Category: Wellness

Cultivate Self-Love!

In last week’s blog, Sampada Desai espoused the benefits of self-compassion. We followed up with her to learn simple and effective daily practices for cultivating self-love. Since…

Healthy Eating for the Holidays

The holidays are a joyous time for coming together with family, expressing love and gratitude, and enjoying delicious, homemade meals. In the midst of these festive, social…

Yoga Nidra: A Natural Sleep Aid

Who couldn’t use some extra shut-eye? Sleep is vital to our health and sleep experts tell us we need an average of eight hours at a shot.…

Yoga for Arthritis: More than Modifications

Research on the effects of Yoga has found that Yoga practice has numerous benefits for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Dr. Steffany Moonaz is a Yoga therapist…

Restoring Health with Medical Yoga

What is Medical Yoga? The Medical Yoga program is a holistically-based health education program that focuses on bringing the body, mind, and spirit into a higher state…

Setting a Sankalpa for Change

How Yoga Nidra Can Help with Changing Behavior Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep,” is rapidly gaining in popularity these days, mostly because it’s so blissfully exhilarating. Yoga…

The Ten Commandments of Back Pain

Physical injuries or complaints are often what motivate people to seek a Yoga practice for their health and wellbeing. A common, yet unfortunate, physical ailment for many…

Ayurveda, Addiction, and Recovery

This post is an edited excerpt from Ayurveda Journal of Health, vol. XIV, issue 2, Spring 2016, (16–21). Read the full, uncut article here. Ayurveda is often introduced and practiced…

Resilience: Bouncing Back from Stress

Stress is a given in our lives—it can even be a positive and healthy experience, such as a marriage, a move, or a new job. But when…

Yoga for a Lighter Life: Mind-Body Health

Ask what brings most people to Yoga and many will cite the transformative power of the practices. Students find that Yoga practice brings numerous benefits, including relaxation,…