by The Well | Feb 18, 2024 | General
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...
by The Well | Jan 18, 2024 | Breathing, Guest Blog
Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University When you do a personal daily yoga practice you are alone. Your focus is internal. The outside world feels distant. But the outside world flows into and back out of you with every breath....
by The Well | Dec 12, 2023 | Breathing, Guest Blog
Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University | Conscious and unconscious breathing are controlled by separate brain pathways. Breathing that happens without any conscious effort is called metabolic breathing. Metabolic breathing does...
by The Well | Nov 22, 2023 | Breathing, Guest Blog
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...
by The Well | Oct 20, 2023 | Foundations of Yoga Therapy, General
Mantra is commonly thought of as a special word or phrase repeated during, or as a support in, meditation. However, it is important to know that simply repeating the mantra, and hoping for profound change is insufficient. For a powerful impact, we need to visualize...
