For the last few months I have been ‘practicing’ Contentment. I call it practice because it usually does not come naturally to most people to simply f...

We may think of love only as a feeling,

and wait hopefully for it’s arrival — love of another person, love of life, love of one’s daily activities, o...

This is a touching and beautiful story of a loving family who support and encourage each other as a team. Even more than a team, actually, because the...

“I Empty my Hands to Hear the Voice of my Heart.”

It is interesting that in many indigenous cultures like the North West Coast and Inuit have depicte...

If you are anything like me, making a plan and having an agenda to follow can feel very grounding. Having a plan gives us a starting point, and helps ...

Wisdom from a sweet thoughtful man. “I go out to the park and I might just meditate. You know you got to let things go. Holding onto anger will only s...

Your Inner Smile is glowing golden inside of you all the time! All you have to do is become AWARE of it, and a magical thing happens: you begin to sen...

“My Inner Smile awakens the Bliss that is always present.”

I love how the pinky fingers are like the uplifted corners of the mouth as in a smile in t...

Animals have a way of making me smile on the inside and the outside! This beagle puppy is so hilarious. Please enjoy!

“I allow everything to be exactly as it is.”

Our possibilities increase when we allow everything to be exactly as it is in each unfolding moment. All...

The kind act of a man on a train who doesn’t know he’s being filmed makes her cry! And now we can all feel the love by watching this video. It makes y...

‘I Allow’ Five Element Yoga Flow assists you in opening your heart to let go into allowing this moment to be exactly as it is; and allowing you to be ...

by Jennifer Reis, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, Kripalu School of Yoga faculty.

The rhythms of the seasons and nature gloriously expres...

With Jala Mudra.

Lay on your back and draw your knees into your chest. Rock side to side to massage your back- yummy! Soften and loosen your neck and...

“I flow with the rhythms of the rivers within.”

This is one of my all time favorite Mudras! Perhaps because its so simple and yet so powerful at brin...

Aretha Franklin still has it! I’m so inspired and I can only pray, practice and try to keep finding my natural rhythm, in hopes of being as incredible...

“Fully present in my body, I am here now.”

Murti means body, form, in Sanskrit, and allows the breath to settle into the pelvis to support balance, s...

by Jennifer Reis, Integrative Yoga Therapist

Here are ideas for some of the most important ways I’ve found to live fully embodied.

Above all, rememb...

Abhyanga is a potent healing and rebalancing self-massage for your internal five elements. The rhythmic flow of movement activates the lymphatic syste...

When living in a body, its very important to BATHE, but it doesn’t always mean that we, or our animal friends, always want to or like to.