The Call to Be By Rolf Gates As a result of an addiction to alcohol and the intense suffering I experienced during my early years I seem to have been born to ask the question: What happens when we cant make it work any longer, when we are at the end of life as we…
Turning Your Vision into a Yoga Service Reality by Sue Jones I have recently begun writing a book that has lead me to reflect back on the development of the yogaHOPE TIMBo (Trauma Informed Mind Body) program. To anyone who stumbles upon this program presently, it is clear that the program is deliberately designed, research…
Understanding Interception and Supporting the Recovery of Trauma Survivors through Yoga: David Emerson One of the key theoretical underpinnings of our model of Trauma Sensitive Yoga is neuroscience with a particular focus on parts of the brain collectively known as the interoceptive pathways. These are parts of the brain that make visceral sensory experiences available to conscious awareness…
by Lynne Staropoli Boucher What a difference two years can make. In May of 2012, only two months after I finished my yoga teacher training, I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural Yoga Service Conference at Omega Institute. Fairly new to the practice of yoga and not knowing a soul at the conference, I seized…
Welcome to our new Yoga Service Blog. We are looking forward to sharing thoughts and perspectives on topics near and dear to the hearts and minds of Yoga Service Council members from a wide variety of trusted teachers, researchers and authors. The Yoga Service Council (YSC) was formed in 2009 at the Omega Institute by…
