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when your anxiety lives in your body, talk therapy isn't enough
the somatic connection in psychotherapy I'm a big supporter of psychotherapy. In fact, I just started my Master's Degree in Clinical...
Laura Wenger
Aug 4, 20235 min read
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what is good posture, anyway?
and can we breathe well in that shape? Many of us learned how to hold our bodies from family or authority figures at a young age. "Pull...
Laura Wenger
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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tension holds us together
Despite its bad rap, tension isn't all bad. When we speak or hear about tension in the context of a yoga class or a massage treatment, we...
Laura Wenger
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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born this way
One of the most important lessons I learned from yoga? That there are some things about myself that can't be changed-- and that's...
Laura Wenger
Jan 1, 20214 min read
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what is heart rate variability?
and how can we use it to "read" what our body is saying? Like many of you, I have a morning ritual. I wake up, feed the dogs, make my...
Laura Wenger
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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balancing the allostatic load
One of the things that brings me joy, that makes me feel alive, powerful, and free, is physical training. I love to sweat, to move, to...
Laura Wenger
Dec 23, 20203 min read
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finding your footing in warrior 1
a long, nerdy post about alignment in this classic shape Warrior 1: it sounds so fundamental, so simple, like, the most basic thing you...
Laura Wenger
Sep 9, 20207 min read
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core stability from the inside out
My understanding of core work has changed over the years, but for a long time, I understood it as primarily a need to “strengthen the...
Laura Wenger
Aug 4, 20204 min read
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your nervous system needs your support
Have you ever finished a long day of work sitting at a desk, and felt like you were too tired to move- even though you barely moved your...
Laura Wenger
Feb 1, 20203 min read
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