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Nov 27

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. @KogaFitness & I Featured in Oxygen Magazine in Australia!

I was super excited to be quoted in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue of Oxygen magazine in Australia!  It’s a great magazine that deals with women’s health and fitness; I was talking about the mind/body connection in regards to a hybrid workout called Koga Fitness, which is kickboxing combined with yoga.  Exercise is great not only to be healthy and lose weight, but to help heal depression, anxiety, and stress.  So next time you feel down, be sure to get up and get moving!  Check out the mention below.

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Oct 1

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Yoga as an Adjunct Therapy for Substance Use in Social Work Today Magazine

America has long been engaged in a “war on drugs.”  Billions of dollars are spent yearly by U.S. government dealing with the drugs—the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a budget of over $2 billion, annually.  The organization Human Rights Watch has even spoken on the impact of illicit drug use on the sky-high incarceration rates, saying “Drug control policies bear primary responsibility for the quadrupling of the national prison population since 1980 and a soaring incarceration rate, the highest among western democracies….No functioning democracy has ever governed itself with as large a percentage of its adults incarcerated as the United States.”

Click here to read the rest in Social Work Today.

Mar 18

Fuzzy Fascias

 Warning:  Video may be graphic; anatomist Gil Hedley shows us muscle tissue from a cadaver;  there’s also a pic below.  

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?  If you’re an animal, you stretch.  If you’re a human, you likely hit the snooze button on your alarm clock or head into the kitchen for a cup of coffee– but what you should do is stretch.  Those stiff muscles feel great when they’re stretched out, and for good reason:  we are meant to move.  Our sedentary lifestyles have a huge impact on our overall health.  Here’s how. Read more

Jan 14

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Book Review: “Downward Dog, Upward Fog” by Meryl Davids Landau

“Downward Dog, Upward Fog” is chick lit for the spiritual set. Although fiction, it’s what I fondly refer to as “nonfiction” fiction, meaning it is written with such an element of truth that it could be true. There are also practices mentioned that you may choose to adopt and integrate into your daily life, making for an inspiring & invigorating read.  (One of my favorites that I picked up:  consciously acknowledging whether your first breath of the day was an inhale or an exhale.  Nothing like mindfulness first thing in the morning!)

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Sep 5

Photo courtesy of Kristin Mirabelle of the Brooklyn based Boutique Yoga.
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NYC Planting Seeds of Change: Free Garden Yoga

The New York Restoration Project (NYRP), a non profit founded by Bette Midler, has partnered with Harlem Yoga Studio and Brooklyn Holistics to provide free outdoor yoga classes to New Yorkers.  Held in community gardens, these classes start in May and will run through September. Read more

May 8

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Five Minute Flow: Lotuscast’s with Dana Flynn of Laughing Lotus

A series of free downloadable five minute podcasts- audio and video.  Dana Flynn of Laughing Lotus shows you how to flow, while keeping it fast, funky, fresh, fun & creative.  Check it out on iTunes & let me know what you think.

Apr 21

Upcoming Events with Dr. Miles Neale

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Apr 4

Kripalu Yoga Break Downloads

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