PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING AND YOGA

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Portals Out of Suffering

On: March 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Some yogis call it ‘bare attention’, the practice of being present to experience.
Some Buddhists call it ‘mindfulness’, paying attention to the moment on purpose, and without judgement. 
Some trauma experts refer to it as the path of awareness, that brings the survivor to the painful truth of their experience.
And then there are those in the recovery community who [...]


Truth in Psychological Healing

On: March 9th, 2008 at 6:23 pm | Number of Comments » 0

At the heart of this site is a love for both Yoga and psychotherapy.   When used by a skilled practitioner each will facilitate psychological healing in the participant.  Increasingly, research is showing that these two modalities are effective healing pathways for individuals recovering from psychological trauma and addiction.   When it comes to healing, these two practices have one pivotal thing in common.  When effectively employed, each will bring the participant face to [...]


Bonds of Betrayal

On: March 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm | Number of Comments » 1

It begins with a promise.  A promise so appealing you could set your intuition aside in favor of it.  The promiser sounds so sincere that you persuade yourself to take a chance on them, to trust them, yet again.  But eventhough they sound sincere, the promiser turns out not to be so, and betrays your trust by not following through on the original [...]