7 stretches for neck and shoulders you can do at your desk

Dearest readers, Well, I've been absent from the blog for much longer than I intended! Life has been busy these past few months, both pe...

Yoga for Emotional Wellbeing: An Epiphany

by Nina Sand Dollar by Melina Meza I don’t have a particularly exciting story about why I started practicing yoga. (It’s kind of humorous ac...

Changing the Brain's Stressful Habits

by Nina Peeling Paint by Melina Meza Yesterday I read this article Yoga: Changing the Brain’s Stressful Habits in Psychology Today by a neu...

Of Mice and Men: Yoga as a Refuge

by Nina Two Mice by Hokusai Recently a friend sent me a link to this video on stress by Dr. Kelly McGonigal because she thought I might find...

The Nature of Being

by Nina New Bay Bridge by Melina Meza As you can probably tell from my post yesterday on non-holding, I'm in a philosophical mood. To be...

Cortisol and Good Health

by Baxter Fallen Tree by Brad Gibson We have mentioned one of the body’s important hormones, cortisol, on these pages a few times in the rec...

3 simple breathing techniques for stress relief

The stress dis-ease Stress is a huge issue for millions of people around the world. Health professionals now know that elevated levels ...

Brahma Mudra - a little stress relief

It has been a big week for me.  Since this time last weekend, I was bitten by a stray dog, I attended a traditional ceremony that included a...