05 Oct The Neuroscience of Gratitude
The better solution to feeling blue, according to neuroscientists is feeling grateful, because gratitude boosts the neurotransmitters dopamine and seratonin. Feeling gratitude makes your brain feel happy....
25 Sep Calling all keyboard jockeys! This pose is for you…
Purna Yoga has so many poses for the wrists, forearms, shoulders and neck. It's a therapeutic cornucopia! And there's no reason to choose just one when you've got the Carpal Tunnel Series, the Hand Series for Arthritis, numerous Trapezius Releases, as well as the canon...
24 Sep Meet your new best friend for anti-inflammation
Inflammation in itself is not bad. In fact, it is the body's natural, protective response to injury or destruction of tissues and serves to destroy, dilute or wall off the injurious agent or tissue. But when inflammation becomes chronic, that's when the trouble begins....
17 Sep Moving towards greater health…
I finished the cleanse feeling younger, more energized, and with a greater understanding of how what I eat affects my body and my health. I successfully cut caffeine from my life and discovered by eliminating dairy, my asthma symptoms became practically non-existent. I slept better...
08 Sep Twists and the Sacroiliac Joint
Here's my question for Lasater and for any instructor reading this: if the pelvis is anchored in Maricyasana III, is it possible to start the twist from the lumbar rather than the pelvis/sacrum and won't this also be safe for the SI joint? Can you...
02 Sep Kale + Sweet Potatoes + Apples = YUM!
This is hands-down my favorite salad of the moment. And with apple season firmly underway in North Carolina, I'm going to keep putting this on the table throughout the fall. Honeycrisps are my favorite type of apple. They're firm, sweet, and tangy with a crisp...
28 Aug The Great Yoga Wall Workshop for Your Shoulders
Modern Living tries its best to wreak havoc on our necks and shoulders. Driving, sitting at a computer, looking down at our phones, holding children, chopping vegetables: these activities and more ask so much of our shoulders. And that’s where the Great Yoga Wall comes...
12 Aug Strong Core, Open Hips
This weekend, certified Purna Yoga instructor, Brad Waites, is coming to One Center Yoga. And as of today, I have been unable to find a sub to cover Saturday Donation class. You might take this as an opportunity to join us at One Center for...
05 Aug Lessons in Non-attachment
I'm writing this from Rockland, Maine. I'm here to be the yoga & meditation teacher for a group of 16 abstract painters. But, right now, I'm the one getting the lesson. You see, one of my bags still hasn't made it to Maine. In fact, it still...
31 Jul Taking my own advice: Stand up!
One of the main things we have to remember as yoga teachers is that it is possible to follow our own advice. But that can be challenging. Resistance shows up in the most dedicated of students....