Category: Yoga
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How Yoga Heals
Dear Reader, Have you ever heard of the Vagus nerve? It’s the nerve that wonders through the body, from the brain to the various organs. It’s the communication highway between the brain and the gut. Let’s look at pieces from the article Vagus Nerve as Modulator of The Brain – Gut Axis and Inflammatory Disorders…
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The Rhythmic Lifestyle Yoga Classes
I’m pleased to announce that my you tube channel is now live. It’s so exciting for me to be able to share Yoga with you. This will be an evolving space with content added weekly. With the world in a state of seemingly never ending chaos, may these practices become your refuge. May the still…
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Yoga For Healing
A yoga practice can change your life. According to the book The Book of Lymph by Lisa Levitt Gainsley, CLT, “All yoga sequences will get your lymph flowing. Inversions [like downward dog] encourage lymph to flow back to the heart, and twists move lymph through the abdomen… The ceaselessly flowing rivers of lymph are incredibly…
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Intro to Ayurveda
According to Ayurveda everything in the universe is connected. All the ecosystems – from the vast cosmos to the backyard garden – interconnect, including the ones in our own bodies. True health is achieved when the inner ecosystems within the body are in balance. Ayurveda is the sister science to Yoga. Both are based on…
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Quinoa Bowl
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According to Ayurveda, the ancient healing system that is the sister science to Yoga, all disease begins in the gut. And so, it makes sense to take care of the gut, or the digestive system. The best way to take care of our digestive systems is by eating healthy food. There are many techniques and…
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The Healing Power of Yoga
I have been practicing yoga for over twenty years. Teaching for the past two has been an amazing experience. Going into the yoga room is like pressing the pause button on time – as we settle into the breath, synchronizing its rhythm with the movements, our worries fall away and stress melts. We stretch, twist…
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