BHADRA YOGA ​

We use the active relaxation practice of Restorative Yoga to achieve deep rest and stress relief.

I partook of the waterbed phenomenon for about a minute back in the mid-80s. I blame my best friend's parents as well as my mother - they...

A yoga student of mine recently revealed how she takes a moment to pray to her Guardian Angels and her father (who died last year) to...

Here in the Midwest where we supposedly own (or rent) front-row seats to the spectacle that is the "four seasons," two of the four -...

"Words are meaningless." "Actions speak louder than words." "Talk is cheap." "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never...

One week in Scotland and I'm throwing my luggage out of a first-floor B&B window and climbing out after it. It's not that I'm fed up with...

While eyeing a piece of parsley lying next to my extremely healthy “Bento Box” (Japanese-style lunchbox) in Shin-Matsuda, Japan,...

What is That Smell? During the entirety of its 14 years of operation, my yoga studio smelled really, really good. The scent of the space...

Self care. This short phrase immediately conjures up a scheduling effort. As in the frequently exhaustive scheduling and coordinating of...

I feel like I'm stuck in one of the tragic episodes of Little House on the Prairie. No, not just on one, but on an endless "tragic...

Having absolutely nothing to do with the condition of multiple personality disorder, you have three voices in your head. The receiver we...

In addition to permanent toe separation (gel inserts were never purchased nor needed), the greatest physical gift yoga has given me in...

In our twenties, we allow excess. In our thirties, we begin to calibrate risks and weigh them out accordingly. In our forties, we begin...

Solving the Sensory-Overload Epidemic The Sanskrit word "Pratyahara" translates as "withdrawal of the senses from objects." It is the...

As if we weren't at risk enough before "Smart" phones came on the scene (let's face it - we haven't really "seen" posted signs since...

When 9-11 happened, I went underground. I went to the safest place I knew at that moment - which was in the basement where a dear friend...

Now that we as a global human race are experiencing an airborne viral-pandemic, it is more important than ever to breathe through your...

We all know what to do in order to maintain our health. As with many things in life, this guidance comes in triplicate: 1) eat healthy...

Mantras can help us break through our frustrations, anxieties, confusions, isolation and bring us into a semblance of internal quietude. ...

For some, this is an extremely challenging part of participating in a yoga class and much more of a startling realization than intention