Author: Sarah Cummins

Waterfall Yoga Therapy

The Labels of Yoga

The labels of yoga are often misunderstood. I’m not a fan of labeling yoga classes as advanced, intermediate, or beginner.  Even though, once upon a time, I labeled my classes…
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Silent Retreat Experience

This past weekend I visited my first silent retreat experience. I am told it wasn’t as silent as it could be; like at vipassana. For example we weren’t forced to…
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Chronic Pain and the Brain

Chronic Pain, the Brain, and the Yoga Train; Using Yoga to Retrain the Brain’s Perception of Chronic Pain “Suffering is transformed not by avoiding it, but by changing the way…
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Tuscany Retreat June 2025

I’m so excited to announce that Wendy Payne from @travelwithwendy and I are doing a Tuscany Retreat June 2025 to Italy! A few of you have already signed up and…
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Cognitive Dissonance

Psychology today states cognitive dissonance is a term for discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other. The clashing cognitions may include ideas, beliefs, or the…
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