Dr. Arielle Schwartz Yoga festivals bring people together to celebrate. There is often a joyful and playful spirit. The day is full of energy—the sun is shining, music is playing, and friends laugh while slacklining, hula hooping, or practicing handstands. However, when we arrive on our...
Sue Van Raes As we emerge from the winter months, it is a joy waking up to the early morning sunlight and the smell of blooming flowers poking their heads through to warming earth. This spring renewal can inspire and enliven us to cleanse our lives,...
Leslie don Ross “Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.” BKS Iyengar “Yoga acts as a mirror. Each breath, each movement, reflects to us who we are and how we are moment to moment. We look into the mirror of Yoga and see...
By Leslie don Ross Contrary to cultural belief that “Practice Makes Perfect”, in Yoga, there is no actual finish line or end point where you can say I have attained “perfection” and can now abandon my yoga practice. That could be considered reaching enlightenment, sainthood or...
By: Dr. Arielle Schwartz Chronic stress and unresolved trauma interfere with the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic functions of your nervous system. We live in a world that is often over-stimulating and stressful. Therefore, we need to consciously connect to our inner calm…each and every...
By Dr. Arielle Schwartz Yoga has much to offer for our physical wellbeing but the benefits of practice do not stop there. The effects of yoga practices also help us find mental calm and emotional balance. This year, Hanuman Festival features classes devoted to yoga psychology...
By: Dave McConaghay The Bad News Is, You’re Falling… I am in transition. Perhaps you are too? It seems to be a theme. In the past three months, I left a potential life partner, graduated after four-years in trade school and moved West across the country to take on...
By: David McConaghay Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, offers a precise science of cycles large and small, dividing each day, year and lifetime according to the qualities of the three doshas. For example, childhood is the kapha time of life; ages 20 to about 50 are...
By: Dr. Arielle Schwartz Yoga festivals are full of energy—the sun is shining, music is playing, and people are everywhere. On the lawn friends laugh while slacklining, hula hooping, or practicing handstands. This can all be great fun and can sometimes feel overwhelming. If you are...
By: David McConaghay Many people know the stories of heroic monkey-god Hanuman described in the epic Ramayana. He mistakes the imperial sun-god Surya for a mango and bites him. He leaps over oceans without hesitation, and uproots an entire mountain and carries it the length of a...