Blooming Lotus Center

Vulnerability and the Tender Heart - Jack Kornfield Vulnerability and the Tender Heart “Ultimately it is on our vulnerability that we depend.”—Rilke As children, many of us were taught courage in the form of the warrior or the explorer, bravely facing danger. In the Buddhist understanding, however, the greater courage is not demonstrated by agg...

It's so gratifying being a yoga teacher and hearing the many ways that this ancient practice has a positive effect on people. I can see it in their faces at the end of class. If you have been thinking about joining a yoga class but hesitate because of inexperience or health issues I offer private yoga sessions and call it "Jump Start Your Yoga Practice". Let me know if you would like more information. I also teach Gentle Yoga at the SP YMCA on Mondays nights at 6:30 and Gentle Therapeutic Yoga Thursday mornings at a dance studio in Plover.

Put down that painkiller, pick up a yoga mat: VA study finds yoga helps chronic back pain without pills In the middle of a prescription painkiller overdose crisis in the United States, a San Diego VA study finds that veterans with chronic pain would be well-served to put down the pills and pick up a yoga mat.