Why Upper Body Strength Matters – Not Just Door Knobs & Pickle Jars!
This story started in the middle of January's deep freeze... It was already nearly 6 pm on Tuesday night - almost time to start the Core Restore class - and only a single person in the yoga room, quite alarming for class that's usually full to the gills. I looked out...
Instant Pain Relief For Neck + Shoulders
Last week we've looked at BPS (BioPsychoSocial) model of understanding and addressing chronic pain and other on-going disorders. The premise of this different - new to many of us - approach is that it accounts for beliefs, feelings, and emotions of the PERSON...
What is BPS?
BPS stands for BIOPHSYCOSOCIAL.Have you heard this term before? BPS is a different - new to modern western medicine and also to many of us - model for addressing illness. While BPS model can and have been used in many branches of medicine, my particular interest is in...
All Together Now: Yoga + Meditation + Ayurveda
Happy New Year! 2019 brings BIG, exciting changes to Satori Yoga. I've been forever looking for ways to incorporate Meditation and Ayurveda into Satori curriculum. In my own life, yoga, meditation and ayurveda blend seamlessly into a single whole - a way of living....
FASCIA and PAIN
Understanding how our connective tissue network affects our movement and influences pain levels has been at the foreground of many of our in-class conversations. So let’s talk about fascia!
OWNER’S MANUAL: human nervous system | part 1
Today's topic follows the many, MANY in-class conversations we've had in regards to nervous system. As it usually tends to happen, this topic was ripe and ready for writing the moment I've heard myself unpacking it for the 7th time. The reason the nervous system stuff...
OWNER’S MANUAL: the nervous system
Last week my family was hit with a tsunami of a crisis. Understanding how the human nervous system works - the stuff that I share in classes and in writing - steadied us through the panic, fear, grief, and uncertainty. This knowledge,...
Spinal Cord Reflexes – or How Much is TOO MUCH?
I had full intentions or writing more on Ayurvedic tools for persistent pain for this Wednesday, but my head is still swimming after teaching the SI JOINT workshop this weekend. Here are, instead, a few notes that have been written in response to "how much is too...
OWNER’S MANUAL: sacrum & SI joint
I've received so many phone calls and e-mails asking me about sacrum and SI joint (and the pain that often comes with the imbalance in this area), that I thought I better address them all in one place - and in writing. This post is going to be a long-ish one {there's...
So What The Heck Am I Supposed To Do?
Today's post follows last week's conversation on movement and exercise - or, more correctly, answers the most COMMON question / comment I've heard afterward: OK, so movement and exercise are not the same.Got it.What the heck am I supposed to do now?! We'll get to...