Hatha comes from two Sanskrit words: Ha, meaning “sun,” and Tha, meaning “moon.” This symbolizes the balancing of opposing, yet complementary energies the masculine (sun) and feminine (moon) forces within the body. Read more
Mindfulness is a form of meditation. It is rooted in Buddhist and Hindu teachings and relates to a journey toward enlightenment, and the concepts of sati, a Pali term in Buddhism, which encompasses attention, awareness, and being present, and of sat-chit-ananda, in Hinduism and the Yogic Philosophy, a Sanskrit term used to describe the experience of realizing the unity and wholeness of all existence. Read more
Here is a way to generally understand these two types of burnouts from the mind-body perspective. That is, through the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems that are part of the autonomic nervous system, and the critical function of the vagus nerve, which has been more recently understood thanks to Steven Porges’ research that led to the Polyvagal Theory (1994) Read more
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