If you think that you have to spend years doing yoga or go to a led yoga class 5 days a week to get all the benefits of yoga think again! The latest research tells us that developing a simple home yoga routine is the biggest yoga-related predictor of better health and all of these benefits are FREE. In […]
Breathwork and something called pranayama, or yogic control over the prana or energy in the breath, is a key part of the traditional system of yoga and even if you don’t do yoga, breath work by itself is one of the most practical and quickest ways to tap into parts of your brain nervous system that are […]
So when most people think about yoga, they think about sweating it out in short shorts in an urban yoga studio. But the traditional system of yoga that was created in Ancient India was an entire system of living designed to keep people mentally and physically fit and prevent illness of the brain and the body because […]
The number one reaction I get when I first tell someone learning how to relax the mind is the secret key to beating stress and overhwhem is that they’ve already tried meditation and it didn’t work for them or they couldn’t do it, or it took too long, or it just didn’t help them to relax. So […]
After the movie “Lucy” came out, many more people are asking the question, how much of our brains DO we really use? Is it a myth that we only use 10%? And the answer is YES! It is a total myth. Many neuroscientists have been interviewed recently about this issue and as Dr. Barry Gordon, […]
Have you ever wondered why it is harder to ‘shake off’ a failure or getting bad news even if you have good stuff happen to you on the same day? And if why you’re having an awesome day and then one bad thing happens that things tend to look a lot less rosy all of […]
If you are a normal human who juggles work, friends, social life, fitness and me time, you are no stranger to stress and the occasional self doubt episode when feeling overwhelmed makes you question, like your WHOLE LIFE PLAN! And living in the modern world with a constant ‘background noise of daily mental threats’ our […]
Research is now showing us that it doesn’t matter how many years you have been meditating or how long each day you practice. What matters is consistency—doing a bit every day! How Meditating Ever Day Just A Little Bit Starts To Change Your Brain And the reason this works so well is that we […]
In this video I’m going to tell you the best yoga poses for digestion, give you a five minute series you can do anytime to help digestion and also tell you why they can help to restore balance to your digestive health. Yoga For Constipation The best yoga poses for digestion are practices that help […]
Mindfulness, being ‘present’ not getting ‘attached’ –these are common phrases we now hear on a daily basis but what do they really mean?? And how do you get to become more mindful exactly and most importantly, why should you devote effort into trying? Mindfulness and your brain Mindfulness meditation is just a technique to help […]