Recent Blog Posts
Holiday Survival Tips Part 2 – Yoga and Boundaries
Sensitive people can get scapegoated in dysfunctional family dynamics, so it’s also useful to remember that we are never responsible for someone else’s emotions and we do not have to be scapegoats for their pain or unintegrated trauma. We can care about them, but we never have to be emotional garbage cans for them.
Holiday Survival Tips – Part 1
When I first started working on this yearend series of blogs (which are based on a Holiday Survival guide I created for a course recently), I was thinking about drunk uncles at Christmas dinner and/or sister-in-laws overflowing with unsolicited advice
Yielding to the Season
The waning light feels like a direct call from the season to act accordingly – less busy-ness, more rest, less activity, more reflection. The season nudges us to yield.
Are Chakras a Developmental Map?
Are Chakras a Developmental Map? By Kristine Kaoverii Weber | November 14, 2021 COMMENTSRecently I was asked if I think chakras are a developmental map. A developmental map explains human psychological development across the lifespan. Probably the most famous map was...
Trust Your Gut Brain – A City of Jewels
Incidentally, the yogis called the gut chakra Manipura, which means, “The City of Jewels.” Clearly, some of the microbiota citizens are hard working and excellent at what they do – they’re the jewels of the city. They keep you healthy. But others are kinda evil and cause problems.
Chakras: Getting Groped, Growing Limbs, and Scientific Inquiry
the cutting edge of research could very well be the biofeld – and the leaps in scientific understanding may soon be Hanumanian (I think I just made up a word there, sorry 😬).
There’s a Troll in my Chakras
The reason the existence of chakras is relevant and important is that we are in the middle of a massive health care crisis – which has been building for many years and has intensified with COVID. 90 percent of the $3.8 T that gets spent on health care in the U.S. goes to chronic diseases.
Making Friends with the Gods of Sleep
So I decided that when I couldn’t fall back to sleep, I was going to relax and enjoy the quiet and stillness of the night. I might not be able to sleep, but I still had choices.
Yoga Scandals: Pulling it Apart to Put it Back Together
oga Alliance claims it’s a membership organization… period – not an oversight body. Frankly, when it comes to these scandals, it acts like a cop grabbing at coke dealers’ Benjamins.
Polyvagal Theory Psycho-educational Tools
Polyvagal Theory Psycho-educational Tools By Kristine Kaoverii Weber | September 29, 2021 COMMENTS I had these graphic cartoons commissioned by a terrific young artists a few years ago and many of my students have found them useful for themselves or their students (if...
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