Equipose Yoga Studio

Dear Yogis:

Sustained physical exercise for 20 minutes Is what scientists and the studies have termed "The Miracle Grow for the Brain." Not medication, not meditation, not journaling or therapy can release bdnf or brain derived neurotrophic factor like exercise can.

Exercise promotes the growth of new neurons, strengthens existing neural connections and physically repairs the damage that chronic stress, poor sleep and emotional dysregulation can cause over time.

Exercise also produces the most balanced and sustained neurochemical combination available for the human brain. Dopamine for motivation, serotonin for mood stability, norepinephrine for focus and resilience, endorphins for pain regulation and as an emotional buffer.

No supplement, no medication, and no practice can produce all of those bdnf's simultaneously like exercise.
Multiple studies have shown that exercise is as effective for mild to moderate depression as antidepressants. Exercise also reduces anxiety, improves, sleep and slows cognitive decline

You don't need a gym to unlock your neurological resilience pharmacy. Movement is STILL not an option if you want to live your best life.

Bowman, Katy M.S. Move Your DNA, 2014

Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin Yoga [ZOOM only}
6-7:30pm All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $25, and you can purchase class passes:

5 Class Pass $75
10 Class Pass $150
One-Month Unlimited Pass $100

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

Students in this morning’s Yin class were treated with a mini-sound healing session, by Seana Ankers, during śavāsana! 🎶 🪈 🪉 🪘🕉️ 🎵

Dear Yogis:

I realized how little I knew about the importance of the lymphatic system while I was watching a podcast about its functions. So, this post is a brief discussion about that system and why movement is not optional if you want to maintain order, defense and balance in your body.

First, this system has no pump to make it work. It depends on your movement (muscle contractions) and breathing to work. It runs alongside blood vessels threading through tissues and organs to collect what circulation leaves behind: excess fluid, proteins, and cellular waste. This fluid becomes lymph. This lymph passes through lymph nodes which are small checkpoints packed with immune cells. These nodes identify threats to the body and then filter and neutralize them before they can spread. This system also transports fats absorbed from digestion and sends them through a separate system to be processed.

If this lymph system is impaired, swelling, a weakened system and slow recovery occurs. The lymphatic system has been called "The Silent Defender," keeping internal spaces clear and tissues healthy.

my.clevelandclinic.org

Ball Therapy Class will meet on Sat., Sept. 5th at 10am. Please note that the costs of classes increased the 1st of July: Unlimited Pass $100, 10 Class Pass $150, 5 Class Pass $75, Drop-in is still $25. Private 90-minute sessions are $100.


Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10AM Yon Yoga
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only}
6PM All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $25, and you can purchase class passes.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

Dear Yogis:

There is a misconception about the subconscious brain: that it runs in the background mysteriously without your control. It is actually an accumulation of everything you have ever experienced, been told, believed and repeatedly thought. It is a pattern library that runs 95% of your thoughts, decisions, and behaviors without your conscious awareness. Most of these patterns were formed before you were seven years old. The version of you that shows up in your relationships, careers, finances, and health are patterns that you did not choose.

However, the subconscious is not a locked room; it is a pattern system that responds to new input. Every time you have a new experience that contradicts an old belief, your subconscious updates. Repeating a new thought or feeling a genuine conviction writes new code in the subconscious. If the environment you
create reflects who you want to be rather than who you have been, you give your subconscious new evidence to work from. We can be programmers of our lives, but we were never taught how to use the interface.

The power of this information echoes the yogic teachings of practicing positive affirmation in our lives!

"When the old ache arrives, I remind it that we live differently now. We eat, we rest, we ask for help. We do not build altars to what hurt us. We build mornings around sunlight and the sound of our own name said kindly. The ache learns its place and I learn mine." Anonymous

Thanks to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

Ball Therapy Class will meet on Sat., Sept. 5th at 10am.
Please note that the costs of classes increased the 1st of July: Unlimited Pass $100, 10 Class Pass $150, 5 Class Pass $75, Drop-in is still $25. Private 90-minute sessions are $100.


Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1hr
6-7:30PM All levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only]
6-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $25, and you can purchase class passes.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

Dear Yogis:

Do you need a way to shift your brain from stress? According to research, splashing cold water on your forehead, cheeks, and around the eyes is the quickest way to bring the brain out of stress response.

The reason this works is because of something called the diving reflex or mammalian dive reflex. It is a survival mechanism that all mammals have inherited from aquatic animals millions of years ago. The trigeminal nerve in the face is stimulated and sends a signal to the brain which activates the vagus nerve to bring you into parasympathetic (rest and digest) from a fight or flight response. This happens to preserve oxygen and is especially developed in seals, whales, and dolphins.

When the body triggers this physiological response, the heart rate slows (bradycardia), the blood vessels in the limbs constrict reducing blood flow to muscles and peripheral tissues, and a general deregulation occurs involuntarily throughout the whole body within 30 seconds. The blood flow is then preserved for the brain and heart,

The body does not ask permission; the diving reflex gives you a neurological override to deal with anxiety, anger, and feeling overwhelmed. It works faster than breathing or meditation.

We all need coping tools! Try this one the next time you need that shift.

Panneton, W.M. (2013). "The Mammalian Diving Response: An Enigmatic Reflex to Preserve Life?"

Ball Therapy Class will meet on Sat., Sept. 5th at 10am.
Please note that the costs of classes increased the 1st of July: Unlimited Pass $100, 10 Class Pass $150, 5 Class Pass $75, Drop-in is still $25. Private 90-minute sessions are $100.


Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM only]
6-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $25, and you can purchase class passes.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

Dear Yogis:

Although the gut is usually thought of only as a digestive system, it is also an independently operating neural network. There are approximately 500 neurons in the gut, more than the entire spinal cord! It is often referred to as The Second Brain (Micheal Gershon's groundbreaking research presented in 1998) or the enteric nervous system. The Second Brain reference is not a metaphor; it is neurological description of what the gut actually is and what it actually does.

The gut does not just receive instructions from the brain; it sends approximately 90% of all the signals that travel along the vagus nerve to the brain! The gut actually is constantly informing your emotional state, your stress response, your cognitive function, and your mood. That's why you often feel anxiety in the gut before the conscious mind has fully registered the threat. Bad gut day equals a bad brain day.

The research on the microbiome is some of the most exciting neuroscience going on today. The bacteria living in your digestive system are producing neurotransmitters that influence inflammation, and they are communicating in ways that we are only beginning to understand.

What are you feeding your mental health today? The sources that this very general information came from are listed below if you wish to pursue the subject in more depth.

Gershon, Micheal D., M.D The Second Brain (Harper, NY), 1998.
Mayer, Emeran, MD. The Mind-Gut Connection
Sonnenburg, Justin and Erica, PhDs. The Good Gut ( Penquin Books, NY), 2015.

Ball Therapy Class will meet on Sat., Sept. 5th at 10am.
Please note that the costs of classes increased the 1st of July: Unlimited Pass $100, 10 Class Pass $150, 5 Class Pass $75, Drop-in is still $25. Private 90-minute sessions are $100.


Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6:00-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only}
6-7:30pm All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $25, and you can purchase class passes.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props