What does tension in our heart tell us?
The tension we feel in our body oftentimes can be mapped to certain traumas, past stressors, and repressed memories and emotions that have become "stuck" in our systems. The heart region is a place where emotions of loss, grief, heartbreak, and mistrust can harbor, cultivating more rigidity in this area that it already does due to its anatomical configurations and our modern lifestyles. Learn what physical and emotional symptoms occur when the heart region becomes rigid.
Be travel-ready this summer without feeling depleted and crashing into pain flares
As exciting and novel as travel is, you are ultimately seeing new things, visiting new places, and being around new people. It can be a lot of stimulation for the body and nervous system.
Here are some suggestions I personally use when I travel to help keep my systems regulated, and not overwhelmed or overly exhausted.
Does your back hurt when you bend forward? Try these 4 poses for relief!
You know your back pain is interfering with your life when you can’t even pick up something from the floor or tie your shoe lace without fear of your back seizing up (or perhaps it’s happened already before!).
Read on and watch this short video to learn these 4 yoga techniques for managing mild lower back pain that is aggravated when you bend forward.
Manage chronic fatigue with these gentle, non-draining movements
When you’re under the 5-ton weight of chronic fatigue, the last thing that you want to do is to move your body. However, you intuitively know that some gentle, easy movements might help resolve the stiffness and stagnation you feel from being in reclined positions for so long. But, where and how to start?
13-Minute Practice for Managing Chronic Pain
The debilitating impact of chronic pain can render a person completely hopeless and frustrated. Though the common advice from doctors is usually to do “gentle exercises,” the thought of exercising can be daunting and seemingly impossible.
Yoga practices, especially ones that are therapeutically-oriented and slower-paced, where options and variations are provided for various types of range of motion, can be very helpful in alleviating certain symptoms while gently mobilizing the physical body.
In the 13-min video above, I offer an accessible, gentle yoga practice with the options of practicing reclined on the floor or bed, or seated on a chair. The sequence guides you through mobilizing common areas of the body that hold tension, such as hips and legs, as well as through the spine and upper back. You can choose one or the other variation depending on the day and how your body feels that day!