All tagged Healing
By Rachel Nichols
One of the things that we learn in yoga is that "we have issues in our tissues" and that the practice of moving the body can bring some of the trapped energy (issues) to the surface. For example, it is not uncommon for yogis to find themselves in tears for what feels like no reason after doing several poses that engage the hips or open the chest/heart space...
By Nikita Mehta
"Let me try yoga,” I said to my clinical advisor. “I think that with some chair yoga and some pranayama I can increase her lung capacity and self-confidence. I’ll find the research to back it up...."
By Nikita Mehta
Two hours passed by in what felt like one large inhale. Then Wah! walked around and distributed flower petals as a physical reminder of the sacred experience from which we had all returned. The evening left a deep imprint on my soul. It’s a memory I tapped into when the heightened emotions of the holidays became too much. It is a well of healing from which I continue to draw...
How exactly does yoga help improve sleep? Before looking into that, it is important to understand why people end up sleep-deprived in the first place. A lot of times, we take our stress and anxiety to bed wit us, and that’s not a good thing...
By Courtney Aldor
When Sachi Doctor - Ayurvedic expert and founder of Elemental Alchemy - was 10 years old, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder. With 2 Western doctors as parents, she spent years...
