Firecracker Foundation to help sex trauma survivors, includes yoga for healing
The Firecracker Foundation officially launched July 31 at an event at Art Alley in Lansing, with the powerful and emotional story of its founder, Tashmica Torok. Tashmica Torok at “Stargazing:...
View ArticleYoga, tai chi recommended for multiple sclerosis
A new study will test an exercise program geared specifically toward MS patients. Breaking the cycle of fatigue and inactivity could improve your quality of life. Canadian researchers hope an exercise...
View ArticleLansing Yoga community to hold fundraiser classes for Firecracker Foundation
The Lansing-area yoga community is rallying to support the mission of a new nonprofit that provides therapy for sex abuse survivors, the Firecracker Foundation. Several donation-based yoga classes...
View ArticleYoga aids Plymouth breast cancer survivor
DETROIT – The phone call came a few minutes before 4 p.m. on April 23, 2012. Flora Migyanka was getting ready to pick up her kindergartener, Maggie, from the school bus stop. Her 3-year-old son,...
View ArticleRoxanne Frith: Kidney transplant survivor says yoga, spirituality helped her...
As a local photographer and a teacher, Roxanne Frith is well known for her tremendous impact on the Lansing art scene. After living with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) for over 20 years, this summer,...
View Article#ThisIsYoga: Soulfire 2014
The Firecracker Foundation: Honoring the bravery of children who have survived sexual trauma. The post #ThisIsYoga: Soulfire 2014 appeared first on LansingYoga.Com.
View ArticleIn Case You Missed Soulfire… A Survivor’s Spoken Word {with photos}
On November 12, the Creole Gallery hosted Soulfire 2014, an event put on by our friends at The Firecracker Foundation. It was the unveiling of the 2014 calendar project, featuring photography by Jena...
View ArticleRemembering B.K.S. Iyengar: From the Heart of a Lansing Student
Taken from Light on Life by B.K.S. Iyengar As we all remember the lessons that B.K.S. Iyengar left behind and reflect on how to best honor his memory, there are perhaps none in our Greater Lansing...
View ArticleIn Bloom in Old Town : 10 Ayurvedic Self Care Habits for Body, Mind and Spirit
I wish New Year’s resolutions were something that happened in the summer time. It’s easier to get out of the house, the days are longer, people aren’t dealing with holiday fatigue and it might be...
View ArticleEating Disorder Awareness and Yoga **Trigger Warning
Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 22-28, 2015). The objective of this week, as explained by NEDA, was simply this: The goal of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week...
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