I recently had a session with a strong woman whose soul had all the answers but still felt stuck. Maybe we can all relate to experiences like that, or one experience when we didn’t realize our self worth. Or if we did, we put it on the back burner because other needs were asking for […]
Half-Day Training: Intro to Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Saturday March 20th at 8am PST (Los Angeles) / 11am EST (New York) / 3pm GMT (London) Some of you have been asking about this training. This is a half-day training for yoga teachers, therapists, healthcare and other wellness practitioners, survivors, or anyone working with trauma survivors. You do not […]
This time of the year we usually do a recap of what has happened this year, maybe our accomplishments or our dreams, etc. But this has been one heck of a year, hasn’t it? We have all been affected by it, so in that regard, we are all in the same boat. Yes, perhaps you […]
We created How to Make Your Practice Trauma-Sensitive, based on our experience as practitioners trained in trauma and working with trauma survivors. We think that this work is so important now more than ever, and we want to support other practitioners and organizations in their mission to help trauma survivors, by offering practical tools that […]
Did you feel the effects of the full moon this week? This is the moon that marks a shift in the seasons and our tendency to go more inward, to reflect, to hibernate, etc. Add a penumbral eclipse to this and you’ve got all the energies moving around. For our benefit, they say. If you […]
Yes, we have a new family member…Meet Qi (or Chi), sometimes called Chewie for reasons you can probably suspect. This little fur ball joined our family a few weeks ago and changed everything! That cute face can make anyone let their guard down and forget that you need to be the one setting the tone […]
All parents want the same thing: they want their kids to be okay! That means different things for everyone. “Okay“ may mean be respectful, know your letters, be ready for school so you are not behind… It’s one of the questions or concerns we hear most from parents: If my kid is playing in the […]
Happy foggy Saturday! Let’s talk about meditation. Or, alternatives to it. A lot of times, that word comes with a lot of expectations. We have an idea probably coming from the stock images of someone sitting cross-legged in a beautiful, serene environment, with their eyes closed and a smile on their face which says “do […]
You probably already heard that we are offering a Family Yoga series which starts on Aug 9th, from 10-10:45am, so I wanted to share with you some of the reasons why I chose to offer this class. As a yoga teacher, I love working with kids, beginner/intermediate adults, and people affected by trauma. Family yoga […]
Sharing a wonderful article by John LaPuma, MD and board certified doctor of internal medicine, outlining the benefits of nature, beyond what we already know. Highlights: “One patient, a friend of Sacks’, had moderately severe Tourette’s syndrome. The condition forced hundreds of grunts and tics daily. But one day when the two men were hiking […]