Posted on: by Ayano Atsumi
During a Phoenix Rising session that I received in Japan, I had a profound and life-transforming experience. I can’t remember what pose I was in since the significant experience happened as I released from the pose. As I embraced the sensation of the release the practitioner, who is also a yoga teacher that I fully […]
Posted on: by Michael Lee, MA, C-IAYT
No I’m not using the word “bloody” like an Australian adjective because I have mixed feelings about the day. The original Valentine’s holiday, long before it was named after the Saint, was indeed a bloody pagan ritual in ancient Rome. Originally known as Lupercalia, and celebrated on the ides of February (Feb 15th not the […]
Posted on: by Michael Lee, MA, C-IAYT 21 Comments
No single announcement in the last ten years has gotten more yoga professionals talking to each other than Yoga Alliance Registry (YAR)’s announcement in late January about their new policy on the use of yoga therapy terms. It rocked the yoga world, and social media groups came alive in active—and sometimes heated—discussion. Now that the […]
Posted on: by Michael Lee, MA, C-IAYT
As yoga therapy becomes even more mainstream, and the benefits more widely accepted, more people are jumping on the bandwagon and the growth accelerates. As practicing yoga therapists for many years, we have known how yoga therapy can help anything from sciatica to a failed marriage. So it’s great to finally be recognized and […]
Posted on: by Michael Lee, MA, C-IAYT
Researcher and Author, Brené Brown says, Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. Two words in this definition stand out for me – “practice” and “embracing”. First up, authenticity is a “practice” it’s not just an attitude or belief – it […]
Posted on: by PRYTOffice
Winter drags on for most of us. I heard last week, the only state that does not have snow is Florida. I meet many people daily in my job. I have been trying to maintain a sunny disposition in the face of this interminably long winter. I keep hearing myself say, “The sun always wins”. […]
Posted on: by PRYTOffice
Lately I have been thinking about neuroscience and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT). As a practitioner I have had many iterations of how I explain to potential clients and interested folks, exactly what is PRYT? Sometimes when I try I get what I call the blank stare. How do use words to make the connection […]
Posted on: by Lori VanBuggenum
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. It is an illness that results from a complex interaction of social, psychological and biological factors that modern science is still grappling to fully understand. While situational factors, both individual, like the death of a loved one or unemployment, or environmental/social, such as war and income inequality, […]
Posted on: by PRYTOffice
Mindfulness is hot right now. So hot that it made the cover of Time Magazine. This is great news for those of us who have believed for decades in the importance of focused mind-body awareness in doing life with balance and equanimity. A peaceful mind is a beautiful thing but it doesn’t create itself. Particularly […]
Posted on: by PRYTOffice
Recently I painted a mural on the wall leading up the stairway, in my house. I am not a painter by any means. So I did what any modern woman would do, and I goggled “perspective”. While not a trained painter, I have enough artistic training to know, in order to have depth in […]
