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An Introduction to the Yogasūtra

An Introduction to the Yogasūtra

A Guide for Everyday Life  What is Patañjali’s Yogasūtra? Patañjali’s Yogasūtra is one of the most important texts on the practice of Yoga. Think of it as an instruction manual for living a satisfying and meaningful life. Patañjali’s Yogasūtra presents the principles...

6 Benefits of Āyurveda

6 Benefits of Āyurveda

There are numerous benefits to Āyurveda, an ancient health science from India, that focuses on how to bring mind, body, and spirit into balance. Āyurvedic medicine supports each individual to come into balance as well as to maintain that balance over a lifetime....

Yoga and Religion: The Sweet Irony of Yoga

Yoga and Religion: The Sweet Irony of Yoga

When I first embraced the Yoga Well community, as a student in the 2020-2021 DYY Program, I was somewhat adrift spiritually. A BIT OF BACKGROUND   The foundation from which I let myself lift into the nebulous was a lifelong love for the Episcopal Church with its...

What are the Benefits of Yoga Therapy?

What are the Benefits of Yoga Therapy?

When I tell people that I work as a Yoga Therapist, I often have to explain what that means. People know what Yoga is, but Yoga as a healing modality is something they want to know more about. They ask, “What is Yoga Therapy?” Essentially, Yoga Therapy uses the tools...

The Yogasūtras of Patanjali: What Yoga’s About

The Yogasūtras of Patanjali: What Yoga’s About

How to Practice Yoga on the Mat & in Everyday Life. WHAT IS YOGA? Yoga is often thought of as a physical exercise that happens in a gym or on a mat. This idea of Yoga misses a huge part of what Yoga is about. Yoga actually describes a way of being that occurs both...

Your Breath is Hidden and Observable

Your Breath is Hidden and Observable

Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University | Breathing operates in hidden and observable realms of your human system.  Most aspects of respiration are hidden from your conscious mind. Paying attention to the parts of your breath...

Yoga for Clarity

Yoga for Clarity

Recently, in our Application of Meditation class, our discussion touched on the idea of clarity and how it arises. And I was reminded again that clarity is not something we do. Clarity is a result, not an action. What we do is Yoga. And the result of Yoga is clarity....

Learning How to Think

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...

Why You Should Read the Yogasūtras

Why You Should Read the Yogasūtras

Yoga in the West has an abundance of techniques available on the internet, or at your neighborhood Yoga studio, to anyone who wants to try them. The ‘how’ of doing physical postures is everywhere. What’s missing in mainstream Yoga is the ‘why.’ There are actually...

Yoga Bodies, Yoga Minds

Yoga Bodies, Yoga Minds

Written by the Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, Chase Bossart, this article first appeared in the “International Journal of Yoga Therapists (IJYT). The violin is a popular instrument in South India just as it is in the U.S. However, the way it is played...