Resources

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 […]

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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!

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Integrate Self-Love through Yoga

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

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Access for All: Vikara Village’s Unique Pricing Model

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Having an attitude of GRATITUDE!

Gratitude is all about being thankful and showing appreciation for yourself, others, your experiences, life choices, hobbies, school achievements, personal goals, etc. Having appreciation is the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. It helps you have a full understanding of the person, experience, goal, etc. To help us recognize the […]

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Learn How to Meditate

The use and popularity of meditation in the United States has grown. The National Health Interview Survey found that adults’ use of meditation tripled between 2012 and 2017 and children and teens using meditation has also increased. What is meditation? Meditation is a mind-body practice that helps increase calmness, physical relaxation and improves your overall […]

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Mindful Action Is A Better Alternative for Toxic Stress

To date, there have been enough studies to show that meditation is not the cure-all for trauma. In fact, it could bring on further emotional distress and even psychosis to those who have a history of abuse. During meditation, there is the danger of spontaneous surfacing of painful repressed memories. According to Dr. Willoughby Britton, who […]

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