Do you feel like your energy could be better? Trouble sleeping, brain fog, or that low hum of stress and anxiety you can’t quite shake? Maybe you’re recovering from surgery or illness, feeling unmotivated, or you just need a pick-me-up. Your body already knows how to heal — sometimes it just needs a little help
Remember the last time you felt completely at peace in nature, moved by beautiful music, or experienced a moment of pure gratitude? Or remember the way you felt the last time you belly-laughed with friends, danced with abandon, or sang at the top of your lungs? Or remember the feeling of falling in love with
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made with your mind—carefully reasoned, logically sound, perfectly sensible—only to watch them dissolve by February? We set intentions to exercise more, eat better, be more productive, as if we could simply think our way into transformation. But what if the mind isn’t the right instrument for this work?
December is a month of profound potential. As the world quiets and turns inward, we have the opportunity to do the same—to listen more deeply, to honor our needs, to release what weighs us down, and to open to the gifts that life wants to offer us. Energy Medicine Yoga gives us practical, embodied tools
Hormones have a significant impact on health! The body typically manages hormone levels effectively, an imbalance, whether too much or too little of a specific hormone, can lead to a lot of problems. Imbalances may result in many unpleasant emotional, mental, and physical symptoms. These include depression, anxiety, immune disorders, mood swings, insomnia, low libido,
If you are interested in or have a part in promoting mental health with youth and adults, you will want to look at my friend Chrissy’s new book, I Am Safe: Trauma-Responsive Practices in Crisis Mental Health. Chrissy Mignogna is the Lead Trainer and Director of Education at movemindfully®, an organization in St. Paul, MN,
Are you frozen in time? You get frozen in time by thinking about the past–regretting, holding on, or not forgiving. Or maybe you are speculating about the future, worrying about what might happen, fearing the unknown, or trying to plan for the unknowable. Or you’re in the present but frozen with uncertainty, afraid of taking
Human relationships are the most rewarding and the most challenging experiences that we will ever have. When these relationships are connected and authentic (heart-centered), they help us feel seen, heard, and acknowledged. When these relationships are ego-driven and self-centered, they can lead to feelings of fear, jealousy, hurt, and anger. Despite how important these human
It’s estimated that we have approximately 60,000 thoughts a day. Whew! That’s a lot. What’s even more amazing is that, according to research, 75% of these thoughts are negative and 95% are repetitive. We excel at criticism and judgment. And these repetitive, automatic thoughts lead us to believe ideas about ourselves that are less than
January is replete with messages on how to improve yourself with new exercise routines, meditation/yoga courses, and dieting/weight loss advice. Of course, we know from experience and from the data that traditional New Year’s resolutions often last less than the month in which they were made. But year after year people jump on board and
