Dr. Christine Caldwell, a somatic therapist, writes in her insightful book “Getting Our Bodies Back” that ‘Our mind is analogous to a storehouse full of seeds.’ The seeds hold the potential for all of the feelings, opinions and beliefs that the human being might experience. While we carry the seed of hatred for example, we [...]

At the heart of healing is an experience. It is the experience of being willing and able to be in the moment with your feelings. No matter how awful or repulsive or spectacular they may be, to allow yourself to stay there and feel what is there to be felt. Of course you know as [...]

Did you know that truth is always the same?   That it is what it is . . .  period . . .  and that it remains the same throughout time?  The only thing that really matters is that you allow yourself to bump hip to the truth within your own being, and let it lead you into [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is there a connection between the foods we put into our bodies and how we feel emotionally? Consider this: have you ever eaten a piece of your favorite cake and then wanted to take a nap? Had a cup of your favorite coffee and then felt your energy plummet a half hour or so later? [...]

Right now I’m on Day 27 of a juice feast. That is taking into my body nothing but nutrient dense nutrition in the forms of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and a variety of complementary supplements like E3Live and Hemp Oil. I embarked on the feast because I felt my health and my life had [...]

Yogi Awtar writes clearly about how the mind plays the role of director in stage production called our lives.  It’s worth considering these ideas if you’re interested in living your life with intention and purpose. 
‘Our minds make no judgment about the content of what we think, what we feel, or what we say.  Our mind is our [...]

Here is an excerpt from the wonderful book titled ‘Practical Yoga Psychology’ by Dr. Rishi Vivekananda, who articulates the role of Yoga in the development of the personality, and the common ground that both yoga and depth psychology share.  That is to say
“Depth psychology has shown that there is a form of psychic determinism which controls all our [...]