Health and wellness blog with Certified Nutritionist, Holistic Health Counselor and Yoga Teacher Kat Severi. Offering writings about health sciences, comprehensive nutritional coaching, and physical fitness protocol in balance with the spirituality of traditional yoga practices, mindful awareness, and meditation.
Yoga Mind~Energy Body
Yogic Principles-8 Limbs and Heart Center
To be without desires is the essence of yama in relation to ourselves and how we interact with the world. These principle guidelines are required for a life of spiritual attainment in yoga. To rise above the primitive human nature of basic survival, to abstain from sexual indulgence and alleviation of greed from an inherent sense of lack or false belief of a scarcity of resources. Observance of the 5 yamas will reduce mental and emotional suffering with the elimination of desire.
Human Machines Don’t Run Well on Sugar
Think of your body as a machine. By definition a machine is ”an assembly of interconnected components arranged to transmit or modify force in order to perform useful work”. The human body as a machine is a constant work in progress that is being rebuilt every day regardless of origin or age of the model. If we use the analogy of the human body as a gasoline powered vehicle we can begin to understand that we are maintaining it either as a slow moving gas guzzler with chronic mechanical problems or as a fuel efficient, well maintained system of transportation.
Water is Life
Water is Life. We know this statement to be true on a human physiological level but it’s also accurate on the level of local infrastructure, regional agriculture, and environmental sustainability for all living creatures (not just humans). To address the complexity of water issues is to take on a much debated, very complicated, and highly contested dilemma which impacts communities, countries, and continents globally.
Half Empty or Half Full?
Every day you have a choice; to cultivate abundance mindset or lack mindset, both are a part of your current reality and both will directly affect your emotions, your physiology, and your experience of life.
Managing Chronic Pain and Stress with Yoga
Chronic pain, defined as pain which lasts longer than three months and is classified as a disease itself, is a major medical concern for aging Americans. Past injuries, surgeries, physical disabilities, chronic disease, and even a sedentary lifestyle can result in chronic pain and/or inflammation. Living in frequent pain can be a stress inducer, and in contrast, mental stress can increase the experience of physical pain. Many methods of treatment can influence the perception of chronic pain, and as many physicians now know, practicing yoga on a regular basis can alleviate the severity and potentially eliminate it.
Discipline Leads to Bliss
The word “discipline” has the connotation of work. It also can bring up thoughts of reprimand or punishment from an authority. The official definition from Oxford states “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.” Discipline can convey structure and rules but can it also be an entry point into a bliss state?
Uncertainty as a Catalyst for Empowerment
Birth and death, birth and death, and on and on the cycle continues. I speak only from my personal experiences with both and my spiritual path that has given light to the sheer beauty that exists in this cycle. It’s within the magic of both giving birth, and experiencing the intimacy and darkness of death, that my own surrender to the cycle allows a freedom so great I am compelled to share the transformative magic with you.
Reflecting on 2021 Seasons, Gestation, Emergence, and Growth
The year 2021 year was all about creating and expanding Shakti Studio PDX to include a guest house feature and new adventures in health promotion.
Is Tantra a Sexual Practice?
Tantra yoga means harnessing our pranic energy for vitality and transcendence!
