Suicide Is Tough to Write About…
…well it is if you’re talking from a first-person account like I’m about to. Deep breath and just start already Shaye! (That’s my version of a pep talk.) Ok, here it goes….So I wanted to kill myself once and like seriously drive off a bridge kill myself, and that’s how I had planned to do it […]
Yoga as Storytelling
USING YOGA TO RE-NARRATE OUR LIVES Lt Col Shaye Molendyke. Director YogaFit for Warriors. C-IAYT, ERYT 500, MA Counseling Good storytelling starts by setting the conditions for a new story to begin to unfold. At its best, yoga primes the brain to be a creative storyteller. However, it is ultimately through the body that a […]
Ways Meditation Can Improve Your Mood
Meditation has a long history of improving people’s moods. It was used thousands of years ago to help ancient practitioners achieve enlightenment and make their day-to-day lives better. This tradition of using meditation to improve mood continues in today’s hyper-distracted, social media-saturated world. A 2014 study found that mindfulness meditation reduced rates of participant anxiety, depression, stress, […]
Finding My Calling Through Working With Seniors
I first came to work with seniors and teach chair yoga while subbing for a six-week session. I had fortunately taken the “seniors” YogaFit training just two weeks before I had this opportunity and was able to say yes. I had never really thought of teaching seniors, and I took the training to learn modifications […]
We are ONE
As YogaFit continues to expand our global footprint, we are proud to announce our rebrand across the globe as YOGAFIT WORLDWIDE. YogaFit started as a concept in 1994, and since that time we have educated over a quarter of a million students on seven continents. From Sydney to Saudi Arabia, from Canada to China, and […]
New YogaFit Music
We are so excited to announce our new YogaFit CD and Digital Album – Evolution! As we move into our 25th year of business, we are committed to continuing to providing uplifting and inspirational music in the three mountain format for your YogaFit classes with our friends at Power Music. Buy the NEW YogaFit CD Evolution by clicking HERE! […]
