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I presented this research poster at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association’s yearly conference April 26-28 near Santa Cruz, California and was encouraged to write about it. Background This very informal, ongoing study includes findings from a three year time...

What is yoga therapy? In addition to answering this question with a defining meaning, this short slideshow (access by clicking the "Read more..." link below) will also share how yoga therapists differ from yoga teachers, and how yoga can support health alone and/ or...

I came across this Time magazine article  that highlights the benefits of mindfulness and yoga in the workplace. To those who do not practice, this article may be an eye-opener as to how much further employers' money can stretch when their employees do. A little break...

We’ve all heard that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is much easier to prevent any illness by not allowing it to take root, than once symptoms have, like a tree, taken root and borne fruit. We have addressed some preventive tips in previous...

Trauma is by definition an experience that we lack tools or resources to handle, process, assimilate, or integrate a lesson from. There is a magnetic loop, called re-enactment, that draws us back into familiar patterns, where we have to learn lessons again and again...

Trauma is by definition undigested impressions, or an overwhelming experience which one did not have the tools or resources to know how to assimilate what was useful and release what was not.  So the trauma settles into the tissues of both body and mind, causing...

There are 3 portions of the brain. Each part of the brain has balanced and imbalanced functions. ​ The first to develop was the reptilian brain, when in balance, it allowed for sleep or relaxation and helped to freeze a creature/ being when they heard a noise to track...

We are all faced with challenges through life. Some challenges seem to stay with us no matter how hard we try to overcome them. Because many symptoms related to trauma can take 6 months to 2 years to develop, people don’t often connect the symptoms to their origin....