Trying to answer the question, "Who owns yoga?" this Al Jazeera documentary is a pretty fascinating look at current trends in the yoga community, highlighting the variety and creativity of the modern yoga practice (which sort of drives me crazy sometimes, but to each their own...) as well as the tension between the ancient spiritual practice and the ancient never-ending desire to make a buck. The documentary's apparently been out for a few months, so perhaps you've already seen it, but I just … [Read more...] about Who Owns Yoga? The people!…and the documentary is pretty interesting too…
Pocket Yoga-Practice Builder iOS App Gets a Great Update…and we’ve got redemption codes!
I'm sure most of us enjoy a little spontaneity in our yoga practice, but there's also a lot to be said for showing up to a yoga class with a prepared teacher that puts on a smooth-flowing class. I do most of my yoga at home, but I don't have many worse yoga pet peeves than practicing with an online yoga video where the teacher goes through a bunch of asanas for one side of the body and forgets to do the same thing for the other side. Frustrating, distracting, and seems to happen all to often … [Read more...] about Pocket Yoga-Practice Builder iOS App Gets a Great Update…and we’ve got redemption codes!
5 Yoga Mistakes to Avoid this Year
Some of us might have been practicing yoga for a while now, but how do we know if we're truly benefitting from it? When we put our yoga practice on autopilot, we often tend to overlook our mistakes or fall into ruts or bad habits. Continuing to make the same yoga mistakes, instead of correcting them, might hurt our form and awareness level, not to mention raising the risk of injury. However, practiced mindfully yoga is something we can constantly improve in and enjoy. We can benefit … [Read more...] about 5 Yoga Mistakes to Avoid this Year
What We Have is Enough–Moving Beyond Mental Scarcity
I often meditate on trusting that I will have enough. Enough of what? Well, enough courage, enough inner strength, enough wisdom, enough energy, enough love, enough happiness, enough peace, and yes, enough money. When life becomes intense, the prism of mental scarcity often grows and distorts our view. We start to think that we are going to run out. However, we cannot attract abundance if we think this way. Abundance and Scarcity are mutually exclusive entities. Do you suffer from what … [Read more...] about What We Have is Enough–Moving Beyond Mental Scarcity
5 Transformative Benefits of Yoga for Mind and Body
Yoga means union. In a world that bombards us with clichés regarding a mind, body & spirit connection, this is very important. But in real people terms, what is the connection between the poses (asanas), breathing (pranayama), philosophy, and Western psychology? David Frawley, author of Yoga and Ayurveda writes: Yogic methods cover the entire field of our existence – from the physical, sensory, emotional, mental, and spiritual to the highest Self-realization. It includes all methods of … [Read more...] about 5 Transformative Benefits of Yoga for Mind and Body
How Yoga Can Help You Stop Feeling Like You’re Not Spiritual Enough and Love Your Life
I used to feel like a bad yoga teacher, like someone who wasn’t living up to the title. Because I like to wear stylish clothes, love when my Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines arrive in the mail, and the amount of pleasure I get from a good dark chocolate bar is almost indecent. So, I figured, I wasn’t really a true yoga teacher, just a gal teaching yoga.Then I discovered Tantra. There are worlds within worlds in yoga. Varying schools of thought, ways of categorizing our experiences, and branches … [Read more...] about How Yoga Can Help You Stop Feeling Like You’re Not Spiritual Enough and Love Your Life
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