by The Well | May 5, 2024 | General
YOGA’S FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS The essential principles of Yoga as a practice, and a way of life, can be found in these three main texts: The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and The Hatha Yoga Paradipika. The latter two especially provide practical...
by The Well | Apr 20, 2024 | General, YogaSutras
A Guide for Everyday Life What is Patañjali’s Yogasūtra? Patañjali’s Yogasūtra is one of the most important texts on the practice of Yoga. Think of it as an instruction manual for living a satisfying and meaningful life. Patañjali’s Yogasūtra presents the principles...
by The Well | Mar 17, 2024 | Ayurveda, General
There are numerous benefits to Āyurveda, an ancient health science from India, that focuses on how to bring mind, body, and spirit into balance. Āyurvedic medicine supports each individual to come into balance as well as to maintain that balance over a lifetime....
by The Well | Mar 11, 2024 | General, Guest Blog
When I first embraced the Yoga Well community, as a student in the 2020-2021 DYY Program, I was somewhat adrift spiritually. A BIT OF BACKGROUND The foundation from which I let myself lift into the nebulous was a lifelong love for the Episcopal Church with its...
by The Well | Mar 4, 2024 | General
When I tell people that I work as a Yoga Therapist, I often have to explain what that means. People know what Yoga is, but Yoga as a healing modality is something they want to know more about. They ask, “What is Yoga Therapy?” Essentially, Yoga Therapy uses the tools...
by The Well | Feb 18, 2024 | General
How to Practice Yoga on the Mat & in Everyday Life. WHAT IS YOGA? Yoga is often thought of as a physical exercise that happens in a gym or on a mat. This idea of Yoga misses a huge part of what Yoga is about. Yoga actually describes a way of being that occurs both...
