by Lori Skerjanz | Apr 7, 2021 | Anxiety, Autism, Children, Stress
Hugging within families and among friends are tangible signals of care, concern and support. How do we give the support without compromising the situation. Setting intentions with your words and your gifts helps to bridge the gap of loneliness and touch starvation....
by Lori Skerjanz | Mar 15, 2021 | Children, Meditation, NotYoga, PTSD, Stress
The weighted blanket helps with focus and concentration. Pressure on the body from a weighted blanket helps focus through Deep Pressure stimulation. Deep pressure stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system which helps regulate and optimize the body function for...
by Lori Skerjanz | Mar 1, 2021 | RestorativeYoga, YinStretches, Yoga
RAVI helps you deepen into your twist by using Anchor and Torque Twists benefit the body in so many ways. Stretching the fascia and the connective tissue of the spine and torso. Compress and massage the organs helps rinse fresh fluids into the tissues. Reclining...
by Lori Skerjanz | Jan 22, 2021 | Anxiety, RestorativeYoga, Yoga
Savasana is quite a profound lesson, once you are able to stop resisting. The first time I witnessed Savasana was at a gym. I was waiting for a group fitness class to start as the yoga class was finishing up in the group fitness room. The class was laying on the...
by Lori Skerjanz | Nov 10, 2020 | RestorativeYoga, StrengthPoses, YinStretches, Yoga
RAVI as a yoga prop is innovative and fun. RAVI Legs up Flow is a RAVI signature series with lots of options. Here is an introduction to a few shapes to stretch and strengthen the legs and core. In the RAVI Legs up Flow you experience: Stretch by using leverage...
by Lori Skerjanz | Nov 4, 2020 | Anxiety, Meditation, NotYoga, Stress, Yoga
When we meditate, we inject far-reaching and long-lasting benefits into our lives: We lower our stress levels, we get to know our pain, we connect better, we improve our focus, and we’re kinder to ourselves. ~Mindful.org Mindfulness Meditation helps us to...
by Lori Skerjanz | Oct 30, 2020 | RestorativeYoga, YinStretches, Yoga
Childs Pose | Balasana “Sometimes, in order to open up, we actually need a moment to pull back inward. To calm, insulate, and rest. Child’s pose provides a quiet moment to release effort and work, agendas and expectations and...
by Lori Skerjanz | Oct 27, 2020 | StrengthPoses, Yoga
Adding RAVI to a core strengthening pose like boat pose is a unique opportunity to target the strengthening effects. We are able to manipulate the center of mass (balance point) of the body by strategically adding weight. RAVI allows you to do this in a safe and...
by Lori Skerjanz | Oct 20, 2020 | Anxiety, NotYoga, PTSD, Stress
The weight is distributed evenly and wraps around you like a hug. Weighted blankets are commonly used to help prepare the body for sleep. The RAVI compact and portable version lets you take your comfort with you – anywhere you go. Traumatic experiences can have...
by Lori Skerjanz | Oct 15, 2020 | YinStretches, Yoga
In the Hatha Yoga tradition, this pose is named Gomukhasana which translates to cow face pose. Many yoga postures are named from nature. When viewed from the front, the knees resemble the snout and the arms resemble the ears. In the YIN Practice, the pose is named...
