by jenny | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Embracing Self-Care in the Midst of Motherhood Being a mom is one of the most rewarding experiences life has to offer, but it’s also one of the busiest. Between managing household chores, attending to children’s needs, and possibly juggling a career,...
by jenny | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
For the past three weeks, we’ve already established that yoga goes beyond the practice of the asanas. It’s a whole practice that helps us integrate the mind, body and spirit. In Yoga Sutras, an ancient text that dates back two thousand years ago, Patanjali states that...
by jenny | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Pain and discomfort will always be present when we desire transformation both in our practice and in life. In yoga, tapas, literally translated to “heat”, means discipline to accept the necessary pain we face along the yoga path. Think about smelting gold. To...
by jenny | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was new to yoga, I was curious about what my teachers meant by “listen to your body” when they would say this phrase in class.It may seem intuitive, but to a disembodied 25-year-old me, it was confusing. It may take some practice to notice how our bodies...
by jenny | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I notice that often, what people mean when they say mind-body connection in the context of yoga as a therapeutic exercise, is how our mind, primarily our thoughts, can influence bodily functions and its healing abilities. Mind-body connection is obvious and present...
by jenny | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
In translation, the word yoga means “to unite” or “to come in union”. The whole practice of yoga is not just a form of physical exercise where you make acrobatic movements and complicated shapes with your body. The physical poses (asana) is only one aspect of the...
