Other yoga studios compete on price. Shanti Yoga Therapy competes on value.
Private therapeutic yoga Southington, CT In these modern times where busyness, rushing around and distraction rule, it’s hard to find the time to be still and reconnect. We’re under siege by interruptions. Yoga is an ancient practice used to journey inward, find inner peace and an increasingly popular way to [...]
Yoga therapy for long COVID fatigue: effective techniques for mitigating symptoms
Long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), is a phenomenon where individuals continue to experience symptoms long after the initial infection has passed. The wide range of symptoms associated with long COVID, such as long COVID fatigue, brain fog, muscle pain, and heart palpitations, can [...]
Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda for chronic illness
Living with a chronic illness, we can often feel like we have nowhere else to turn. We’ve tried doctors everywhere, holistic practitioners, books, social media, but can’t seem to find what we’re looking for. That’s because the answers don’t lie outside of us—they lie within us. As someone living with [...]
Yoga therapy for sugar addiction: seven steps to ease sugar addiction
Let’s talk about sugar, baby Cane sugar. Refined sugar. Processed sugar. Sucrose. Maltodextrin. High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). You know, that ubiquitous charmer that leaves most of us in a tizzy. It seduces us with innumerable ravishing delights but always ends with a thump, bump, crash, full-on collision. Honestly, I’ve [...]
Chronic pain care for daily living
How you move your body matters. Learn how every day movements can bring relief while living with chronic pain Living with chronic pain is exhausting; it’s all-encompassing and all-consuming. It takes up a lot of space in life. We search to find relief in each moment. Flare-ups affect quality of [...]
How meditation builds emotional resilience
One morning as I eased into meditation, I set up with great care to sit for my usual 45 minutes. I took a deep breath to settle in. As I did, I closed my eyes, felt my sternum lift, my shoulders drop and my jaw and tongue release. I took [...]
Peace beyond circumstances – balancing life in a pandemic.
In the midst of the pandemic, my full-time working husband has set aside time to watch our six-year-old after he finished his remote learning school day, so I can practice. I’m forever grateful and forever aware of how blessed I am. And yet, days like today, when life seems like [...]
Cyndi Roberts NBC CT Live! with Taylor Kinzler and Jimmy Marlow
I was honored to be featured on NBC Connecticut's popular show CT Live! recently, discussing therapeutic yoga and how my practices are so instrumental in living with and finding relief from chronic illness. Work with me I teach private, one-on-one therapeutic, gentle, restorative yoga therapy sessions in-person in Southington, CT [...]
Practice saying “no” so you can say “yes” to the things that really matter
Acknowledging and honoring your limits After my four year old son’s shower this evening, my husband took over. I felt fatigued and was ready to lie down for a break. Honoring my limits is so important and though I only had a few minutes, I knew I needed to take [...]
Dealing with a healing crisis—healing isn’t linear
So you’re on the path—the path to well-being, inner peace, healing and love. It's about time you learn about dealing with a healing crisis. For most of us on the spiritual path, we’ve had a major life event that knocked us on our asses. For me, it was facing death. [...]
Neck pain, shoulder pain and wrist pain—find relief with these easy stretches
“Low back and neck pain is an increasingly widespread and expensive condition worldwide, costing the US alone $88 billion a year—the third highest bill for any health condition—despite evidence most treatments do not work.”- The Guardian Eight out of ten people will experience neck or back pain in their [...]
Mindfulness and yoga for grief and PTS
These days, I'm dancing between self-preservation and expansion. I'm riding waves of grief and Post Traumatic Stress. So much is unknown, yet so much is known about how I'm feeling, because only my unique inner wisdom reveals my personal truth. It’s up to me to cultivate space for those answers [...]