I am honored to admit that the inspiration for our Restore class this week came from two of my favorite teachers. I'm going to make it easy on me and add a YouTube video from Jillian Pransky, which was the first inspiration and information on where you can find the delightful Yoga Nidra by Jennifer [...]
As I embark deeper into my study of pain and how best to address it with my clients, I thought it was time to bring out one of my favorite videos to explain pain. Get this statistic, which may even be a higher number by now - 100 million in the U.S. have chronic pain, [...]
Do you remember that movie The Goonies, an adventure comedy flick. Well in yoga, we have our own version of the gunas. These are the states of being in our mind and tie us to our ego. We can be more affected by one type of guna at one time and another at a different [...]
How to Create a Sankalpa: The yoga tradition offers a profound formula for realizing your heartfelt desires.
I was going to change the photo for March with some shots of flowers just blooming but keeping the current weather in mind, snow is still apropros. I am still digging the Becoming Wise CDs and now am on my second round of listening to them. Krista Tippett's interview with Rachel Naomi Remen shares a story [...]
I am honored to be part of the Center for Integrated Health in Harleysville. I will make my Yoga Therapy debut there and presenting on the Emerging Field of Yoga Therapy and How Does It Benefit Me or Someone I love?Here are the details for this upcoming informational and practice seminar.
Why “Gentle” Doesn’t Always Mean Therapeutic in Yoga: Slow-flowing, inwardly focused yoga is not necessarily always healing. Here's why.
Find out why it is useful to ground ourselves with nature and the earth and very very easy ways to do so.8 Methods of Grounding and Connecting to the Earth’s Frequencies
See Jillian Pransky's note from Facebook. If any of my students or someone following this blog would like to add their two cents, please add a comment below or email me. Namaste - DianeNamaste Friends... I've am being interviewed by Prevention Magazine and have been asked to create two practices for them as well. But [...]
I have read some poems in my classes about how slow, warm, and long summer can be where the world takes on a different beat, rhythm. But for some reason this summer is different - the beat is faster more sporadic. On a very apparent level, there is much evidence of transition in my own [...]
