Meditation for Beginners
This week I've stumbled across a number of new studies on the benefits of #meditation and I am even more excited about where we are going...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 12, 20228 min read
Weight Loss
Did you make a New Year's resolution to lose weight or get fit? Is this your second, third, or fourth time trying to lose weight? Maybe...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 8, 20214 min read
Getting Your Feet Under You: Muladhara
The past few weeks, I've been studying a little bit about our energy bodies. We have them; MRIs measure them as do EEGs. We just avoid...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 6, 20216 min read
Getting the Love You Want: Book Club Read
Self-help books are often incredibly light reads, maybe too light for me honestly, as they are so, sort of, surface level that they don't...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 1, 20216 min read
Power of Rhythm & Routine
Today's #WellnessWednesday was lovely. Great company. Wonderful conversation. Such an incredible joy. We talked about rhythm and routine....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 23, 20213 min read
My Yoga Niche
Every thread of my being avoids being labeled or pegged into a narrow hole or routine. My interests are wide and continually they evolve....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Ending Your Legacy of Deprivation
I am guilty. I often make myself the martyr. I don't necessarily do this to people please, but because I feel like it is the only right...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 2, 20216 min read
Yoga Etiquette
My first yoga class was at the local YMCA. I went with my kids and they giggled through most of the class. The other students talked...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 27, 20214 min read
How do You Define Self-Care?
This might be a term you see too often and now tune out entirely or maybe the thought of it is completely beyond your grasp. It's true;...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 14, 20216 min read
Obesity Bias
It's no secret that my weight has fluctuated through the years - primarily the years I was previously in clinical practice as a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 8, 20215 min read
Quan Yin: Goddess of Compassion & Mercy
Most of us study mythology at some point in our younger years, but when predominantly raised in a Christian community, we are presented...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 4, 20217 min read
Creating a Healing Environment
For the past three years, I have been providing primary care and functional medicine consults within my home office (see pictures below)...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20216 min read
Relationship-Centered Care
Midwifery is very relationship-based. It prioritizes mutual decision making so much so that the American College of Nurse-Midwives has...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 23, 20216 min read
Pranayama: Introduction to One's Breath
From ancient times we have understood that breath is vital to life. Root languages often utilize the same word for breath as they do for...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 21, 20216 min read
Yoga is for Everyone
Since ancient times, yoga has been continuously adapted to suit the needs of individuals from different times, cultures, and traditions....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 15, 20217 min read
Alcoholism: Understanding the Underlying Cause
My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 26, 20219 min read
How to Relax
No joke, this may be the toughest task. The last pose in #yoga is savasana or the corpse pose and it is easily the hardest for most...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 21, 20217 min read
Balance: The Line Between Pleasure & Self-Indulgence
As a midwife, often I hear my colleagues share that #cravings are associated with some sort of deficiency. For example, a craving for...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 20, 202113 min read
Eat, Pray, Love
Although maybe a bit cliche, I do think Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is one of my favorite novels. I read most all of it a few...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Stop Digging
Continuing in my study of brahmacarya, a yogic principle that focuses on moderation, I found a new perspective on this principle this...
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