Category: yoga teacher
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Boston Children’s Hospital – Yoga Reaches Out: Emily J. Davidson
My introduction to yoga and meditation was at age 31 in a cardiac rehabilitation. I was the sole young woman with coronary artery disease in a group of mainly middle-aged men. We practiced body scan meditations, talked about nutrition, and walked on treadmills. One day, a yoga instructor came in to teach us. After years […]
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Boston Children’s Hospital- Yoga Reaches Out: Nanci Winterhalter
“This is where I’ve had the challenge and privilege of spending a lot of time in our son’s early life—at Boston Children’s Hospital. His journey began here with what appeared to be a small problem when he was six, which grew into something much bigger and very unusual. The quality of the care, and the […]
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You Are Your Own Change: Shawna Santi
“My yoga practice just started as this workout to get in shape, and the gradually became my happy place – evolving into a practice that is the best of both worlds for me. The physical part of it is wonderful, but it ultimately became my coping mechanism. I’ve gone off and on to therapy and […]
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I Am Free to be Myself: Cory Rusin
“I got into yoga in 2013 – very untraditionally. I was studying abroad in New Zealand and wanted an exercise I could do in my apartment. I ran across DDP yoga, which is a program created by a professional wrestler, Diamond Dallas Page. Looking back on it, DDP is truly, a one-of-a-kind experience, which awakened […]
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Learn, Then Serve: Dave Dyer
“I’ve always struggled with depression and anxiety. I’ve treated both with medication on and off since my mid-30’s while also seeing a handful of therapists with minimal progress. As a registered nurse and someone who’s knowledgeable in psychology, I still don’t know why clinical treatments didn’t work for me. All I do know, is that […]
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We are all Connected: Carey Sims
“Even though I’m not a young person, I’m a fairly young teacher – I’ve only been teaching a few years. Right after I graduated from yoga teacher training, I received a phone call from a friend asking me to take over several chair yoga classes at a senior center. When I was called to do […]
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Let go. Move Forward With an Empty Slate: Karen Stelmak
“I’m now looking forward instead of back because there’s nothing I can change or do differently that’s happened. I just need to move forward. The fact that I have a blank canvas is exhilarating. I’m cleaning out the old and I’m moving in the new. It’s a huge sense of comfort knowing I have this […]
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You Are Good Enough: Anna Crandell
“I’ve been working really hard to try to value my body in a type of way that I haven’t before. I’m trying, and it’s hard – and I felt like I was making a lot of progress but I just always end up setting myself back. I’m at a point where I know what I’m […]
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