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January 18, 2017
The Language of Yoga: Part One
We’re Stuck At What Not To Do Last week in our 300-hour yoga therapy teacher training program, a student asked an earnest and pivotal question about the language of yoga. I felt the fire of my passion for elegant language … Continued
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January 12, 2017
Instead of Good Food versus Bad Food try First Do Less Harm, Then Do More Good
In our latest Hunger, Hope + Healing newsletter, I introduced a new offering for us at our Portland home, the DAYA Foundation. That offering is the Restart Program led lovingly by Courtney Cronk. In response to this newsletter, I was … Continued
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January 5, 2017
New Year’s Resolution: Conviction or Consonance
Happy New Year! As the calendar New Year approaches and we’re culturally invited to participate in the New Year’s Resolution process, I ponder the notion of resolution itself. I’ve long been opposed to the traditional approach to New Year’s Resolutions. … Continued
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November 1, 2016
Sarahjoy’s Vata Chai Recipe
Fall brings with it a predominance of the air element. Prana(the vital breath,the subtle essence of life)is abundant in the atmosphere. Autumn is dry, rough, windy, erratic, cool, subtle, and clear. These are all qualities shared byvatadosha, and because like … Continued
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November 19, 2015
Yoga Journal: 4 Ways to Breathe Through Overeating Urges
We hope everyone fully enjoys the holidays and treats themselves on occasion, but doyou feel the urge to overindulge regularly or throughout an entireseason? Discover the science behind that drive inHunger, Hope, and HealingbySarahjoy Marshandlearn how to counter itwith … Continued
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October 22, 2015
Natural Solutions Magazine: Banishing Food Shaming & Cravings, Yoga Therapy for Disordered Eating
Millions of us struggle with our relationships to food and our bodies. These struggles may include food phobias (“If I eat that, I will balloon into x-number of pounds”), ideas about good and bad foods (“If I eat that ‘bad’ … Continued
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October 1, 2015
10 Ways to Reclaim Your Power Over Addiction Through Yoga
The stigma, fear and degradation associated with our cultural depictions of addiction may make getting curious about our own behaviors unpalatable. It’s important to understand that our addictions don’t make us bad, wrong, or unintelligent. In fact, there was a … Continued
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August 12, 2015
Counselor Magazine – Yoga, Recovery and Neuroscience
With the increasing utilization of yoga in our recovery communities and our mental and behavioral health cultures, it’s prudent to ask the following questions: Through the lens of yoga, what is recovery? How is yoga a helpful … Continued
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August 7, 2015
Addiction.com – Finding Relief from Food Addiction Through Yoga
On the first evening, we sit in a circle marked by suspicion. Twenty women share a common painful experience, yet none of us knows anyone else in the circle. Of these women, some 60% to 70% have never told anyone … Continued
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July 17, 2015
Addiction.com – Finding Faith in My Body
Countless women and men fear food. “Just one bite” might not end with one bite; for some of us, it may spiral out of control. Food taunts us to want it and to hate ourselves for having it, or so … Continued
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