Welcome To Repose Yoga
We are thrilled to share our work with the wider community and look forward to connecting with many of you in the coming weeks and months. Please check back regularly for updates to the class schedule. Stay tuned to our blog for the latest research on yoga and mindfulness, tips on great books (and other
Yoga Alliance
We’re happy to see that Yoga Alliance is compiling yoga-related health research (including a section on yoga for mental health). Here’s the link to this excellent resource: https://www.yogaalliance.org/Learn/About_Yoga/Yoga_Research
Holiday Gift Idea: The Art of Stillness
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere Pico Iyer New York, TED Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014, pp. 74 (hbk) ISBN 978-1-4767-8472-4 This little gem of a book is perfect for a wide range of people on your holiday gift list. The world traveller, the yogi, the busy/stressed parent, the overwhelmed executive –
Freeing The Human Spirit
I’ve recently become involved, on a volunteer basis, with a small but mighty Canadian organization called Freeing the Human Spirit (FTHS). It is impossible to discuss FTHS without first mentioning Sister Elaine MacInnes, a Catholic nun who while on her first mission in the early 1960s, developed a keen interest in Zen meditation. After 20
New Research Shows Significant Decrease in PTSD Symptoms with Yoga
There is no question that there is increasing awareness of the healing power of yoga in the context of mental health. Especially promising is our growing understanding of the potential benefits of yoga for people with histories of trauma, as well as those who have developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the current issue of
The Healing Potential of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
A wise man once told me that few of us make it through life unscathed. He is right, of course. Childhood neglect and/or abuse, accidents, sexual assault, life-threatening illness, natural disasters, and war are examples of traumatic events that can impact the course and quality of one’s life. Most people have experienced at least one
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