Go Slow With Yoga Psychology

Of all the yogas available – fast yoga, hot yoga, cute outfit yoga – I like slow yoga best. If you’re looking for the benefits of a slower lifestyle, a regular yoga psychology practice has big payoffs. Daily life fragments us. Meditation helps put us back together.  

More than just physical exercises, the four classic yogas – raja, jnana, karma, and bhakti – address the range of human experience. These time-honored ways connect you to your deeper internal wisdom.  Combining yoga with a coaching relationship creates a gentle, integral behavior change practice powerful enough to achieve whatever life goals you desire.

Discover the power of small change. Slow equals gentle. Reasonable expectations for yourself produce more sustainable results. We're familiar with the failure rate of crash diets. The same rules apply for behavior change. Small subtle shifts in attitude and behavior are enough to produce big results. Our brains and bodies need time to digest. Reshaping ourselves doesn't require a sledge hammer.

Raja yoga, or any other introspective meditation practice, gives you access to a stable, internal reference point. Call it God, Self, Mother, Void, or even something not capitalized – whatever you like. This is not fuzzy new-age hype. Time spent in regular meditation develops your awareness of the inner space. Then it’s like Cartier has a big sale. For the price of a few minutes a day, you can walk away with a bag stuffed full of love, gratitude, empathy – and soothed nerves.  These dazzling qualities become part of your felt experience.

Call me to talk about your practice, and how to use it to support life goals. Many years of yoga psychology, and training in coaching and counseling give me a unique combination of skills and awareness that I love to use to serve my clients' greater good. Don't be afraid; it's great fun.