YOGA FOR MENTAL HEALTH Archives

Forgiveness for Your Health – Yoga for Releasing Baggage

May 27, 2023May 23, 2023

When you are ready to practice the Rose Meditation at the end of your Yoga practice, you may wish to put some warm socks on and to gather a Yoga bolster, blanket and an eye bag, if you are using these props. It is also a good idea to turn off your cell phone, if you are able to, so that you will not be disturbed. When you are ready, place your props appropriately and lie back in Shavasana. Take a few, deep breaths and place your right hand over your heart and your left hand on your abdomen, just below your belly button.

Stop Hate with Yoga and Meditation

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Hatha Yoga practice will allow your body to vent anger. Whether you practice a Restorative Yoga style that holds postures, or you practice a flowing Vinyasa Yoga style – the unhealthy negative feelings of anger, and its side effects, can be released from your body within a Yoga class.

Meditation to Calm the Mind

May 21, 2023May 14, 2023

Yoga meditation is one of the most effective ways of changing our thinking, and the style is not as important as the fact that it takes…

What is Self-Love with Yoga?

May 16, 2023May 10, 2023

After our exchange, I thought about yoga as a method for self discovery, and how we, as yoga instructors, can promote the emotional…

Meditation for a Creative Breakthrough

May 3, 2023May 2, 2023

So here is a method of meditation for a creative breakthrough. First, give the project or problem your full attention. Keep the mind…

Yoga and Loving Kindness

April 30, 2023April 29, 2023

Typically, Yoga is a well-known form of exercise that is excellent for increasing strength and loosening tight muscles. With other workouts and strength training exercises, it supposedly works well for shaping the body.

Brain Fitness Meditation Today

May 2, 2023April 28, 2023

Meditation of all varieties yields great benefits for the health and longevity of the brain, but mindfulness meditation is particularly…

Meditation for Good Thoughts

April 26, 2023April 23, 2023

Within Yoga, the goal of the practice of meditation is to clear the mind of any pollutants and worries, which make it alert and present…

Restoring Emotional Balance with Yoga Exercises

April 21, 2023April 20, 2023

When we look for Yogic solutions to balancing emotional health, the largest obstacle is finding a yoga teacher who has the knowledge to…

Balancing Your Brain in Yoga Class

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

How do we balance this tricky dynamic of being instructors and being students while we take classes? One strategy is to let our minds slip in and out of each mindset as it naturally might during any given class. For example, you could be working on responding to an instructor’s verbal or physical cue (working on your own growth as a practitioner). A few minutes later, you could take note of an image from the instructor that you would love to adapt for use in your own classes (working on yourself as an instructor). If you find yourself tending to be in student brain or instructor brain significantly more often than another, you could mindfully work towards trying to bring that into greater balance.