A week ago I met for lunch with a loooong – time friend of mine who now lives out of town. Being a medical doctor and a fellow Chopra Center teacher, he understands and shares my passion for healing. “I just went to see a naturopath,” I said casually as we were...
Waivers filled out, mats unrolled, and, just like that, the first week of spring yoga classes are already behind us. One’s very first yoga class is a combination of many things… especially when you’ve registered for a 10-week long session. There’s a sense of...
What does your posture and habits have to do with the cardio-vascular disease in general, and high blood pressure in particular? Quite a lot as it turns out. Supposedly cardio-vascular disease (including high blood pressure) is caused by plaque in the arteries, right?...
Valentine’s weekend is looming ever near; matters of the heart are on everyone’s mind these days, and for a good reason - February is a Heart Health month. Unless you’ve lived under a rock (I wish I have!) for the last 20 years or so, you believe that diet, exercise,...
I teach a FREE! Public Pain Care class on the last Wednesday of each month, and today is our first installment into 2016 class series. Yesterday I posted this question on Facebook to introduce people to one of the corner-stone principles of PAIN CARE SCIENCE: Which...
Nadi Shodhana means, "clearing the channels of circulation," and is sometimes known descriptively as alternate nostril breathing. This breathing technique has a quieting effect and is very helpful in reducing mental turbulence associated with anxiety and insomnia....
A brief pre-class interaction between two students instantly reminded me of a homework I was given a few years back in one of my advanced trainings. I actually almost interjected in this exchange, but then promptly closed my mouth to wait for when an opportune moment...
This blog post started with a splash. Well, more accurately, it started with a moment of hesitation followed by a loud splash and a cold dunk. Brrrrr! Up until that pride-shattering moment I firmly believed that my balance was awesome – I could rock a Tree pose in any...
We are in the middle of a late evening yoga class, and I’m watching a dozen of students precariously balancing on one foot with their eyes closed. I deeply admire their courage: for most of us it takes a lot of guts to try something unfamiliar, especially if that...