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Is Yoga for Stress Relief Better With Mindfulness?

by Shawn Radcliffe | May 28, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga

Anyone who’s taken a yoga class already knows that it can reduce stress. The same holds for mindfulness-based stress reduction programs (MBSR), whose name says it all. But what if you combined the two? Can mindfulness and yoga together provide even more stress relief?...

5 Mindfulness Books to Help You Feel Less Stressed

by Shawn Radcliffe | May 21, 2020 | Health, Meditation

How often have you sat down to watch a movie only to spend the entire film scrolling through the news or social media on your phone? Or hung out with your family or friends, but never really listened to what they were saying because you were thinking about work or...

Four Simple Mindfulness Exercises for Yoga

by Shawn Radcliffe | May 14, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga

One of the benefits of a regular yoga practice is that it encourages you to be more mindful, both on and off the yoga mat. This can help you deal with stress or anxiety, or learn how to savor the special moments in your life. While you can develop some mindfulness...

Four Reasons Why You Should Be Mindful During Yoga

by Shawn Radcliffe | May 7, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga

When I first started doing yoga, I would sometimes practice at home while watching TV or listening to the news. This seemed like a good way to keep from getting bored while I moved from pose to pose. It wasn’t until I started going regularly to group yoga classes that...

Using Yoga to Navigate Difficult Times

by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 22, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga

Many people are drawn to yoga because they enjoy the movement and stretching. They may even keep coming back to class because yoga opens up tight muscles or relieves pain from an old injury. What they may not realize is that a regular yoga practice can also have a...

What is Mindfulness Yoga?

by Shawn Radcliffe | Nov 15, 2019 | Meditation, Yoga

Even though I’ve only been teaching Mindfulness Yoga for a few years, I’ve actually been teaching mindfulness yoga for much longer than that. What? I know. This sounds a bit like a logic problem: If a yoga teacher leaves on a train headed due east at 50 km/hour, and...