Happy Yoga Month everyone! Unfortunately, when I started my yoga journey, there was no Yoga Month. I had little in the way of yoga awareness, so I had to unleash my curiosity and hunt around for information. I read books, attended workshops and conferences, searched for popular classes, studios, and teachers, and kept an open […]

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Happy Yoga Month everyone! Unfortunately, when I started my yoga journey, there was no Yoga Month. I had little in the way of yoga awareness, so I had to unleash my curiosity and hunt around for information. I read books, attended workshops and conferences, searched for popular classes, studios, and teachers, and kept an open […]

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During one of my workshops with Gurmukh, she told the story of her start with teaching yoga. She explained that she used to teach students out of her home and would serve tea after the class ended. She would brew the tea, permeating the house with the spicy scent, which seemed to draw students as […]

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By now you might have heard that there’s a movie out there based on the best-selling book Eat, Pray, Love (insert tongue in cheek here). The movie and the book both offer an inside look at the hero’s journey. If you’ve read some Greek classics then you’ve seen this before — the hero is perhaps […]

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I’m one of those people that likes to hang out on the periphery, getting a read on the situation before diving in. It’s no surprise then, that I approached yoga the very same way. I tried a lot of different DVDs, went to classes and workshops, practiced with various teachers, read a lot (and I […]

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I love my yoga but I also enjoy aerobic exercise as well. Getting my heart pumping and working up a sweat feels good to me, so I try to get an aerobic workout in 3x/week. Still, yoga is my priority, so it gets the lion’s share of my time. As for the remaining time — […]

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I love Headstand. In fact, I used to hang out in Headstand just about every day. The more I studied yoga therapy and worked with clients, the more I realized that the majority of the population is unfit to do Headstand — and yes, I’m included in the majority. I can do Headstand, yes. The […]

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It’s interesting to me that people so often have an all or nothing mentality in regards to yoga. I’m recovering from that thinking myself. I used to believe that if I didn’t have 60 or 90-minutes to practice, then I would have to forgo yoga for the day. Needless to say, that’s certainly changed for […]

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Ever have one of those days where you’re feeling spacey and so tied up in your thoughts that you forget to eat or smile or dance? Or maybe you’re feeling insecure and out of sorts? You can’t see, but my hand is raised. I’ve definitely had days like that. The bad news is that I […]

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“When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady.  But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life.  Therefore, one should learn to control the breath.” ~Svatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika
“Inhale, and God approaches you.  Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you.  Exhale, and you approach […]

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