Author Archives: yoga librarian

Getting Over Our Childhoods

After having lunch with friends last week, and talking about the impact of our childhoods on our learning to be adults, I came across this quote in an article in More. “Most of us spend the bulk of our adult lives getting over our childhoods. Coming to terms with how we were loved is some of the most important work we do, arguably more important than what we do for a living.”

Read You Can Go Home Again on More.com http://www.more.com/2051/8974-you-can-go-home-again

I think this resonates with those who feel their childhoods were perfect, warm and supported as well as those who think childhood was a nightmare – and for everyone in between.

Marcia Menter is the author of The Office Sutras: Exercises for Your Soul at Work.

The Confidence Coalition

We all know the facts – the ways that a lack of self-confidence impacts the lives of women and girls.

I just discovered a new organization founded to reverse theses problems.

The Confidence Coalition and its member organizations are collectively bringing awareness to the issues affecting girls and women by encouraging them to stand up to peer pressure and media stereotypes, say no to risky behavior and abusive relationships, and put an end to relational aggression, such as bullying–on the playground and in the office.

View their video Go Confidently!

To Boost Memory Take a Break

New research shows that resting after learning helps cement information. Read the press release…

Often new students ask why we rest in Savasana at the end of our practice. This research provides a scientific corroboration for something yogis have always known – the importance of allowing time to assimilate what we have learned through our practice.

Quotes about Savasana

“Savasana is an important aspect of the practice. Most of us live incredibly busy and hectic lives. It is wise to take at least a little time at the end of our practice to assimilate the soothing benefits we have accrued during practice.” (David Swensen)

“All too often, we shortchange Savasana, thinking perhaps we can’t afford to lie and rest; yet it creates a space for the blending of all eight limbs of yoga for the awakening of our deepest Self. ” (Bo Forbes)