Blog – Wisdom For The Journey
East and West in Yoga Therapy
The Yoga Well Insitute’s Yoga Therapist Training Program educates from both Eastern and Western perspectives. The Eastern tradition of Yoga practices and principles (along with its complementary ancient Indian perspectives, such as Āyurveda) combined with Western...
Learning How to Think
Have you ever thought about how you think? About the tone and content of your inner dialogue? About the source of your “shoulds” and expectations? When I was in my 20’s, I really hadn’t. I had a job nannying two wonderful little girls in a family where kids were...
The Role of a Yoga Mentor
When we speak of Mentors at Yoga Well, we mean much more than professional guidance from someone with experience in the field of Yoga Therapy. In the first chapter of the Yogasūtra, Patañjali offers different practices for reducing agitation so we can see and act...
How Yoga Therapy Turned My Life Around
I experienced Yoga Therapy with my Mentor before I even understood what it was. I had left my job, moved across the country and split up with my husband. Between watching my two small kids and nursing a range of feelings over the break up, my life was turned upside...
Using Your Intuition to Make Tough Choices
Making tough decisions is never easy. That’s why they’re called “tough decisions.” But sometimes when you’re faced with an important decision, you can clearly see the best path forward. At those moments, a quiet voice inside you — call it intuition or knowing —...
How to Choose A Yoga Therapist Training Program
Considering deepening your Yoga training? Here’s 6 tips for choosing a Yoga Therapist Training Program that will truly prepare you for your new career. 1. Does the program teach from an authentic Eastern perspective? Yoga has incredibly useful models for understanding...
Ujjāyī as a Foundation for Yoga
One of the most common breathing techniques in the practice of Yoga is called ujjāyī. This technique has two main functions. The first is to make the breath tangible, to make it something that you can perceive. During much of the day, we don’t even notice the...
5 Reasons to Work with a Yoga Therapist
Yoga therapy can be used for healing from trauma, recovering from a physical ailment, or to help you show up as your most authentic self in life. Here are 5 Reasons to Work with a Yoga Therapist #1 Personalized Attention In this day and age of Teledoc and 5 minute...
How Yoga Changes Your Mind
When we talk about Yoga, what we’re really talking about is the behavior of the mind. This is clear from the first chapter of the Yogasūtras, in which Patañjali says: yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (YS I.2), or “Yoga is the restraint of the activities of the mind.” In...
The Effect of Perception on Experiences
Experiences come in many forms — the laughter of a child, the discomfort of a bed in a hotel room far from home, another car cutting in front of us while driving to work. While it can be tempting to describe these experiences as inherently positive or negative, the...
