Intro to Ayurveda: health and cyclical living
Ayurveda is an ancient medical system that comes from India. The word is blend of 2 sanskrit words/concepts: ayur (life), and veda (knowledge). It is the science or knowledge of life. If you have some yoga philosophy background, you might recognize the word veda as it also refers to the most ancient texts of yoga. No matter what style or lineage of yoga you practice…
Yoga and Fascia: practices and knowledge for pain relief
Fascia is a word that refers to the many layers and types of connective tissue in the body. It wraps like a netting or weblike structure around each muscle, bundle of muscle fibers, and even individual muscle fibers. It connects muscles to tendons and tendons to bones. In essence, it gives the body its shape by holding muscles at a particular length and level of tension…
Restorative yoga: Its practice, benefits, and background
Restorative yoga was developed relatively recently (through the 1970s) as a helpful, therapeutic, and much needed counter-balance to the fast pace, stress, and busyness of modern living. Restorative yoga offers the opportunity for deep stillness and comfort in the body, and tools to bring the mind into a complementary healing state of quietude.
Lunar Illuminations #1, the importance of cyclical living
Our philosophy at Yoga Luna revolves around the idea that we are all cyclical beings. This means that our bodies (and minds, and every layer of us) are subject to the ever-changing influences of life as it moves in cyclical rhythms. These cycles include the very small cycles of the heartbeat and breath to the large cycles of the seasons we move through every year. The amazing thing about these cycles is that they all follow a similar pattern, and so each can provide us with a “map” of the others.