Yoga helps you to get healthier in many ways. The 3 major areas yoga will help you are: regaining your flexibility, strengthening your muscles and stimulating your joints for a long, active life. On some days flexibility seems to be something exclusively for the young generation. As we age, it is getting more and more […] Continue reading → 
First thing’s first: don’t let back pain run your life. Most people fear their back pain. When the back pain isn’t present, they fear it will return without provocation. When the back pain is present, people fear that their back pain will just become worse if they try to move. This is fear-avoidance behavior. People […] Continue reading → 
See if certain phrases emerge from your heart that express what you wish most deeply for yourself, not just for today, but in an enduring way. Phrases that are big enough and general enough that you can ultimately wish them for all of life, for all beings everywhere. Classical phrases are things like, “May I […] Continue reading → 
This blog is a short book review and book recommendation about the true story of a Midwestern American man who survives a terrible car accident in 1978, losing both his father and sister, becomes disabled and then decides to take up his new path of being a yoga teacher. It is told by Seth Davis, […] Continue reading → 
I have always been intrigued with deep relationships and close intimacy. How we as people affect one another and are changed forever. In Buddhism, there is a strong belief that we are already interconnected. That my own getting liberated, happy and confident, forgiving and humble, will strengthen the planet as a whole. Sometimes, I overwork, […] Continue reading → 
The amount of sleep the body needs depends on age. Babies can sleep as much as 15 to 16 hours while children can sleep 1-12 hours. At the other extreme, elderly people rarely enjoy a sound, unbroken sleep of more than 5 to 6 hours. Modern life bombards us with stimulation: television sets, cell phones, […] Continue reading → 
Yoga shows us how to treat and care for the joints of our body. Yoga shows us that joints can not only be exercised safely but also strengthened and improved dramatically. Connective tissues acts like a “shrink wrap” which over time becomes dry and brittle. When bones begin to rub against one another, […] Continue reading →