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At Unfold we provide online accessible yoga as well as in-person and virtual yoga therapy. Get to know more about us and our approach in this Blog space. New posts come out Tuesdays!
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How Can Yoga Practices Support Mental Health?
Yoga and mental health are two very, very big topics. The terms themselves mean different things to different people, and understanding...
EB Ferdig
May 8, 20234 min read
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Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk
The practice of yoga is a practice of connection. Whether our practice centers around movement, breath, meditation...
Leigh Drake
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Keeping it simple
Life is complicated. Time is limited. Managing my needs, the needs of those I love, my community, our planet. It seems to go on and on...
Leigh Drake
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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My Wound Becomes a Portal
We all struggle. We all have pain. My “normal” way of moving through life is to ignore my pain and push on, to push through. Who hasn’t …
Leigh Drake
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming
When faced with the harm that is done every day in this world, it can be overwhelming to consider. I know I often feel frustration, fear...
EB Ferdig
Jan 5, 20223 min read
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The Union of Opposites: Terror and Joy
For a while now, I’ve noticed that I want to focus on the good things in life and pretend that the bad doesn’t exist. It’s not part of...
Leigh Drake
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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Beyond Concentration: Cultivating Spaciousness in Your Meditation Practice
Cultivating spaciousness to combat concentration in meditation.
Leigh Drake
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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Connection at the Turning Points
Hmmm. Unbalanced. I’m doing too much for others and not taking time for me. That’s showing up as skipping my meditation and my yoga...
Leigh Drake
Mar 2, 20213 min read
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Finding Some Peace with Surrender
These days, any difficult blow can seem like a huge pile-on to an already built-up pile of pre-existing conditions. I don't have to list...
EB Ferdig
Feb 26, 20213 min read
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The Breath: A Gateway to Giving and Receiving
Sometimes disconnection shows up in the guise of isolation, with the inner dialogue of “why am I the only one who…” “how come its always...
Leigh Drake
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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Being in Touch with Life Through Nature
Lost in my thoughts, struggling mentally with a problem that becomes larger and larger the more I think about it. Someone interrupts;...
Leigh Drake
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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Connecting to Life Through the Senses
You need to do this. You should do that. This isn’t going the way I want. Why aren’t they doing what I want? Why is this sooooo...
Leigh Drake
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Being Alive in a Disconnected World
Do you ever have those days when you just aren’t “feelin' it”; just aren’t connecting to the way you want to BE in the world and in your...
Leigh Drake
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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Dimensions of Silence
The Winter Solstice month of December is such a great time to explore silence. The long periods of dark encourage us to come indoors, if...
EB Ferdig
Dec 5, 20202 min read
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A Chat with Carol Grimes on Loving-Kindness
I had the opportunity to chat with one of our favorite teachers, Carol Grimes, this week, to talk with her about her upcoming series ....
EB Ferdig
Dec 16, 20193 min read
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On Presence!
It was early in the morning at around 6:30 am. With my hot steamy almond turmeric- cardamom milk, I sat on my chair next to the window...
neera malhotra
Oct 23, 20193 min read
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Finding Rest and Inspiration in the Season of Change
Awe, awesome change! As I write this, the bright orange and yellow leaves are quickly falling off of the beautiful trees outside of my...
Leigh Drake
Oct 22, 20191 min read
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A Powerful Antidote to Compassion Fatigue
I learned about burnout as a first-year grad student in social work. Through my work-study position, I was tasked with contacting alumni...
Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P
Sep 7, 20192 min read
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The Power of Relationships
by Laura Martin, LCSW I'm so gratified to offer mindfulness classes in a yoga studio that in every way endeavors to promote respect,...
EB Ferdig
Jun 19, 20192 min read
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