it isn’t the whole story either. See – Happily Imperfect 5 Myths and 5 Truths about Codependency. I had a hard time accepting […]
First – what is trauma? There are three psychological needs of humans: relatedness, autonomy, and competence. See The Science of Gratitude. A trauma is individualized and interpreted by every human differently when any of these psychological needs is at risk. It can be considered a trauma to be ‘isolated’ from relatedness if you think about long […]
In recovery if we assume our destination is happiness, where the grass is greener; then what does that look like? We’re taking a first look at the world with a new experience having realized we were stuck in our suffering. Ari Yeganeh wrote in his ConciousEd.org article: Happiness: what it means to live a happy […]
The mat is a safe place for everything from our bodies to our emotions. That space of 24 by 68 inches can help with both physical and mental recovery. Yoga is a science-based practice inherited from time before the world even had ‘science’! Studies continue to show a correlation between recovery and yoga for people […]
I work with a lot of people. In my corporate job I lead teams and meet with folks both high and low along the organizational chain. When I teach and run Yoga for Recovery I’m even more intimately engaged with individuals nearly every night of the week. And I LOVE it. Which I never really […]
Different in Yoga Movements compared to exercise
Dorothy had the yellow brick road. I had a yellow tunnel this Sunday as I went for a walk. It had rained the day before – yellow leaves were still on the trees but a lot had fallen to the trail. All that amazing brightness jolted me awake. I had been having a busy morning […]