"YOGA IS A DANCE BETWEEN CONTROL AND SURRENDER--

between pushing and letting go-- and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the CREATIVE PROCESS, part of the open-ended exploration of your being." Joel Kramer

yoga and art therapy

* Experience-based

* Guided by intention

* Promotes self-awareness

* Encourages flow state

* Activates the limbic brain

* Reduces stress

* Encourages observation

rather than judgement

* Adaptive

* Facilitates change and healing

(paraphrased from K. Gibbons)

  • why Yoga and breathwork in counseling

    "One of the greatest signs that yoga is working is simply laughter"

    (M.K. Chryssicas)

    - that letting go/release and joy!