Yoga and Meditation Can Improve Focus and Health
Practiced and appreciated worldwide, Yoga is commonly known as a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. Its many forms have been on the rise around many parts of the globe for some time now. Meditation also has a vast following. It refers to any family of practices in which the practitioner trains his or her mind, or self-induces a mode of consciousness, in order to realize some benefit. Southwest Institute of Healing Arts fully embraces both Yoga and Mediation, and offers many wonderful programs for people to become instructors or certified. In a recent article from www.phoenix.edu, they explore the idea that yoga and meditation can actually help improve study habits, as well as overall mental health and...
Read MoreSOY Update and Gratitude
Spirit of Yoga Opening Update With the Spirit of Yoga Open House and Grand Opening huge successes now checked off on the calendar, it seems that many of the hard-working people at SWIHA are breathing a collective sign of relief. On Saturday, May 14, more than 300 people passed through the newly opened SOY doors to the beautiful yoga facility at 1420 East Southern Avenue in Tempe. In Gratitude With the permission of SWIHA Success Center Director Lisa Richards, I would like to share a few shout-outs and thank-yous that went out to all the hard workers and to everyone who helped to make the Spirit of Yoga public opening a complete success: Thank you, Will Zecco & Wayne Hoffman! You have done an amazing job ensuring the new Spirit of Yoga center represents...
Read MoreThe SOY Center~ Spirit of Yoga Opening in Tempe, AZ
For those of us who enjoy the practice of yoga, there is something wonderful blossoming in the spring air. A new space is about to be born that manifests the heart and soul of the spiritual and meditative discipline of yoga. The ‘Spirit of Yoga‘ is a unique institution for learning to teach and practice yoga. Also offered will be a schedule of Hatha/Gong yoga classes, as well as events and related educational opportunities that will be open to the public. If you have been considering entering a yoga teacher training (YTT) program, don’t let the newness of The Spirit of Yoga facility fool you. The space may be new, but the YTT program emerges from the the tried and true longstanding program at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA). ...
Read More2012: A Time for Change
Creating an event was one of the many suggestions mentioned in our last blog entry written in the light of encouraging entrepreneurs and private practitioners to start the new year with a blast of marketing for their own business or enterprise. I talked about the networking benefits that you can create for yourself as well as others by hosting an event, and the esteem of helping to facilitate a meeting of like-minded individuals within your community. Doing that goes right to the heart of one of the missions of Southwest Institute of Healing Arts; “Let me be an instrument, not an ego, in the peace and healing of others.” With that, please allow me to introduce you to a SWIHA student who is walking that path. Krysten Aldridge is studying reflexology and...
Read MoreGetting In the NOW
There is something undoubtedly magical about this time of year. The northern hemisphere of the earth begins an amazing transformation. You can feel nature begin to hunker down and prepare for the oncoming chilly air and frosty ground. Like an expectant mother in the last trimester of pregnancy, she draws herself in and curls around the precious seed buried beneath it’s nurturing vessel, protecting it from exposure that might potentially hinder it’s imminent future emergence when the soil becomes warm again. Daylight hours diminish and the days begin to feel like they are speeding by. What a miracle it is to stop and take a moment to notice the change in climate, the metamorphosis of the season and simply feel the time of year. Another...
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