by Dawn Browning | Apr 11, 2024 | Holistic solutions, Pranayama, Self-care, Yoga
Introduction: My Unplanned Journey Embarking on an unplanned journey can often lead to unexpected revelations. I wasn't planning to complete a 2-year program in Pranayama of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Gitananda tradition when I signed up in March 2022. I was even late...
by Dawn Browning | Jul 3, 2023 | Pranayama, Yoga
Pranayama sadhana changed my life…and in unexpected ways. Pranayama is an ancient yoga practice codified in India that focuses on expanding (or controlling) Prana and is one limb of the eight limb path of Ashtanga yoga.1 In this post, we define Pranayama,...
by Dawn Browning | Jul 10, 2022 | Diabetes, Holistic solutions, Self-care, Yoga
Setting the stage I was in my mid-30s at a yoga ashram outside Austin, Texas for a yoga therapy training. We were there learning how to support others on their healing journey and here I was in a 911 situation of my own. On a stormy June afternoon in the downstairs...
by Dawn Browning | Oct 8, 2021 | Diabetes, Holistic solutions, Yoga
In my tender and troubled 23rd year, I blacked out behind the wheel of my BMW 318i with the hand-crank sunroof open. Heading home on Highway 90 in Gulfport, MS, I rolled right over the sea wall onto the sandy beach that balmy summer night. I don’t recall the moments...
by Dawn Browning | Apr 17, 2021 | Diabetes, Holistic solutions, Yoga
Image by Robert Wu At age 16, I peed in a cup and my life changed. I was at the medical center for a physical to attend Girl’s State, a model government experience that promotes leadership for high school girls. I was not sick…or so I thought. The blood draw...
by Dawn Browning | Sep 30, 2019 | Diabetes, Essential oils, Holistic solutions, Yoga
Have you experienced a deep sense of connectedness between breath, emotions, body, and your mind? If not, let us explore it together. My most stunning memory of this peaceful inner wave is rooted in Italy on a trip with my beloved and I have since enjoyed such...
