Keeping our immune systems healthy and balanced can save time, energy, money and heartache that illness can cause. Although the immune system itself is complex, there are many easy techniques from yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Ayurveda that can help us work with it to avoid susceptibility to illness and be fortified from within. I guide you in this simple flow of self-massage, breath and mudra flow to boost your...

I love this! Kristin Neff, a leading researcher of self-compassion, has some easy ideas for Self-Compassion, including Hridaya Heart Mudra that I teach in the VIDEO in our Five Element Yoga® mudra practice!    

There's no need to dive into ice cold water to cool down! These three energy points from Traditional Chinese Medicine, through the practice of Shiatsu finger pressure, can help you with summer heat, or any cause of heat within you, and discomfort. Simply circle or press and release in a rhythmic pulsing motion these points for 1-3 minutes each, on both sides of the body, with a comfortable level of...

What does it mean to practice Self-Love? Is it possible to cultivate a life lived in Self-Love? Self-love is to both LISTEN TO and CARE for oneself. With your attention on meeting your needs, you have the opportunity to feel more nourished and content from the inside out, with less dependence on what is outside of you. Living in Self-Love gives others permission to do the same for themselves. Having...