by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 11, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
Recently I wrote about common barriers to practicing mindfulness such as illness, doubt, or laziness. Many of us have experienced at least one of these when sitting down to meditate or even when deciding whether to go to a yoga class. But there are also wider social...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 4, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
Mindfulness offers a number of benefits such as reduced anxiety, improved thinking ability, and best of all, helping the brain minimize distractions. But these benefits only show up after regularly practicing mindfulness, which may be the hardest part of being...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
