Category Archives: Valerie Knopik

What Happens to Your Body When You Meditate Daily

By Brittany Risher for Fitbit Blog. Meditation is probably best known for its ability to [...]

5 Self-Care Tips to Get you Through Election Day with Your Sanity

By Kiersten Willis for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. As Nov. 3 approaches, you may be feeling [...]

Polyvagal Theory and the Breath

By Valerie Knopik for Yoga Digest. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing [...]

Epi-What? Change Your Internal Landscape Part 2: Epigenetics and How It Reduces Depression and Increases Longevity

By Valerie Knopik for Yoga Digest. In my last Yoga Digest article, we explored the [...]

Now Is the Perfect Time to Take Up At-Home Yoga

By Caroline Cox for InStyle. We’re living in a scary, unprecedented time. Due to the [...]

Meditation Overview – 10 Minutes A Day That Can Change Your Life

By Carolyn Fagan for Psycom. Incorporating this simple self-care exercise into your day can transform [...]

Yoga Techniques for Stress: Calming the Nervous System for Mental Health

By Valerie Knopik PH.D for Yoga Medicine®. Engaging in yoga for stress is a common therapeutic modality to [...]

Yoga for Mental Health: Epigenetics, Neuroplasticity and a Practice for Community Support

How can certain yoga related modalities get “under the skin” to positively impact our mental [...]

Changing Your Internal Landscape – A (Not So) Little (and Super Cool) Thing Called Neuroplasticity

Valerie Knopik, Yoga Medicine® Instructor, discusses how mindfulness-based techniques, such as yoga and meditation, can [...]

Mental Health And Wellness Module Overview

By Nat & Sandy Yoga Podcast. Recently, Nat (from Nat & Sandy Yoga) took a short trip [...]