Integrative Health Care Blog
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Allow Grace
We all have ideas about how we would like to look and feel in our bodies, and in this season of New Year's Resolutions, it is easy to become extra critical and impatient with ourselves. This year, allow yourself some Grace. We all need grace and space to develop. Some...
“Life has no Opposite”: On Conscious Dying and Sacred Passage Doulas
"The opposite of Life is not Death. The opposite of Death is Birth. Life has no Opposite." Unknown Death and Birth are Bookends of Life. Death is a Rite of Passage that brings a family of initiatory emotions: grief, anger, terror, rage, disappointment,...
What is Restorative Yoga?
by Kristen Hubbard Restorative Yoga uses blankets, pillows, and other props to allow the body to fully and comfortably relax into each pose, often resting in each pose for 3 or more minutes. Through these fully supported body positions, breath awareness,...
Yoga Can Make You Cry (and that’s a good thing)
At a recent evening Vinyasa Yoga class, I experienced a good, old fashioned “yoga cry”. It felt great. I didn’t try to push it aside or act like it wasn’t happening. I didn’t care that everyone else could see. Okay, maybe I did a little bit. But, in the car, on...
Mindfulness: 10 Insights to make your mind a good friend
How would you answer this question, “What is the most important question you have ever been asked?” (and your answer CANNOT be “Will you marry me?”). Over 8 years ago, as I sat as a student in a class called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), I was...