training a healthy ego for individuation
Show of hands: how many of us think of the ego as a "bad thing"-- something we should be trying to get rid of? 🙋🏼♀️ It's not uncommon...
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Laura Wenger
- Mar 21, 2023
- 3 min
yoga teachers: are we teaching presence or inviting dissociation?
In my last post, we took a look at what we’re actually trying to accomplish when we sit down to meditate. TLDR (too long, didn’t read?):...
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Laura Wenger
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
intuition: perception beyond the conscious
Have you ever met a new person and felt an immediate sense of unease or distrust– something about them just doesn’t feel “right”? They...
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Laura Wenger
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
resentment doesn’t mean you're a bad practitioner
One thing that we don’t speak about in the movement/wellness/healing arts world is resentment. It feels a little weird to even type that...
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Laura Wenger
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
charisma vs trust
A few weeks ago, I was on my way to get a massage and reflecting on the fifteen years I have had with my massage therapist (if you’re in...
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Laura Wenger
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
“can’t you just…”
Last week, one of my clients was telling me about her past experience with a yoga teacher. “She was young, thin, her body could do...
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Laura Wenger
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
don't call it a workout
It’s Not Exercise, It’s Not a Workout, It’s Training (here’s why) When I talk about the kind of work that I do, or how I move my body,...
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Laura Wenger
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
body positivity isn’t always the (best) answer
body neutrality picks up where positivity falls short. When I was a freshly-minted new yoga teacher, I had one goal with my students: to...
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Laura Wenger
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
different bodies look different in yoga poses: a case study in upward-facing dog
let's talk about yoga alignment Have you been told that there is a right way and a wrong way to do a pose? Maybe you were taught one...
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Laura Wenger
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
neuroception, embodiment & how to be with others in a nonreactive way
As I’m writing this, my dogs are barking fiercely: the lawn maintenance company is trimming some hedges around the house, and as the...
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Laura Wenger
- Dec 2, 2020
- 5 min
so what does trauma-informed mean, anyway?
In my last post, I mentioned that trauma was a particularly tricky word to define. According to the US Veteran’s Administration, 7-8% of...
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Laura Wenger
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
real safety is anti-fragility
as practitioners, we can empower folks to experience their own strength (rather than fear their fragility) If you've taken a yoga class...
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Laura Wenger
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
“If you cannot be vulnerable in your training, you cannot reach your potential.”
This week’s blog is inspired by an Instagram post by one of my favorite gyms-that-I’ve-never-been-to, 13th Flow in Chicago. I’m not sure...
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Laura Wenger
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
a plea for clarity in yoga class descriptions
Imagine you are a prospective yoga student. Looking at class schedules online, you see a lot of “vinyasa” yoga, and you wonder what it is....
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Laura Wenger
- May 1, 2019
- 4 min
for teachers: how to create a more accessible vinyasa class
One of the most challenging things about being a yoga teacher is teaching the dreaded “mixed-level class.” It might look like this– In...
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