by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 21, 2017 | Healing, The Nervous System, Yoga
As I mentioned in the last two blog posts, I’ve just finished reading a wonderful book reviewing the research to-date on yoga called The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards by William J. Broad. In the next blog post, I’m going to present an overview on...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 14, 2017 | Healing, Yoga
As I mentioned in the last blog post, I’ve just finished reading a wonderful book reviewing the research to-date on yoga called The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards by William J. Broad. A regular practitioner of yoga for almost two decades, I discovered this...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Sep 7, 2017 | Healing, Yoga
This may surprise you, but I began my yoga practice by happenstance and somewhat by force. Yoga was a required course at the graduate institution where I studied psychology. We were given a choice during our second year of the doctoral program: Continue with another...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Aug 31, 2017 | Healing, Relationships
As I was gearing up to write the last blog post on the importance of connecting with others as an essential element of healing, an article came through my Facebook feed. The blurb caught my attention. It said that researchers have discovered that happiness is not...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Aug 2, 2017 | Healing, Relationships
Let’s come back to the Three Essential Elements of Healing: Self-awareness, Mindfulness, and Connection with Others. We could boil these down further into really two essential elements: 1) Connecting with yourself. 2) Connecting with others. Up until now my blog posts...
by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | Jul 26, 2017 | Healing, Mindfulness
Let’s return to discussing the Check-In exercise. The Check-In is an exercise in self-care as much as anything else. To be successful with the Check-In exercise, you must be willing to pause and interrupt your normal routine. If doing so feels difficult to impossible,...