Yawn On! Self-induced yawning is one of the best practices we can do to stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system as well as balance our brain. Research has shown yawning releases a cocktail of mood-elevating neurotransmitters including dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins. In fact, it’s hard to find another activity that instantly positively influences so many [ More…]
Breathe and Be a Tree: Simple and Short Practice
Take a few minutes today to BREATHE and be a tree and see what you notice. It’s simple to get our breath ON yet not easy to remember turn OFF autopilot and turn ON conscious breathing. Here is a short Body Current visualization breathing practice you can try today to stimulate your vagus nerve and [ More…]
Celebrating Life’s Sacred Cycles & Stages
In a few short weeks I will embark on my 50th revolution around the sun. In honor of beginning a new stage and sacred cycle of my life, I have been focusing the past 6 months on shedding stale relationships, letting go of old ways of being, and surrendering stagnant career patterns. I have felt the [ More…]
Attuning To Your Innate Intelligence & Intuition: Body, Brain and Breath
Begin your new year by joining Shanti and Leanne Holitza on Sunday, January 28, 2018 1-4pm for an afternoon workshop attuning to your innate intelligence and intuition through our body, brain and breath. Learn to align yourself with your innate intelligence and intuitive wisdom by understanding the latest research in neuroscience, coupled with simple and [ More…]
Train your Brain to Grow Gratitude: A 5 minute Body Current practice
More and more studies in the field of neuroscience are pointing to our ability to use simple practices of awareness and attention to engage and grow parts of our brain wired for change. These findings over the past 20 years focus on neuroplasticty which is our brain’s ability to form new neural connections throughout our [ More…]