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Racing mind distracting you from falling asleep? Waking up in the middle of the night remembering something important you were supposed to do?  Your mom’s birthday. Paying your taxes. Follow up from the staff meeting.  A creative project you want to start. They all take up space in our awareness. And often it is this uncaptured mess of thoughts that keep us from falling asleep and staying asleep. I have learned that getting enough sleep is...

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Cate Stillman interviews December Yoga Health Coach of the Month, Dana Schwandt. She started Yoga Health Coaching almost three years ago when YHC was barely out of Beta testing mode Dana, a mom of two, and a long-time yoga studio owner, and a successful Yoga Health Coach lives in Germany. One day Dana realized she needed to make some big changes in her career. She found herself asking the question, “ Am I going to...

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Ego depletion is an idea that states we have a limited capacity of decision making in a day.  When our mental fatigue progresses throughout the day, our will power and choice making ability lessens.   At the beginning of a 12 month, 12 week or 24 hour planning cycle, decide what is to be prioritized and make those tasks non-negotiable. Setting the decisions from the start clears out the clutter of hanging around ideas, thoughts and...

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As a young college graduate I worked as a counselor with juvenile females at a residential wilderness facility. Each evening we made a campfire for group counseling sessions where the girls had a chance to share their stories and receive some group feedback. All the girls had lived through tremendous trials, but there was one story I’ll never forget hearing. I was sitting across the fire from a young woman who always seemed edgy and...

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In October this year I had a huge and unexpected awakening at Cate Stillman’s YogaHealer retreat in South Dakota. For many years I have taught a workshop called “Finding your Authentic Voice.”  I have done so much research, workshops, seminars and self inquiry practices, I thought had a direct connection to my own inner wisdom. I assumed after 64 years on the planet and being an elder in the Anusara Yoga and Yoga healer communities I had...

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I feel the winds of the West, outbreath, letting go of my leaves, all I do not need. Into the darkness of the fall sunset, I release, receive, getting ready for the Silence.   This simple song - Winds of the West - by Ayla Nereo reminds us of our potential for making natural transitions with grace and ease. In the northern hemisphere, we’re deep into Autumn, and feeling the cold, clear, dry qualities moving us toward...