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when your anxiety lives in your body, talk therapy isn't enough

Aug 4, 2023
5 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Apr 20, 2023
4 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Apr 1, 2021
3 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Jan 1, 2021
4 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Jan 1, 2021
3 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Dec 23, 2020
3 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Sep 9, 2020
7 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Aug 4, 2020
4 min

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...

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Laura Wenger

Feb 1, 2020
3 min

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...

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