What a long strange trip it has been. For those of you who might not know, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on June 1st 2015. It was kind of a kick in the teeth, to say the least. I started Chemo July 1st and was completely bald by August. I was able to manage… Read More
Join Lauri Bruce E-YRT 500, for a 4-week class in Myofacial Release self-treatment. We will be using Yoga, MFR hands off techniques and The Melt Method techniques to maintain the results of hands on bodywork. Unique sequences will be designed to support the benefits we already experience at Journeying into Healing. This course will change… Read More
Let the healing begin! Tomorrow, Wednesday the 8th of October in the Yoga for Back Care and Thursday the 9th of October in the Yoga for Therapeutics and Alignment, we will begin to follow the Viniyoga Yoga/NIH for Low Back Pain protocol. The next 8 weeks will provide you with slow gentle movements to help… Read More
A simple practice of awareness can be done daily with great results. Either sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Take a deep breath in and exhale it out. Turn your attention to where you touch the floor and where you don’t. Your masses and spaces. Notice what happens as you inhale, what changes.… Read More
Tip for Monday. Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor. Keep knees, hips and feet aligned. On your exhalation slowly and gently contract the abdominal muscles. But here is the kicker! Don’t recruit gluts, hips, legs, shoulders, feet. Just use your abs. It is slow and subtle. See if… Read More
Stand up straight. If I heard that once I heard it 1000 times! It was said with the best and most loving of intentions but it was physically impossible without retraining my body. Your tip for today is to train your body from the inside out. Sitting on the front edge of a firm chair,… Read More
A couple of years ago (2011) NIH and the American Viniyoga Association worked together to develop a study to see the efficacy of a gentle, simple yoga practice versus a stretching program to relieve chronic back pain. Gary Kraftsow, the founder of AVI developed a series of sequences that were proven to reduce pain and… Read More
Thank you for viewing this website. The blog will contain thoughts, ideas, images and inspirations for people looking for answers to “why does my body feel this way?” As I work through the logistics of designing, revamping and decoding the mysteries that are website building I realize that they are much like the mysteries we… Read More