“Uncover your pain: We spend so much energy focusing on ways to make ourselves happy, but we don’t realize that true joy comes from accepting both our darkness and our light, not avoiding our pain and attaching to our happiness.” – Jasmin Terrany, LMHC Continue reading “A-Z of Self-Love”
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Embracing Sadness
People are so attached to positivity and to being happy that they are very scared to let themselves be sad. I try to take care of my sadness like it’s a little kid. I treat my sadness as a little child inside me and I soothe it and let it know that it is okay to be sad. The most important thing is to not reject your sadness or your pain but to actually stop and sit, and be able to take care of it. Continue reading “Embracing Sadness”
How Can I Create New Habits?
Goals are a hard one because people create goals such as New Year’s Resolutions, but the chances that we actually achieve a goal depends upon our ability to understand what exactly it takes to achieve a goal. Continue reading “How Can I Create New Habits?”
Can You Treat Depression With Yoga?
The practice of yoga in terms of being able to sit with internal discomfort is fundamental in learning how to get over depression. Yoga really gets you into your body, and it makes you aware of your body. For example, if you are in a posture and it’s very painful, the idea isn’t to avoid the pain, it’s to actually breathe, and sit with the pain. Continue reading “Can You Treat Depression With Yoga?”