Healthy Nutrition for Yoga Students During our yoga program, we’ve been discussing how to stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit. We’ve discussed various tools, resources, and support systems we need to have in place to help us along our wellness journey. We’ve explored ways to stay hydrated both before and after yoga. And now […] The post Healthy Nutrition for Yoga Students appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Staying Hydrated After Yoga In our “Spring into Health” yoga session, we’ve focused on what’s needed to stay healthy. Just like plants need water to germinate, photosynthesize, regulate temperatures, and even to receive necessary nutrients, we need water to be well. And, if you’re practicing yoga regularly, you might need even more water before and […] The post Staying Hydrated After Yoga appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Yoga: What’s Needed to Stay Healthy Practicing yoga can be analogous to taking care of plants. Just like in gardening, where you need shovels, pots, or plant labels, there are certain tools you might use during yoga to be successful. This post will cover equipment, tools, and other resources for successfully practicing yoga. Yoga Supports […] The post Yoga: What’s Needed to Stay Healthy appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Yoga Poses to Practice Before Bed Lots of people struggle with falling asleep at night. Raising my hand here too… as I am a VERY light sleeper. It can be super frustrating. Laying there. Awake. Not able to settle. What can you do about it? Well, some people look to yoga! There are quite a […] The post Yoga Poses to Practice Before Bed appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

The Zen Swing The Zen Swing is a flowing move that comes from the Qigong modality. It is quite accessible; most anybody should be able to practice it. Practicing this swing is an easy way to improve health for the whole body. Want to learn more? Let’s dive in! When I Learned the Zen Swing […] The post The Zen Swing: A Qigong Move for Full Body Health appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Centering Yourself before Yoga Practice Yoga literally means ‘to join,’ or ‘to yoke,’ or ‘to unite.’ Yoga texts discuss how the practice leads to the union of universal consciousness with individual consciousness. Yoga practice harmonizes mind, body, and spirit. Sounds like we shouldn’t show up to yoga distracted, scattered, or in a rush, right? How […] The post Centering Yourself before Yoga Practice appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Organizing Your Yoga Practice So, you’ve decided you’d like to add a yoga practice to your routine. Whether it’s at a gym, in a studio, or from the comfort of your own home, you want to establish some parameters. Why is that? Well, with anything new, if you don’t have some kind of structure (and, […] The post Organizing Your Yoga Practice appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Setting Goals for Practicing Yoga If you’ve tried to make yoga a routine part of your life, but keep having trouble sticking with it, this post might be for you. The first step to starting any new routine is figuring out why you want to do it in the first place. What do you expect […] The post Setting Goals for Practicing Yoga appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Overcoming Obstacles to Practicing Yoga In last week’s post, we reflected on our motivation to practice yoga. We explored reasons why we do yoga and what we expect to get out of it. In thinking about these things, we created a list of reasons for taking yoga classes. Well, that’s all well and good, but […] The post Overcoming Obstacles to Practicing Yoga appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more

Motivation to Practice Yoga Motivation is the reasons for our actions. It’s a willingness to stick with new goals or healthy choices we’ve made. Motivation is what drives us to continue, even when we may not want to. So, what does this have to do with yoga? Well, if you’re not motivated, you may not […] The post Motivation to Practice Yoga appeared first on Elizabeth Scala | Holistic Nurse | Bestselling Author | Yoga Teacher ..read more