All This Talk of Mindfulness … What IS IT?
December 5, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Recovery, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
Partially re-posted from my “Eating Disorders in Schools” blog on Gurze publications. According to Jon Kabat-Zinn of the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts, “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”* When I teach students about mindfulness I explain that it is an important part […]
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
November 14, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery, Self-Care, Treatment, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
Graciously re-posted courtesy of Gurze Publications. When I interviewed Dr. Craig Johnson of the Eating Recovery Center in Denver in 2010, he told me a surprising statistic: “The average adolescent patient coming in for eating disorder treatment is reporting an average of 4.2 hours of sleep per night.” According to the National Sleep Foundation, teens […]
