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Kathy Carroll
Jan 3, 20242 min read
Gentle Yoga for a New Year: SMART Goals
We are at a new beginning, a new year, and lots of us make New Year’s resolutions to make our lives a little better. Yoga classes, gyms...


Kathy Carroll
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Balance: Bridge the Divide
“The mind creates the abyss and the heart crosses it.” ~Tara Brach Tara Brach, psychologist, and spiritual guide, describes what causes a...


Kathy Carroll
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Yoga for Autumn: Twists -- Letting Go
As we brace for autumn’s chill and bask in autumn’s beauty, we may also feel the grief that often arises in this season. Watch the leaves...


Kathy Carroll
Aug 24, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga for Your Eyes
Henry David Thoreau said that the eye is the jewel of the body. Our anatomy seems to agree. A Yoga Journal article, Insight for Sore...


Kathy Carroll
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Hip Openers: Acceptance, Courage, Wisdom
Most of us are familiar with the Serenity Prayer, commonly associated with AA and other recovery programs: God, grant me the serenity to...


Kathy Carroll
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga for Strong Bones
To everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3 Twenty-two hundred years ago Patanjali wrote...


Kathy Carroll
May 16, 20232 min read
Heart Openers; Courage to be Authentic
I love harmony. I love it so much it is hard for me to face the disharmony in my life. When it comes to personal disagreements, my...


Kathy Carroll
May 3, 20232 min read
Twists: Be Flexible for Change
This week’s theme is about flexibility and change. It relates to how our brain is wired. Dr. Dan Siegal shows how to use your hand as a...


Kathy Carroll
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga for Calm; Toning the Psoas Muscle
In yoga this week we will have a special focus on the psoas muscle, one of the strongest muscles of the human body. The psoas connects...

Kathy Carroll
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Side Body Long; Gentle Yoga for Wellbeing
A Peanuts cartoon from decades ago has stayed with me. It went something like this: In the first frame, Charlie Brown is in a slumped...


Kathy Carroll
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Yoga to Tone the Vagus Nerve
This week we will focus on toning the vagus nerve. This description about the vagus nerve below will be a review for some of you: We have...


Kathy Carroll
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga for Strong Bones; Resilience
Nature is designed to be resilient. Fall comes and the leaves are gone for the winter. But as the days get longer and the temperature...


Kathy Carroll
Mar 21, 20231 min read
Gentle Yoga for Balance Inside and Out
Here we are at the spring equinox, where there is nearly a balance between light and dark. In yoga this week we will focus on static...


Kathy Carroll
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Spring Cleaning: Twists
Even though it doesn't seem like it today, spring has been coming early this year. The flowering trees are already blooming; the...

Kathy Carroll
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga: Heart Openers; Hospitality
I arrived home from southern India last Wednesday evening after two weeks of visiting my son-in-law’s family and friends there. I was...


Kathy Carroll
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga: Relax Your Shoulders; Radical Curiosity
I’m curious. Does raising my shoulders cause me to be tense or does my tension cause me to raise my shoulders? Or is it both or something...


Kathy Carroll
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Yoga for Balance and Mindful Intentions
The 1/31/23 Health & Science section of the Washington Post had an article about balance. Michele Stanten, the author, states that one in...


Kathy Carroll
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Yoga for the Duration
This week we will continue with yoga and energy work to keep our bodies, minds, and spirits well for as long as possible. In her book...


Kathy Carroll
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Gentle Yoga for Aging Well
This week’s class is about aging well. Donna Eden, an energy medicine pioneer, says, “the goal is to die young, as old as you possibly...

Kathy Carroll
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Gentle Yoga for the Sixth Chakra: The Wisdom Chakra
We are coming up to the beautiful 6th chakra this week. The 6th chakra, also known as the third eye or the ajna chakra, is located...
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