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“The respiratory system is the gateway to purifying the body, mind and intellect. The key to this is pranayama.” BKS Iyengar So far in our blogs, we have covered the Yamas (social ethics), Niyamas (personal ethics), and Asana (postures.) We move on now to Pranayama. Prana means breath, lifeforce or energy. Ayama means restriction or control. Thus, Pranayama can be translated as ‘breath control.’ In the US we rarely practice pranayama and if we do, we just…
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Wow! Can you believe it is November already?! It’s hard to believe that we are in the final stretch to the end of the year. These last few months have been very difficult for our business, and our personal lives. There have been moments of despair, fatigue, and even moments of saying “we quit”! Good thing moments don’t last forever. This month we are continuing to understand the stages of stress and how they affect us…
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Surprise! Here we are on the 2nd article on the subject of burnout, and we’re on time and ready to get the party started. After writing the first article, I began to take what I was writing about seriously and started to apply it to my own needs. I refuse to fall victim to something that I am able to control, but for some it is not that easy or obvious. Part 2 of this article…
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As you have probably noticed; this month’s blog is late. We are usually prompt about getting our newsletter out by the first of the month. The sad thing about our lateness, is that I was responsible for writing it last month, getting it proofread by my manager, and correcting any errors she may have found. My lackadaisical attitude isn’t due to obstinacy or not wanting to fulfill my obligation; it’s due to burnout. Burnout is defined as…
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“My body is my temple and asanas are my prayers.” B.K.S. Iyengar In previous blogs I talked about the first two limbs of yoga – the Yamas (social ethics) and Niyamas (personal ethics). We are now up to the limb with which everyone is most familiar, the postures. In Sanskrit, this limb is Asana. The word Asana translates to sitting or seat. Historically, the postures were performed to prepare the body to sit for meditation. Meditation was…
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In my previous blog, I discussed the first of the Eight Limbs of Yoga. In this blog, we are moving to the second limb, the Niyamas. The first limb, the Yamas, referred to the social ethics we, as yogis, aspire to follow. The Niyamas refer to the personal ethics we aspire to. Briefly, the Niyamas are personal conduct, diet and lifestyle. But, like the Yamas, there are five distinct guidelines. The first niyama is Sauca. Sauca refers…
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Oh, sweet recovery, come to me. This is hard. Harder than I anticipated. But slowly but surely I will get there. In December I tore my Achilles’ tendon. As much as I wish I had a cool story to go along with this, like I was doing a 10k for charity…I don’t. Reality is, I was trotting along behind my pug and I felt a pop. That’s how easy it was for my body to become injured.…
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This month’s blog is a personal one for me; June has been designated as PTSD awareness month. There are currently 8 million people in the United States that have been diagnosed with PTSD, and sadly, many of those who have been diagnosed, do not receive the help they need to work through the real issue of past trauma (ptsd.va.gov, 2021). I am one of those 8 million, I used to be ashamed to admit that I have…
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I have had an issue with my ability to be physically active for quite some time now; I know you are probably surprised, what?! The one who owns a fitness studio has a problem with moving on a consistent and daily basis? The answer is, yes, I do. For me, the lack of achieving the goal of moving daily and consistently is due to a pattern of being in school for a long period of time, preexisting…
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As I stated in a previous blog, yoga is much more than physical postures. Yoga is made up of 8 distinct limbs, postures are limb number 3. Here are the 8 limbs in Sanskrit and their approximate definition. Yama – Social Ethics Niyama – Personal Ethics Asana – Yoga postures Pranayama – Breath control Pratyahara – Withdrawing the senses Dharana – Concentration Dhyana – Meditation Samadhi – Complete absorption in the mediation object (enlightenment) We’ll start with…
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