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09/09/2025

Great article! Do more yoga!🧘‍♀️ ♥️🙏❤️

Emotional Clarity Begins in the Body, Not the Gym

By Beth Shaw, Founder of YogaFit Training Systems Worldwide and Author of Yogalean

The Research Is Clear: Emotional Health Drives Physical Health

For decades, the World Health Organization has defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease.” Yet many people still prioritize diet and exercise over inner peace and emotional clarity.

But what if the real key to health isn’t six-pack abs—but emotional resilience?

According to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest studies on human life ever conducted, the single most important predictor of longevity wasn’t cholesterol or blood pressure. It was the quality of a person’s relationships and emotional connection. People who felt emotionally safe and supported lived longer, healthier lives—even when other health metrics weren’t ideal.

Meanwhile, studies in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research show that unprocessed emotions—like grief, resentment, anxiety, and suppression—can lead to inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and chronic illness. And trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté has repeatedly demonstrated the link between emotional repression and diseases like cancer, MS, and IBS.

In his words:

“When we suppress what we feel, the body keeps score. Illness is not a punishment—it’s a message.”

The science now confirms what our nervous systems have been whispering for years. Emotional health isn’t a luxury. It’s a biological imperative.

Why Yoga Isn’t Just for Flexibility—It’s a Nervous System Reset

Most people first step into a yoga studio for physical reasons: back pain, stress, stiffness, or posture. But the reason they stay is much more profound.

Yoga, when practiced consciously, is one of the most effective tools for emotional regulation available today. Unlike traditional therapy or high-impact workouts, yoga works bottom-up—meaning it begins in the body and travels upward into the brain and emotions.

Here’s how:

Breathwork (Pranayama) slows the heart rate and activates the parasympathetic nervous system (your calm state), reducing anxiety and lowering cortisol.

Physical postures (Asanas) increase body awareness and interoception—the ability to feel what’s happening inside—which is key to emotional intelligence.

Mindful movement and meditation reduce activity in the amygdala (the fear center of the brain), increasing emotional regulation and cognitive flexibility.

Studies show yoga increases GABA levels (a calming neurotransmitter), helping people with anxiety and depression feel more stable without medication.

In a 2017 meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, yoga was shown to significantly reduce symptoms of PTSD, major depressive disorder, and chronic anxiety—even in people for whom talk therapy had failed.

This is why yoga isn’t just a lifestyle trend. It’s a legitimate clinical support system—one that works through breath, presence, and the body itself.


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For decades, the World Health Organization has defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of

09/06/2025

My Alma Mater! YogaFit and YogaFit for Warriors is the BEST! 🙌👏🧘🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️♥️❤️🙏

09/03/2025

Let’s all focus on choices that support vitality as we age! Just do it! 💫

September is Healthy Aging Month, a reminder that aging well is less about counting candles and more about the daily choices that support lasting vitality. It’s not about stopping the clock—it’s about staying strong, mobile, and mentally sharp through every stage of life. The good news?

Research consistently shows that exercise is one of the most powerful tools for promoting health, independence, and quality of life as we age. From preserving muscle and bone strength to improving balance and supporting cognitive health, the right training strategies create lasting benefits.

This month, we’ve gathered practical insights, expert resources, and evidence-based approaches to help you or your clients move with confidence and age with strength.

How exercise supports successful aging

Excerpted from Ageless Intensity by Pete McCall.

All of the systems in the body are made up of cells. One of the greatest benefits of high-intensity exercise is that it results in mechanotransduction, which is the process of mechanical forces stimulating the production of new cells in muscle and connective tissues. If your car becomes scratched, you may need to apply some paint to cover up the scratch.

As you age, high-intensity exercise creates the mechanical forces that can stimulate production of new cells, which is like carrying touch-up paint to fix damaged tissues in your body. Table 2.4 outlines the systems of the body that receive the greatest benefits from exercise.

https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/how-exercise-supports-successful-aging?utm_campaign=fitness090325&utm_term=fy26&utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_id=9432312&dlv-emuid=b6f842c9-c66f-4846-8aa1-aa547cd73f27&dlv-mlid=9432312

08/29/2025

How exciting! My blog on my upcoming October workshop on humming based on the tool I shared in my chapter 5–The Whys Matter: War Wisdom Heals Ancestral History is posted on the various The Wellness Universe sites! (They have so many wonderful ways to promote!)
See below!

My chapter was published in the International Best Selling book, The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Transformation, Volume six in the series! Please join me for my workshop at 11 AM CST October 9, 2025!

Can’t wait to hummmmmm with you all! 🥹😁😬🥰❤️♥️🙏

"Hmmmm… The Surprising Science of Humming”
By Sandy Krzyzanowski

Discover the calming, healing power of humming—boost immunity, reduce stress, and reconnect through sound.

https://blog.thewellnessuniverse.com/hmmmm-the-surprising-science-of-humming/

08/27/2025

Feeling like you need to do more or learn more befor you can accomplish anything? Uhhhhhh… me toooooo! Great article! 🙏♥️

“It’s important to think things through, but if you continually put things off, struggle to make up your mind, and feel that you need to do or learn more before you can accomplish something, it can lead to stagnation. Overthinking keeps us in a cycle of beliefs that no longer serve. These beliefs and thoughts repeat until patterns are acknowledged, disrupted, and transformed.”

Toward the end of the article:

You are here with a purpose. The world is waiting for your unique contributions. Let’s create the space for you to bring them to life.

Delighted to share the launch of Heart-Centred Leadership: Break Free from Overthinking to Lead with Authenticity with Maven.

Would love for you to join. Please do share with any overthinkers in your team or life. Here is the link to join us live for ‘From silent heartache to authentic leadership’, a free 30-minute lightning lesson taking place on Wednesday, October 1st at 12 noon EST

https://blog.thewellnessuniverse.com/break-free-from-overthinking-to-lead-with-authenticity/

Discover how to break free from overthinking, trust your inner voice, and lead with authentic, heart-centered leadership. Register for the live Maven workshop today!

08/23/2025

So—YES! Lifestyle systems —THAT’s what yoga provides! I know—I’m preaching to the choir if you’re reading this!

A few years ago, I started following Anthony Vennare, who runs a business called F**t Insider and puts out a newsletter about trends in the fitness and wellness industries.

Last week, he wrote:
“Boutique fitness is facing an identity crisis… Format Fatigue. The novelty of yoga, cycling, and boxing is wearing thin. Members want substance, not choreography… As antiquated rules break down, operators can rewrite them… Boutiques can shift from formats to lifestyle systems.”

“Yoga, cycling, and boxing?” OMG, that’s quite a combo. But what sparked me here is that he highlights the growing interest in “lifestyle systems,” which,

****excuse me sir, is exactly what yoga has traditionally provided.****
(Stars added by me…)

Up till now, it’s been really hard to make it as a yoga teacher who emphasizes wellness over fitness (not that they can’t co-exist, but they are definitely different categories, at least as far as the larger industry forces out there are concerned). But what Vennare is saying is that trends are now moving in the direction of lifestyle – that’s huge.

So, brush up on your prāṇāyāma, meditation, and dinācarya teachings. Package them as a holistic lifestyle solution (I mean, yoga is the original lifestyle medicine), and get this “new” opportunity out there to your students and potential students. This is the direction things are going, and you can be at the beginning of the bell curve if you talk about what you do in a more holistic way.

Full article:

The yoga industry is shifting from fitness to lifestyle medicine. Learn how yoga teachers can situate themselves in this changing landscape.

08/22/2025

Time for new moon affirmations !

What the New Moon in Virgo Means for You

As we move from Leo into Virgo, we enter a season that asks us to finally, truly understand that you are already good enough. Not tomorrow. Not when you fix that thing about yourself. Not when you achieve that goal. You are worthy of taking up space in the world right now, exactly as you are, with every perceived flaw and imperfection. The universe has been waiting for what only you can offer, and it needs you to stop hiding behind the excuse of not being ready.

The first new Moon in Virgo, on August 22, 2025, cracks open the door to healing old stories about our worth. Then the second new Moon in Virgo brings a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 2025, blows that door wide open, offering us the chance to step through and claim our power once and for all. This alignment creates a powerful portal for healing our deepest wounds around worthiness and stepping fully into the gifts we came here to share.

Between these two powerful moments, we have time to experiment with what happens when we stop apologizing for for who we are and start celebrating it instead. With the South Node in Virgo, this season shines a spotlight on every way we’ve kept ourselves small through perfectionism and self-criticism.
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Time to rethink who you truly are.

08/20/2025

What if I told you that pressing your palms together in prayer creates a phase-conjugate field that literally reverses aging at the cellular level?

This isn't mysticism. It's measurable biophysics.

And every religion discovered it independently. 🧵

Your Body's Hidden Technology: The Scalar Field Between Your Hands

Posted on: Friday, August 8th 2025 at 3:45 pm
Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder
This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2025

() Originally published on www.sayerji.substack.com The most advanced healing technology on Earth costs nothing, requires no training, and you've been carrying it since birth. You've probably used it without knowing what it does. Press your palms together right now. Feel that warmth spreading betwee...

08/17/2025

Everything starts with the breath. I remind my students of this in each class. So much so that it’s hopefully engrained in them to start there in an emergency.

I also often remind that unless we practice our tools like this regularly, we won’t have it in our back pocket when we need it!

Great article!

“Breathing can alleviate that fight or flight feeling, leading to ‘focused calm,’” explains Bozzo. That, in turn, helps you cultivate the calm you need to remain present and aware of your external circumstances, whether you’re sharing a presentation in a work meeting or responding to a grease fire in your kitchen, rather than allowing panic to take over.

“It’s important to get them to calm down and breathe, which is always something you want to encourage. When someone falls in the river whitewater rafting, sometimes they forget,” says Denny Gignoux, vice president of Glacier Guides and Montana Raft. “I have been to accidents where people hyperventilate or get worked up. I tell them to take a few breaths to get the oxygen flowing and calm them down. Even 15 seconds of deep breathing can help.”

There’s a reason these first responders focus on slowing the breath. It works.

How to Calm Down in an Emergency, According to First Responders

You can apply the same tactics that first responders rely on to help yourself remain calm in any situation, whether you’re anxious, injured, surprised, confused, scared, uncertain what to do next, or otherwise barely able to hold yourself together. Following are some of the common approaches they take. Essentially, each of these relate to bringing your awareness back to your breath, over and over again, as many times as needed.

1. Keep It Simple

Rather than try to explain complicated breathing tactics when they arrive on the scene, first responders keep it simple. “Things are usually moving so fast, it’s not the best time for a box-breathing tutorial or the introduction of other calming techniques,” explains Bozzo.

The primary focus is simple slowing the breath. “Can you take a big breath and hold it a couple of counts?” That’s what Gignoux asks victims in emergency situations. He also reminds them to release it.

That pause can be enough to modulate your breathing rate—and, by extension, your emotional response—when both are running wild. Simply slowing your inhalations and exhalations or practicing breath retention by pausing after a breath in or out can help manage the panic response. Basically, you’re extending the same attention to the breath that you focus on during your yoga practice. It’s something you can remind yourself to do, even if no one else is there prompting you.

2. Remain Present

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There’s one thing that can help you handle the unexpected. And if you’ve practiced yoga, you already know what it is.