Tag Archives: relaxation response

Shavasana

The legend of Shavasana concerns a wise and just king who while riding through the woods becomes thirsty.  In his travel he comes upon a sage in deep meditation who does not hear the king’s request for water.  The king … Continue reading

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Savasana

This is an excerpt of an article about savasana written by Amir from the Sun and Moon Studio website. The paradox of Savasana is that while it may seem to be a very easy pose from the outside, internally it is … Continue reading

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Your Brain on Yoga

Welcome to the online version of our 2012 yoga retreat: Your Brain on Yoga.

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Slow Activities

Our culture heralds and promotes the fast paced life.  We are immersed in the need to be busy accomplishing projects, making agendas, setting up projects, achieving goals,  slaying the dragon, multi-tasking, and multiplying our lives with detail.  I believe that … Continue reading

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Guided breathing practice

I made some mp3 audio files for some family and I will share them here too. There will be 3 eventually. Each one is about 7 minutes long of a guided breathing practice. It was made to help remind the … Continue reading

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Our nervous system

What we feel as stress, is the product of the sympathetic nervous system or the “fight or flight” response: an almost instantaneous surge in heart rate, cardiac output, blood pressure, sweating, shallow breathing, combined with a tensing of muscles. Internally, … Continue reading

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