by Margaret Kirschner | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog
When we sleep, we heal. If we did not sleep, we would eventually go insane. You know that foggy brain feeling, along with impatience that creeps in when you have ignored your need for sleep well past the point of reasonableness? A recent study reveals that lack of...
by Margaret Kirschner | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog
Linking Mind and Body The physical body positions we move into and out of while practicing yoga are called asanas. The meaning of the word is steady seat, which can be thought of as a steadiness of effort and ease in the body, mind and breath while moving. The steady...
by Margaret Kirschner | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
Effort Creates Energy I have often marveled at people who seem to have boundless energy – those who are productive, focused, active and socially engaged. Although I am satisfied with my experience of being calm, grounded and I am content to keep myself close to...
by Margaret Kirschner | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog
Bringing Ourselves Back Into Body-Mind Awareness How about making the walking we already do into an opportunity to meditate? In walking meditation, we use the experience of walking as our focus, a technique that can be just an effective as sitting practice. It can be...
by Margaret Kirschner | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog
Mind Spinning? A great deal of time can be spent trying to figure something out intellectually. Even as an understanding of a problem becomes clear and a solution is laid out, we may never get to the essence of whatever we are trying to work through if we do not...
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