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 | Aug 29, 2023 | Breathing, Guest Blog, Meditation
Guest blog by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University | Your body is always nudging you to do things—usually without you realizing it. Paying attention to bodily sensations can tell you about yourself and your world. Your mind and body can...
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 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...
by The Well | Jun 24, 2022 | 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....