by Jory Serota | Aug 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Around 10 years ago I was sitting a 7-day plant medicine ceremony in the jungle of Costa Rica. There were around 15 of us and completely randomly, two of the people were from my home town in Woodstock. We’re good friends to this day. After our second journey, I was...
by Jory Serota | Aug 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Let’s talk about the shoulders. First, the shoulder is one of the most complex joints in the human body. There are over 16 muscles that attach to the scapula and 8 that support the shoulder itself. The rotator cuff, which consists of 4 muscles, connects the...
by Jory Serota | Jul 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Upper Cross Syndrome (UCS) is one of the more common postural misalignments we see. It is defined as an imbalance between the muscles of the neck, shoulders, chest and upper back. In UCS the pec minor, sub-occipitals, upper trapezius and levator scapula are...
by Jory Serota | Apr 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite aspects of traveling around the world is the potential to meet amazing people that can change your life at any given moment. Back in 2000, my first year traveling through South East Asia, I met an Italian dude in northern Thailand. He was 15 years...
by Jory Serota | Mar 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Around a year and half ago I was standing in an elevator in Bangkok and was amazed at what I saw before me. The doors were mirrors and as I stood there, I looked at myself. I had been in Bangkok for a month and we were somewhere around 5 months into the pandemic. ...
by Jory Serota | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the summer of 2017, I was on fire. 🔥 I was teaching the Applied Yoga Integration seminar across the US and international offers were starting to come in. Word was spreading and within a year I’d be teaching in the Netherlands, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand. I...