Namaste is one of those words many use but few really know how to accurately define it. The reason for this is likely twofold: Modern culture uses the term in a wide variety of ways (from speaking it at the end of a yoga class to using it in fun …
Restorative Yoga for Your Breast Cancer Recovery Journey
When we practice restorative yoga, the focus is not on stretching or strengthening but instead on releasing and letting go. We release tension in our muscles and gently stimulate the organs through long-held poses designed to support and comfort the body. In order to achieve the comfort that we are …
Self Love & Self Care Meditation
Permission slips… remember those? When we were in school we would get a permission slip signed to go on a field trip or to go home with a friend on their bus. And I suppose if you think about it, hall passes were permission slips too – permission slips to …
Modifying Tree Pose
Balance is so important yet often overlooked. In essence, balance is about control. If you think a small child first learning to walk, balance is the key to his/her ability to stay on two feet and move about freely. Once we learn to balance our bodies at that young age, …
Meditation for Inner Peace
As we continue to explore these ideas of inner peace and wellness this month, it is certainly appropriate to add in a little meditation, don’t you think? Meditation is an opportunity to calm and quiet the mind. It is unrealistic to expect a silent mind when we meditation, but rather …
Yoga as Part of Your Wellness Journey
This month in the Ignite blog we are pausing to reflect on peace and wellness. In a previous blog, I talked about the many benefits of yoga, which included many things that can lead to peace and overall wellness. Yoga is perhaps the perfect tool for improving the amount of peace/calm …
Meditation for Stress Relief
According to the Chopra Center, a pioneer in meditation and wellness, meditation is best described as the progressive quieting of the mind. In our normal, everyday consciousness, our mind is filled with an unending flow of thoughts. The thoughts can become so noisy and even overwhelming and stressful. We might …
10 Benefits of Child’s Pose
Earlier this month we talked about how to modify the two versions of Child’s pose (Balasana). Today I want to share some of the benefits that I am sure you experience when doing the poses but may not be cognizant of from an academic standpoint. If you have ever taken …
Amazing Benefits of Sun Salutations
We previously talked about how to modify the Sun Salutation A sequence, and today we will explore the many amazing benefits that Sun Salutation A provide to the body. In the previous blog we mentioned how Sun Salutations are a great way to build heat and warm up the body, …
Modifying Sun Salutations
Modifying Sun Salutation A A Sun salutation is a series of poses completed in a sequence thus creating a flow of movement that is coordinated with your breath. Completing multiple sun salutations in a row, helps you to build heat in the body, which is one reason why they are …