by The Well | Aug 28, 2023 | Foundations of Yoga Therapy, General
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...
by The Well | Jul 31, 2023 | Breathing, General, Guest Blog, Meditation
Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University | The first time you do a movement is an experiment. Repeating the movement becomes a pattern. Patterns solidify into structure. So how is Yoga an experiment? And what do patterns have to...
by The Well | Jul 24, 2023 | General
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...
by The Well | Jul 17, 2023 | Guest Blog, Meditation
Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University Scientists found that doing an ancient Buddhist loving-kindness meditation five days per week for three months resulted in improvements in seven aspects of psychological distress. What...
by The Well | Jul 16, 2023 | General
The violin is a popular instrument in South India just as it is in the U.S. However, the way it is played in South Indian Carnatic music traditions is so different from the way it is played in Western symphonic traditions that it is practically unrecognizable as the...
