Naturally Aligned: How Yoga and Nature Lend Unity to the Soul Nature and the Relaxation Response Written by: Capucine Hoybach Shadows cast by the leaves of a tree. Traces in the sand left by an ocean’s waves. A rainbow illuminated by a spring shower. Nature. Despite its seemingly endless offerings to engage our senses, in a myriad of ways, some subtle others not, we might miss the opportunity by our very ‘nature’ to blaze ahead. To…
Veterans Yoga Project and Feathered Pipe Ranch: A Shared Journey Towards Healing Written by: Abby Rosemarin Serendipity & Fate Some stories cannot properly be contained in one essay or even multiple essays. Some span decades, and even generations. Feathered Pipe Ranch, and its support of the Veterans Yoga Project, is one such story. A story that has its origins in decades of serendipity and fate. The Feathered Pipe Ranch is a sanctuary in the Rocky Mountains…
For The Lone Survivors: The Integral Role of Yoga in the Lone Survivor Foundation, and for the Military at Large THE LONE SURVIVOR: AN INTRODUCTION Thanks to a best-selling memoir and blockbuster movie, a lot of people know of Marcus Luttrell’s harrowing tale of survival in Afghanistan. How, during Operation Red Wing, the Taliban surrounded Luttrell and his team after an encounter with a group of shepherds. Luttrell would be the only soldier to survive the…
