Give Mom health and relaxation this Mother’s Day!

Give Mom health and relaxation this Mother’s Day!

by Devinder KaurNo Comments
Every year my family gave my grandmother lavender hand cream, soaps, and talc powder, until she had amassed such an inventory that it would take her the better part of a decade to use it all. Finally, we collectively decided to start giving her experiences, rather than things. She had enough things, and she was actually quite particular about the types of things to have, but she would eagerly use a gift certificate for massage. We've got a few things happening at the centre for Mother's Day this year! See which experience suits you or your mother figure. Yoga Classes Yoga for Kids and Mom Saturday May 9th 12:30 - 1:30 pm Enjoy an hour with your little yogi and practice Yoga for Kids and Mom led by Victoria Lyons. Register here! Mother's Day Yoga Workshop Saturday May 9th 3 - 5 pm A decadent two hour class for Moms to reconnect with a sense of peacefulness and celebrate all that you do and give. A little bit of everything...
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Your Brain on Yoga – by Dr. Eileen Harris

by Devinder KaurNo Comments
In your yoga practice, are you “paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, to the unfolding of experience moment by moment”? Are you at least striving to do that? If so, you are practicing a form of mindfulness as defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn. I call it mindful meditation. There is a growing body of research that demonstrates that yoga as a mindful meditation can actually alter certain structures in your brain, including structures responsible for feelings of love, peace and well-being. Let’s use peace as an example, which I define as the absence of stress. The stress response is a complicated trigger system governed by the amygdala, the small but vital portion of your brain responsible for memory, decision-making and emotions. When presented with a stressful stimulus (in modern life anything and everything can be a stressful stimulus) there is often an immediate reaction. We know this as the flight, fight or freeze response. It is automatic and often without...
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