By Mary Hilliker, RDN, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT We plant seeds, sometimes with great intention and clarity. We have a plan and things are working out. The harvest is bountiful and rich beyond measure. The more common situation in life is that seeds are planted but there are...
We live in a busy world. The householder stage of life is weighted with responsibilities at work and home and being a citizen of the world. Wonderful, but complicating, is the access to so much information. We have the veritable buffet table of yoga and...
by Mary Hilliker, RDN, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT We are all living with the reality of our many attachments. The current Covid pandemic is like a big mirror, reflecting our attachments and aversions. While this pandemic, in its size and scope, is new for all of us,...
By Cameron Ripley Yoga can help people of all genders, backgrounds, and ages learn to better themselves both physically and emotionally. At age 75, after completing both the 200-hour yoga teacher training with River Flow Yoga Teacher in Wausau, WI and 500-hour advanced teacher training with...
By Cameron Ripley You might not think that yoga and music have much in common, but that’s not what 200-Hour River Flow Yoga Teacher Training graduate Hayley Koch has found. As a classical singer, she found yoga to be extremely helpful in making her a better...
by Cameron Ripley Yoga has the ability to change lives, and no one knows that better than recent 200-Hour River Flow Yoga Teacher Training program graduate Jesse Luer. During his time in prison, Jesse found yoga to be helpful for his own recovery, and once he...
By Cameron Ripley When you put in the time and energy to learn a new skill and become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), you want to make sure that your investment is going to pay off. This week, I got to sit down with a current...
"When we start to pay attention in an intentional and nonjudgmental way, as we do when we cultivate mindfulness, and thus bring ourselves back into the present moment, we are tapping into very deep natural resources of strength, creativity, balance and yes, wisdom – interior...
“The body keeps the score.” Bessel A van der Kolk Grief is a unique combination of sadness, memories, fog, strong emotions, bodily experiences and occasional moments of peace and clarity. This simple quote reveals so much about what we are just beginning to understand about the...
As with many decisions in life, our decision-making and preparation starts long before we make that a final commitment to embark on a new journey or course of study. Things are aligning and small steps toward the goal or decision are often happening, some conscious...
We are light. Within us is a light, very much like the Sun, that is unchanging and brilliant. This is one of the fundamental teachings in yoga philosophy. The darkness of the winter creates an inward movement of our attention that creates opportunities to experience...
Yoga can be a helpful practice of self-care for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions (such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Lyme’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease). Yoga practices such as gentle postures, seated breathing practices, hand movements, guided relaxation, sound,...
We all exist within our own unique expression of physical structure, physiology, mind, personality and heart. These layers of our being, also known as the koshas or sheaths or layers of being, provide a passageway into our deep center, the cave of our heart. This innermost...
When sleep escapes you and fatigue is your daytime companion, it’s time to evaluate what action you can take to improve sleep. Your yoga toolbox has many tools but you need to know which ones to apply to your situation. The roots of sleeplessness may be...
Yoga is a daily renewal, a practice of stopping, slowing down, breathing and moving consciously, witnessing thoughts, and setting or renewing intentions. This daily renewal might be just 5 minutes of conscious breathing, 10 minutes of meditation, or a 20 minute yoga posture practice that...