Category: Yoga for Emotional Health

QiYoga: New Style of Yoga

Paloma Chavez
DC_QiYoga.JPGIf you are a student of QiGong Yoga from China or Hatha Yoga from India, then you will be familiar with the self-healing benefits that each practice offers. QiYoga, a unique new style of yoga, blends these two traditional practices and adapts them to suit today’s lifestyle. (more…)
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Yoga Men Hanging Out

Paloma Chavez
Senior Man Doing YogaDo you know where your senior friends or relatives are this morning? Well, if you happen to live in the community of Brockport, NY, they may just be hanging out with Nancy Burhyte at the Burhyte Ballet School – except they won’t be learning how to do ballet poses, such as the first position or an arabesque, but will rather be in a yoga forward bend or...
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Hello, Yoga Calling

Paloma Chavez
Cartoon of PhoneIt’s early morning. You rise, have a quick shower, and then you dial your yoga teacher for your weekly class. Yes, you read that right – “yoga by phone” is the new idea for personalized yoga instruction. When your hectic life just doesn’t allow you to get to a class, your favorite teacher is just a call away!
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Yoga Camp in Prison

Paloma Chavez
Yoga Class ImageThe Gwalior prison in India houses 3,000 female inmates, along with several children. The officials of the jail, recognizing that the ongoing negativity of the women was a problem, found a solution by putting into place a 45-day yoga program for the inmates. (more…)
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Caregivers Yoga Practice

Paloma Chavez
LotusThese days, more and more adults are going through the stress of caring for their aging parents. And when their parents suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s, there can be an added stress and strain on the caregiver. (more…)
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Dinner and a Yoga Class

Paloma Chavez
Chez Vous CoupleWe have finally turned the corner on dinner and a movie, or dinner in front of the TV. Have you ever imagined that you could have a yoga class and a healthy, delicious dinner made especially for you in your own home? (more…)
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What’s WAHM?

Christina Souza Ma
Baby ZI learned a little while ago what WAHM stood for – “Work At Home Mom”. How many of you out there are WAHMs? I have to tell you, sometimes I feel like – WHAM! It’s as if something has just hit me hard and knocked me off my feet, throwing off my balance and my world. (more…)
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What's WAHM?

Christina Souza Ma
Baby ZI learned a little while ago what WAHM stood for – “Work At Home Mom”. How many of you out there are WAHMs? I have to tell you, sometimes I feel like – WHAM! It’s as if something has just hit me hard and knocked me off my feet, throwing off my balance and my world. (more…)
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A Place for Healing

Paloma Chavez
florianvilla.jpg“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~ The Dalai Lama For Deborah Bernstein, a yoga teacher, and Scott Wahlen, a firefighter, their act of kindness to soldiers recovering at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center led them to a new career path. The beginning of their truly compassionate act was the purchase of a house on St. John, US Virgin Islands, which they named Continue Reading: A Place for Healing