Embodyoga

Embodyoga Embodyoga® is an inclusive approach to the science of yoga. Based on whole body-mind explorations, we

Why Do We Harden and Grip Through Our Kidneys?As yoga practitioners and teachers, many of us are keenly aware of a commo...
09/20/2025

Why Do We Harden and Grip Through Our Kidneys?
As yoga practitioners and teachers, many of us are keenly aware of a common tendency — to harden the kidneys, sometimes even pushing them forward into the body.

We’ve all been told (and told our students) to “soften and fill the kidneys.” And many of us have tried movement after movement in hopes of doing so.

But moving primarily from the musculoskeletal system doesn’t automatically grant us access to the kidneys. In fact, it can lead to the opposite: pushing, bracing, and hardening.

Restore reserves, soften urgency, and reclaim vitality.

Embryological Origins of Spine and Core. (10 min. video and essay)
09/15/2025

Embryological Origins of Spine and Core. (10 min. video and essay)

From radiance to tensegrity: exploring the layers of support within...

There is more to backbending than bending your back. The consciousness of the posture creates the form.
09/11/2025

There is more to backbending than bending your back. The consciousness of the posture creates the form.

From surrender to aspiration, backbends reveal the consciousness that moves through the spine.

Cultivating Breath – Illuminating Mind: Breathing Practices with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen—Fall Series LIve— Pay from the ...
09/07/2025

Cultivating Breath – Illuminating Mind: Breathing Practices with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
—Fall Series LIve— Pay from the Heart —
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Part One: Embodied Anatomy of your Spine!
06/29/2025

Part One: Embodied Anatomy of your Spine!

PART 1: Finding Spaciousness and Ease in the Spine

Don't let the patriarchy fool you! We are fluid. We are life.
06/22/2025

Don't let the patriarchy fool you! We are fluid. We are life.

Find your deepest supports — comfort, nurturance, and strength — for yoga, dance, and all that you do!

06/15/2025

To know ourselves from the inside out is to embrace both our personal story and our timeless presence.

06/07/2025

Tensegrity, Consciousness, and the Fascial Web of Support

Full Article free on Substack!
05/31/2025

Full Article free on Substack!

Where Awareness, Anatomy, and Movement Meet

Unified Self? Barking up the wrong tree...Maybe we are not whole. Maybe we are fundamentally fractured. A compilation of...
05/19/2025

Unified Self? Barking up the wrong tree...
Maybe we are not whole. Maybe we are fundamentally fractured. A compilation of shattered and glistening pieces. Might that be helpful to know? What if this whole search for a unified self is what keeps us from seeing the beauty of the whole picture?

This may interest you!
05/13/2025

This may interest you!

Chakras, Glands, and Diaphragms

When the glands are fully embodied, they feel vibrant, responsive, and awake, like faceted jewels suspended within the b...
05/01/2025

When the glands are fully embodied, they feel vibrant, responsive, and awake, like faceted jewels suspended within the body’s inner landscape. Each gland, like a living crystal, refracts and amplifies light in all directions, shimmering with intelligence and vitality. Not just poetic imagery; this aligns with the felt experience available to anyone who tunes awareness into the glandular system with sensitivity and curiosity.

From the Perspective of Embodyoga® and Body-Mind Centering®

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Embodyoga® is a radical and inclusive approach to the ancient science of yoga. It is an evolving tapestry woven from the deeply healing, therapeutic, and spiritual essence of yoga and cutting edge studies in the field of body-mind-consciousness. Embodyoga® fuses the emergent wisdom of Body-Mind Centering®, which was developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, with Hatha Yoga practices and Ta***ic Yoga philosophy.

Embodyoga® begins with the premise that our entire personal self—body, heart, and mind — is a sea of vibrating creative awareness. We recognize that each aspect of our physical, and energetic form is an expression of awareness manifesting through, and as, individual qualities and traits. We experience these aspects of self as gradations of awareness, all made of the same stuff, all having equal value and importance, and all interwoven to form a system that is perfectly equipped and primed for self- realization. In other words, through the gift of human consciousness we are able to witness our very nature as it is: creative, bright, alive, and self-aware.

When we practice Embodyoga®, we harness the powerful forces of curiosity and desire to guide our exploration of the body-mind system. Our inquiry initiates and leads the journey. Whatever route this inward journey takes, it leads to the revelation of the unity that underlies all form. Even as we are obviously individuals with our personal qualities and traits, we are also universal in that all that we are is awareness at its source.

Check in with— Web site: https://www.embodyoga.com/ Practice: https://www.embodyoga.com/practice/ Philosophy: https://www.embodyoga.com/about/ Educational Materials and Articles: https://www.embodyoga.com/new-products/ Teacher Training and Study Programs: https://www.embodyoga.com/teacher-training/ Embodyoga® Blog: http://embodyogablog.com/