Mandala creation is a centering device to bring us clarity and deeper wisdom. Yoga nidra and yoga practices are wonderful at awakening our innate creative flow within us, and help us to get out of our ‘judging mind’, giving us more freedom to create with ease. Mandala...
Tips for Managing Stress
Restorative Twist Pose
Restorative Five Element Yoga® uses props on the floor in order to release tensions and rest deeply while you are awake and aware. Each pose gently activates and balances specific elements within the Five Element systems in yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine....
Metta Loving-Kindness Meditation
Numerous studies have provided evidence that Metta Loving-Kindness meditation has the ability to restructure the brain in a positive way. Metta means 'positive energy and kindness towards self and others' in the Pali language from northern India and closely related to...
Mind-Clearing Tips and Hacks
At times my mind feels so full and cluttered. And yet in my earnest desire to stay involved with life, with people, and trying to live a meaning and purposeful life, I inevitably keep taking even more things in: emails, faces, words, stories in person, or on the news...
Immune Boost Self-Care with Five Element Yoga®
Your Immune System is a complex web of cells, tissues, organs and systems. With some loving Self-Care it's possible to strengthen and balance from the inside out with these easy practices to help you to stave off viruses, infections, bacterias, allergies and...
Winter Season Self-Care with Five Element Yoga® Tips
Winter is time to slow down, rest, and pause between activities, giving your energy a chance to reset itself for the year. Water Element is an active force right now and it's time to nourish your Water Vitality. Listen to your body and take time for self-care with...
Presence, Please? Presence
We are so grateful that our 3 dogs are in good health, happy and on the mend! They have all had major surgery, and some new illnesses developing in the past few months, with two major surgeries in just the past few days. I asked the universe to help me, asking for...
Free Your Joints: Joint Rotations
Are your joints feeling achy, creaky and perhaps even painful? Try this flow to nourish your joints. Easy rotations will help to warm up the synovial fluid around the joint to make your movement more graceful, coordinated and effortless, like a clear mountain stream....
NSDR Is the Trendy Practice Right Now. But Is It Better Than Yoga Nidra?
ZIBA KASHEF interviewed me for this informative article on non-sleep deep rest and yoga nidra for Yoga Journal. Both these practices can reduce stress, achieve deep relaxation, and induce sleep. However, despite their similarities, non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and...
Enjoyment = Happiness!
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Often we may tend to get down on ourselves and become critical if we think we are 'wasting time'. I love these words of wisdom that were amazingly enough on my bag of Buddha Tea last night! It helped me to realize that the...