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Create Healthy Goals to Combat Grief

Grief is a natural reaction to loss. But intense grief can become debilitating, and it will start to affect your quality of life. Maybe you’re sleeping too much or not at all. Or maybe you’ve lost your appetite and have gained weight.  Maybe you feel like you’re in a fog that won’t go away. If […]

What is Trauma-Informed Yoga?

“Trauma-informed yoga is a general practice of yoga that recognizes people are in pain. In trauma-informed yoga, we really try to have a more holistic sense of who the student is. The student is more than a body.” – Una Hildebrandt, Safe Space Yoga Facilitator Trauma-informed yoga is about being mindful of people’s stories. As […]

Factors That Help People With Toxic Stress

There are different types of stress. We have lots of different ways we can deal with our stress. Here are a few tips to help you!

Are you our next Board Member?

Vikara Village® is a small nonprofit based in Montgomery County, MD. Our Board Members have the opportunity to play an integral role in our development. We are looking for individuals who understand and are committed to Vikara Village®’s mission, vision, and core values to join our Board of Directors as we grow and move our […]

Integrate Self-Love through Yoga

Self-love fixes everything, at least that’s what we’re told. But, what exactly is self-love?

Access for All: Vikara Village’s Unique Pricing Model

Read more about Vikara’s sliding fee scale in our pricing model

Why Do We Have a Girls-Only Space?

Here at Vikara Village we find girls-only spaces provide young women with the opportunity to be themselves, voice their concerns, and be part of a supportive community. Today let’s talk about all girls-only spaces! Our Body Love Yoga sessions are a girl-only space. Girl-only spaces provide young women with the opportunity to be themselves, voice […]

How Effective is Yoga for Anxiety Treatment?

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? For people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), a condition in which people feel excessively worried about life factors such as health, money, or family problems, it can be difficult to manage their stress. Anxiety can exacerbate the ability to receive therapy due to the cost or stigma. There are many […]

The Pros Of Positive Thinking

Do you ever catch yourself in a spiral of negative, self-deprecating thoughts? One thought leads to another and before you know it your mind is flooded with negativity and complaints, diminishing any previous sense of optimism you once had. The Power of Positive Thinking This is where the necessity for positive thinking comes into play […]

We Stand in Solidarity

Hate has no place at Vikara Village. We cannot ignore that Black Americans have faced wrongful oppression since the beginning of our country’s history. We are devastated by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and the countless other Black lives that have been taken as a result of police brutality […]