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For Our Ailing Ancestors

I am a recovering addict. First, however, I am a child of addiction, mental illness and generalized family chaos. This primary condition greased the skids …

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Addiction Is a Disease of MORE

Among other things, addiction is a disease of more. I felt it when I drank – always thinking about the next drink, monitoring the level …

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What Is It About 4 PM?

Is four pm a kind of witching hour? Is there some sort of Ayurvedic twist of the clock, a Basal Metabolic shift, a change in the …

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How Bad Does It Have To Get?

First off- it was a dream. My son might think about doing something like this but he wouldn’t. At least I don’t think so. I …

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The Benefits of Yoga – Illustrated

Freedomgenesis.com is a website that focuses on yoga, healing, and health. Brad Ormsby, one of the main editors of that resources, generously shared this infographic with …

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Creativity And Meditation

My writing muse is on sabbatical. She has left the building, gone on walkabout, however you wish to describe it. I have been writing her …

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Yoga Treatment Guide for Recovery – Part Four – Upayam

Part Four – Upayam; selecting methods and tools First we look, then we see, then we believe and finally we can act. In using yoga …

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Yoga Treatment Guide For Recovery – Part Three – Hanam

Part Three Hanam Hanam – is the third part of looking at recovery through the traditional yoga healing process lens. Hanam is the part where …

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Yoga Treatment Guide for Recovery; Part Two- Hetu

The second part of the healing arrangement, or “vyuha” is hetu, cause. Last time I wrote about the first part of walking towards health and …

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Yoga Treatment Guide For Recovery Part One- Heyam

While there is an official and certified process for claiming to be a Yoga Therapist, and I am not one, there is an age …

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Thinking is not an end in itself.

I have been musing (not really thinking) about the qualities and purposes of thought. Being a woman in long term recovery I have a guarded …

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Listen and Speak From An Open Heart

There is no taking back our words when thoughtlessly spoken, and there is nothing so demoralizing as appearing to have listened and have to tell …

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Guest Blogger Kaira Anthony on Yoga and Recovery

Kiara Anthony sent me an article recently on my favorite topic: Yoga and Recovery. She is a regular blogger at Drugrehab.com and kindly lent her …

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Why Yoga? Why Yoga For People and Families in Recovery?

Guest blogger Sally James gives us some reasons WHY YOGA! How Can Yoga Help The Families And Carers Of Recovering Addicts? We know by now …

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There Is No GPS For Grief

Lucas F. Chellew died on February 22, 2017. He was part of the law enforcement family. He died in the line of duty, an end …

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Alignment; In Yoga, In Recovery, In Life

As a person person who practices yoga I consciously connect with the concept of alignment every day. Preparing for a breath practice, sitting in meditation …

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