“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”~ Eleanor Roosevelt Last week my daughter, Danica, and I took a gorgeous afternoon to ourselves to visit Lake Katherine Botanical Gardens in Palos Heights for hiking and canoeing. After we hiked, took photographs, and visited with the wildlife I suggested canoeing in the...
Author Archives: Monique Prohaska
Yoga for Relieving Anxiety
As a mental health provider, in addition to being a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Reiki Practitioner, I treat many clients who are struggling with anxiety on a daily basis. We have the normal issues from children experiencing anxiety when making new friends, to the adolescent trying to figure out...
The Worry Monster: Art Therapy for Children Ages 3 – 7
Sometimes our children come to us, or other adults, when they are feeling scared or worried about something. They may tell us through trembling bodies, their words, insomnia, emotional instability, and, maybe, even through silence that something just isn’t right in their world. One way we can have...
Serving Teens in Our Communities
As part of my graduation requirement for my Yoga Teacher Training I had an opportunity, along with my group of talented women, to develop a Seva Project to bring yoga to our communities. “Seva” in Sanskrit means ‘selfless service.’ Seva Projects are based on classic yoga principals, such as self-exploration,...
A Simple Way to De-Stress the Holidays
During my yoga training to become a certified yoga instructor I came across a meditation technique called Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra meditation has been scientifically proven to reduce several psychosomatic diseases such as: hypertension, stress, diabetes, migraine, asthma, ulcers, digestive disorders, and skin diseases that are caused by the...
Yoga For Children
In our bustling life, children are bombarded with many stressors as well as sensory overload. School, friends, extra-curricular activities, video games, busy parents, and competitive sports, just to name a few! Because we are on the move so much, we forget that our children can be affected by these daily...