This post is an excerpt from Michael Huggins recently released book, “Going Om: A CEO’s Journal from a Prison Facility to Spiritual Tranquility,” a behind-the-scenes look at life inside a men’s correctional facility. It’s easy to dismiss “them” as being different from “us.” The experience to live and breathe in a diverse environment has erased the…
Excerpted from Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion. A few years ago I went on a ten-day meditation retreat in California’s Yucca Valley. It was very well attended, and each morning I sat at the back of a large room full of people as they…
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…
