by Andrea Trank | May 22, 2022
Simple HeartMathTools Can Improve Life for Our Teachers We are coming to the end of another school year. Most teachers I know are counting the days. A just-released survey from a nonprofit organization (AdoptaClassroom.org) of 4665 pre-k-12th grade teachers...
by Andrea Trank | May 15, 2022
Did you know that May has been Mental Health Awareness Month since the late 1940s? This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Month is #ToolstoThrive. When I was originally diagnosed with anxiety 30 plus years ago, I was not thinking about thriving, I was thinking...
by Andrea Trank | May 8, 2022
Having Children Brought All My Fears to the Surface! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who have had the rewarding, challenging, and at times harrowing experience of being a mother, or who have now developed a deep respect for their own mother or wife. I may be saying...
by Andrea Trank | May 1, 2022
Why I am Using Chakras to Help You Heal! Chakras have been part of the Yogic tradition since the Tantra movement began 1500 years ago in India. Chakras were, in essence, a way of representing the five elements that the ancient Yogis believed were part of every human....
by Andrea Trank | Apr 24, 2022
Compassion and Empathy are Not the Same! In fact, empathy can cause more suffering in the person who is trying to help, whereas compassion can uplift both the caregiver and the care receiver. So, if the science is correct, then there is no such thing as “compassion...
by Andrea Trank | Apr 17, 2022
12 Scientifically Studied Benefits of Meditation Improves sleep Helps control pain Reduces feelings of stress and release of cortisol, the stress hormone Controls anxiety Decreases blood pressure Promotes emotional health Enhances self-awareness Lengthens attention...
by Andrea Trank | Apr 10, 2022
Are You Getting Enough Sleep Daily? According to the Sleep Foundation, between 10 and 30 percent of adults have sleep issues. That number goes up even higher as you age. And, if you are a woman, you are more likely to suffer from sleep deprivation than men due to all...
by Andrea Trank | Apr 2, 2022
Are You Engaging in Spiritual Bypassing or “Toxic Positive Thinking”? Positive Thinking sometimes gets a bad rap especially when things are not going well for you in life. In fact, some people have labeled too much emphasis on positive thinking as toxic...
by Andrea Trank | Mar 27, 2022
What is a Mudra and Why You Should Care? Has your yoga teacher ever asked you to put your thumb tip against your index finger and rest that on the lap either facing up or down? He or she may have even told you that you were practicing Gyana or Chin Mudra, also known...
by Andrea Trank | Mar 20, 2022
Peeling the Layers of an Onion! I started my healing journey thirty-plus years ago when I walked into Cynthia’s yoga class. I had been on medical leave from my teaching job diagnosed with gastroparesis, a very scary-sounding diagnosis – aka stomach paralysis. I was...
