Dr. Azita Nahia defines trauma as “a highly stressful event or experience that disrupts your world and the way you have come to make meaning of it, leaving you feeling helpless, immobilized, disconnected, and stuck.” Stuck is the word that sticks with...
How often do you feel sick to your stomach? For me, it can be pretty often…which is no fun. So many things can cause nausea! Anxiety, excitement, anger, intense pain, morning sickness, motion sickness, food poisoning, the list could go on and on! With...
“I don’t want to work today.” …Do you ever say this to yourself? Or feel like you have to drag and force yourself through an invisible pressure to get any work done? These could be the beginning signs of burnout. You might have heard that word a lot in recent years,...
You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape your EMOTIONS!! Seriously though, I hate to break it to you, but no matter how much you try to bury them, your feelings are extremely powerful and subconsciously running your life. I mean, think about it, you’re having a...
Mental health and mental illness is becoming a largely discussed topic these days in yoga classes. As someone who teaches yoga for personal transformation, I am here for it! Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. I find yoga students...
LIFE IS STRESSFUL!!! Whether it’s good stress or bad stress it seems to be a part of our everyday life. When all that chronic stress starts to build we start to feel pretty yuck, whether it be physical (headaches/exhaustion) or emotional (anxiety/mild...
