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Transforming Fear to Joy

Right to Joy - Blog Month: December 2014

Healthy Hips & Knees for the Holidays

With the recent publication of our yoga actions book on legs and knees, I received a number of requests for help with eliminating knee pain.  

Cultural Change — Possible In Our Lifetime?

In the words of Malcolm Gladwell, “cultural legacies cast a long historical shadow.” They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social

Contentment — Anxiety’s Alter Ego

Take a moment now to do some sense making.  Move your awareness inside your body and see if you can sense whether you are content.

Anger — The Rage of Oppression

Ask yourself, “Which emotions are most challenging for you to understand and then to master? If you are like me, you probably answer “anger, hurt and fear.” In many respects this should come as no surprise considering corporal punishment, one form of social oppression, was only outlawed in Canadian schools in 2004. In essence, we have only begun to change oppressive behaviours that support the development of anger, fear and hurt. Even though research has proven that raising children (or animals) without love develops loveless and fearful beings, we are slow to change our behaviours and beliefs.