Managing Stress and Anxiety

“Stress is a transaction between a person and his / her environment that is appraised as taxing or exceeding resources”.  R. Lazarus  “Stress is the perception of a physical or psychological threat coupled with the belief that we do not have the...

Managing the Aging Process

“Step one in caring for your body, whether you are sick, injured or healthy is to practice being in it.”Jon Kabat-Zinn “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. Even when pain has to be endured, yoga teaches us how to use the...
Yoga and Relationships

Yoga and Relationships

We cannot overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.  Kindness, Friendliness and compassion for ourselves as we are, is the first step in practicing yoga mindfully. One of the...
How Does Yoga Improve Sleep?

How Does Yoga Improve Sleep?

There are many reasons why people may not be getting a good night sleep. Insomnia or sleep deprivation may be the result of; life’s daily demands, shift work, parenting young children,health problems, anxiety and the list can go on. In 2012 the National Health...