Is strength your greatest weakness?

By Monique Lonner, Director of Soul Yoga Therapy It has been said that a significant indication of one’s capability to live a courageous and whole-hearted life is their ability to be vulnerable. In keeping up appearances, and not letting ourselves get soft and quiet,...

Happy Springtime!

Happy Spring! Mother Nature is doing Yoga! Springtime is a lovely example of the yogic concepts of Sukha and Sthira – Suppleness and Resiliency. With the recent rains we can see the fragile green blush starting to cover the fields and canyons. It’s still so...

Chronic Pain and the Brain

Pain is our body’s way of alerting the brain that something is going wrong. The fact that it’s uncomfortable is what makes it so persuasive in making us take our hand off a hot stove, stepping off broken glass, or adjusting a Yoga pose.  But when pain becomes long...