…in case you were wondering what to do with all your lululemon bags… If anyone’s listening from lululemon, I’m incredibly frustrated that you don’t deliver to overseas military addresses. What’s up with that? Would it really be so hard to use the U.S. postal system? We need our lulu too! Source: luluaddict.blogspot.jp via Daily Cup of Yoga on Pinterest Filed under: gear, yoga Tagged: lululemon, recycling, yoga gear
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Yoga Keeps You On Your Toes
Annie's Blog5 Apr 2012 | 3:01 pmThanks, Gwen! GwenLawrence Relieving foot cramps on a @yogaforce mat doing @gwenlawrence yoga 4 baseballhttp://t.co/kfyLvRkp read more -
It's Amazing What Yoga Can Do
YogaDudes4 May 2012 | 10:53 amPlease watch this amazing and inspiring video about a disabled Gulf War paratrooper who lost 140 pounds and went from crutches to sprinting by practicing yoga. It's a lesson to never ever give up. -
What I Learned From My Lunch With DR ROIZEN
Annie's Blog2 May 2012 | 11:17 pmDr. Roizen is smart. He really should get out more. His friend, Dr. Oz has his own TV Show. I had lunch with the young Dr. Mike Roizen, who is a New York Times Best Selling author and one of the leading experts on aging on Monday and I learned a lot! First off, it is against the law to smoke or drink sodas at The Cleveland Clinic. He has the Police working for him and these rules are strictly enforced. He needs to keep his people healthy and infractions drive up health costs. read more -
Mirror Mirror on the Wall...
The Everything Yoga Blog10 May 2012 | 4:57 pmThis has been an exciting week for me -- first Skydiving (Freefallasana with a mantra of wheeeeeeeeeee) and then a day at the spa. I guess it makes sense to follow exhilaration with relaxation. In addition to doing a whole heck of a lot of relaxing (and napping in the "Relaxation Room") at the spa, I also did a little thinking. After a soak in the Roman Bath and then 20 minutes in the sauna, I headed to the shower to cool off. A woman was exiting her shower stall at the same time I was walking into the shower area. Directly across from the shower stalls are mirrored cubbies. The woman exiting…
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Annie's Blog
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What I Learned From My Lunch With DR ROIZEN
2 May 2012 | 11:17 pmDr. Roizen is smart. He really should get out more. His friend, Dr. Oz has his own TV Show. I had lunch with the young Dr. Mike Roizen, who is a New York Times Best Selling author and one of the leading experts on aging on Monday and I learned a lot! First off, it is against the law to smoke or drink sodas at The Cleveland Clinic. He has the Police working for him and these rules are strictly enforced. He needs to keep his people healthy and infractions drive up health costs. read more -
Hey, Doc Can You Write Me A Script For My YogaForce Mat?
24 Apr 2012 | 6:52 pmHey, Doc Can You Write Me A Script For My YogaForce Mat? The patented YogaForce A-Line Mat is now being prescribed by medical doctors and chiropractors after accidents or other maladies to improve posture and body alignment. Ask your doctor if he can write you a script and if it will be covered by your medical insurance. read more -
YogaForce Guest Blogger on the Benefits of Yoga for Type A Yoga Students
24 Apr 2012 | 4:20 pmYogaForce Guest Blogger On The Benefits of Yoga for Type A High School Students Overloaded Teens? Take a Down dog! read more -
Yoga Keeps You On Your Toes
5 Apr 2012 | 3:01 pmThanks, Gwen! GwenLawrence Relieving foot cramps on a @yogaforce mat doing @gwenlawrence yoga 4 baseballhttp://t.co/kfyLvRkp read more -
Why The YogaForce A-Line Mat is Patented
27 Mar 2012 | 10:08 pmImitation is the sincerest form of flattery ... but we have the original. read more
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Mirror Mirror on the Wall...
10 May 2012 | 4:57 pmThis has been an exciting week for me -- first Skydiving (Freefallasana with a mantra of wheeeeeeeeeee) and then a day at the spa. I guess it makes sense to follow exhilaration with relaxation. In addition to doing a whole heck of a lot of relaxing (and napping in the "Relaxation Room") at the spa, I also did a little thinking. After a soak in the Roman Bath and then 20 minutes in the sauna, I headed to the shower to cool off. A woman was exiting her shower stall at the same time I was walking into the shower area. Directly across from the shower stalls are mirrored cubbies. The woman exiting… -
Living the Question
4 May 2012 | 10:11 pmMock me if you must, but I used to watch Friends (and loved it) all the time (you gotta love reruns). One funny scene always stuck out in my mind -- two of the romanically coupled friends are having a bit of a heated -- but humorous -- exchange and one refers to the other as The Riddler for asking so many questions. These days I'm questioning myself quite a bit. Holy Q&A, Batman! As my friends and I turn 40, I'm noticing that my reaction to "the big four-oh" is quite different than that of my peers. I'm feeling joyful and excited to be in this new decade (and obviously proud of it, since… -
Spring Favorites
30 Apr 2012 | 5:40 pmThis year in particular the symbolism of Spring has extra meaning for me. I'm all about new beginnings and rebirth these days. It's an exciting time and I'm feeling particularly buoyant. For many, surfing the waves of change can be intimidating at best and downright frightening at worst. I always come back to -- and recommend to others -- yoga and meditation to deal with the vicissitudes of life. Here are this Spring's favorites in terms of yoga and meditation (and yoga-related goodies that I am in love with right now): Good Yoga Spinal Flex -- I love combining breath and movement (I know, I… -
Relief for The Stuffies
23 Apr 2012 | 4:54 pmFor the past week or so I've had a case of The Stuffies, as I affectionately call it. It sounds cuter than saying I have a cold, right? Mostly it's just been uncomfortable, leaving me with a heavy, stuffy head feeling. I've changed up my yoga practice to work with my physical symptoms rather than against them. Here's what I'm doing to get some relief from The Stuffies: Starting in wide knee Child's Pose, I slowly roll my the top of my head on the mat until my crown is resting on the mat. This is a less intense version of Rabbit Pose. I repeat this move a number of times, feeling the… -
Clearing Space
19 Apr 2012 | 11:47 amWhen I first started practicing yoga, I had to jockey for position between a coffee table and a CD rack. I didn't have a lot of space, but I had a big desire for a home practice. Years later, I found myself with the ultimate luxury -- a whole room devoted to yoga. I had hardwood floors uninterrupted by coffee tables, and I didn't have to worry about crashing into a couch if I fell out of Half Moon pose (yes, this happened to me early into my home practice). These days, I'm somewhat in between -- I no longer have a dedicated space but I have more space then when I first started. On the more…
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7 Reasons iPods are Awesome for Kids Yoga Teachers and their Music
16 May 2012 | 3:30 am7 Reasons iPods are Awesome for Kids Yoga Teachers and their Music In Kids Yoga Teacher Training I recommend teachers get a portable music player like an iPod or MP3. Usually more than 50% already use them and just nod knowingly in agreement during this part of the training. Others half heartedly agree because they have the technology but have not plugged it in yet. And a small but significant percentage get a terrified look on their face and just shake their head “no.” They are either afraid to take the leap into technology or just plain don’t like it. Use playlists for…
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We're on Pinterest, Are You?
10 May 2012 | 1:45 pmHave you heard of Pinterest? Are you addicted to pinning yet? If not, it's time to check out what all the hype is about. I have to admit, it's pretty fun to browse some great images of very cool products, places, and just about every kind of 'thing' you can imagine online. Pinterest is basically like having virtual bulletin boards where you can store things into different categories. Instead of ripping pages out of magazines every time you find a cute hairstyle, recipe, or great pair of shoes, you can just "pin" these items to your appropriate "board." It's up to you to decide what to call… -
It's Amazing What Yoga Can Do
4 May 2012 | 10:53 amPlease watch this amazing and inspiring video about a disabled Gulf War paratrooper who lost 140 pounds and went from crutches to sprinting by practicing yoga. It's a lesson to never ever give up. -
Free May Desktop Calendar
1 May 2012 | 7:25 amHappy Spring everybody! If you want to bring some Spring indoors to your computer and make this image your desktop background just click on this link. A new window will appear with a much larger graphic. Once the bigger graphic appears, just right-click on it and "save as desktop." -
Learning to Counting Calories
30 Apr 2012 | 7:33 amI have to admit counting calories is something that I've never done in my life. I have been very fortunate that I never had to diet or lose any weight. I have plenty of experience on the working out side of the equation, but I always ignored the nutrition part of keeping fit. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not eating Doritos and Twinkies. I eat as healthy as I possibly can, but I never tracked a calorie, a carbohydrate, or a gram of fat before. I decided that it's time I do, and boy was I surprised to learn what I did.First off, the reason I decided to do this is because I'm finally to the point… -
Acroyoga to Inspire
26 Apr 2012 | 11:30 amI sure would love to try this some day. It's just such a shame that I don't trust my husband enough not to drop me. I wonder how ones goes about learning how to do this stuff. If you have any info, please share with me.
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Free Online Kundalini Yoga Poses and Exercises
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Awakening of Kundalini and Energy Centers
10 May 2012 | 5:06 pmKundalini Chakras and EnergyIn today’s guest post, Richard, who is a meditation teacher and author, shares his insights about Kundalini Awakening and Energizing Chakra Centers with us. Richard is a meditation teacher and author, and you will find more information on the courses he offers on his website Shaktipat-meditation.org.If you would like to be a guest author on Mastery of Meditation and Yoga, please email me at anmol@anmolmehta.com.Awakening Kundalini EnergyByRichard CrownThe Sacred Sound comes, vibrating red Mooladhara chakra (base or root). It spins and expands ecstatically. -
Meditation Helps Children with ADD, Focus and Memory
24 Apr 2012 | 11:01 amMeditation is the answer to suffering and is the ultimate purpose of human birth, but besides these Highest “goals” of meditation, there are a great many other benefits and applications to meditation as well. In today’s guest article, David, who is the founder of http://www.blisslotus.com/, reveals how meditation helps children who suffer from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), by helping them develop calmness, presence, focus and control over their reactions to external stimuli.If you would like to be a guest author on… -
5 Tips for Being Happy
10 Apr 2012 | 5:59 pmHow to Be HappyWhat makes life a joy for some, while a sad and frustration filled journey for others? It is karma? It is luck? Is it disposition? Is it fate? I don’t think so. I think you are supposed to be happy. You are supposed to be full of joy and wonder, yet somehow, somewhere on this journey, things got out of control and you spiraled into the tedium of everyday life and found your life filled with conflict, suffering and the never ending pursuit of happiness. How do you get out of this rut now? How do you find your way back to joy and peace? Here are 5 tips… -
4 Inspiring Quotes of the Week
23 Mar 2012 | 1:40 pmRecently we have been getting some great feedback on our Mastery of Meditation and Yoga Facebook Fan Page and one of the aspects which the readers have really been enjoying are the inspirational quotes that we have been posting on a daily basis.These simple quotes are great pointers of the deeper Truths of life and enlightened living and can inspire one to live at a higher level. So, below are 4 such sayings which I thought would be worth sharing with you on the blog as well. I am sure you will find them uplifting as have others.If you have quotes that you find specially uplifting and… -
Perfect Yoga Exercise for Beginners
7 Mar 2012 | 12:09 pmBeginner Yoga ExercisesIf you are new to yoga and looking for good exercises and poses in order to start your practice, I certainly recommend the poses detailed in the following article – Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners. One of the great things about yoga is the wide range of exercises and positions that it offers, so in addition to the poses given in that article, there are many other great beginner’s yoga exercises as well and in this guide I am going to detail one of my favorite for you. This particular exercise is called Yoga Rowing and it is part of another great…
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In Limine: on the threshold, at the beginning
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7 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
7 May 2012 | 3:30 pmHi friends.Just a quick note to let you know that I've begun putting some of my thoughts into podcasts available from iTunes under the name Virtual Refuge podcasts as a part of a facebook group titled Virtual Refuge Sangha. If you're not an iTunes subscriber, you can also find the podcasts here: http://sangha.podbean.com/.I'd welcome your feedback, here, there, or on facebook. If you'd like to be added to the FB group, please friend me or message me on FB (my name: Sean Lindsay), to let me know of your interest. -
Thoughts on a flight after a friend's funeral
9 Dec 2011 | 4:02 pmA dear friend died recently.Sometimes I go to funerals for the sake of others – the survivors who will live with a hole in their lives for years to come. But this one was for me.The hole is in my life.Not gigantic – not the sort of hole that would be left without my wife or sons or brothers. But yes, a hole.***********************A Zen chant:All things are impermanent.They arise and they pass away.Living in harmony with this teaching brings great happiness and joy.***********************In every moment, there is change.Not so much a truism as a definition: there is no moment without… -
The Upside of Emptiness
8 Oct 2011 | 6:56 pmUsually, when we lose someone or something that has helped us defined much of our lives -- whether a lover or a belief, a job or a home, an ability or a skill -- we feel a sense of loss.Sometimes, it's more than that.Or rather, "less."Sometimes rather than just feeling a void where previously there was a treasure, there is a sense of emptiness that reaches well beyond the contours and borders of the parts of life defined by what has been lost. That sense of emptiness affects all of our experience -- we discover through its sudden absence a now-missing sense of belonging and warmth, confidence… -
Haiku for departing summer
12 Sep 2011 | 11:59 amBird-pecked, black racemesOf chokecherries gleam amongThe not-yet-red leaves. -
Offering
2 Jan 2011 | 2:13 pmAt the end of a painful retreat (about which, click here), Laurie came to pick me up.She brought Echo, a rambunctious Samoyed, who, she informed me, was disappointingly not named Moksha.We walked the dog around the outer grounds of Spirit Rock. Up the hills, through the winter-brown weeds and grasses. She tugged and jumped and played. She started at a tall, white marble Buddha standing in a grove of trees, was only wary of a small seated Buddha halfway up the hill, and by the time we encountered another figurine at the foot of the hill, she wasunimpressed, sniffing along the fringes of the…
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Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog
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Practicing Yoga in the ER
23 Apr 2012 | 4:54 pmLast night, I did something very stupid. An old window in our attic was stuck — probably from the sudden heat in Portland — and I tried to nudge the edge of the frame open with my knee. I missed my target and before I knew what had happened, there was huge “Pop!” and then blood and glass everywhere. I stood there for a moment, just stunned, and then saw that my knee looked like it had been through a blender. Thankfully, my partner was quicker thinking than I was at that moment. She had me sit down, we wrapped my knee in two towels, and called 911. In the end, the… -
Donation-Based Yoga Studios
16 Apr 2012 | 4:29 pmHello Readers! My apologies for having disappeared for a while from the blogosphere. I’ve been living in Portland, OR, since last year. Despite my on-going shoulder injury, I have managed to get a taste of the yoga scene here. I’ve been going primarily to studios in the Southeast region of the city, and was lucky enough to find a place called Sprout about two blocks from my house. Unfortunately, for me and the local community, this great little studio had to shutter its doors for good in February. I suspect that the main reason they were not able to make it financially was that… -
Not Enough Time for Yoga?
19 Apr 2011 | 3:16 pmOne thing I’ve noticed since I returned to yoga is just how much time it takes up. It’s hard to believe that I used to go every single day to a 90-minute class, often fighting my way though thirty minutes of traffic in L.A. just to get to class, and then another thirty minutes to get home! Many adults complain about not having enough time to exercise, and I sometimes wonder about this since you could, say, go for a 3-mile run 5 times a week without putting a dent in your schedule. But yoga is different; it takes up a huge chunk of your day to practice at a yoga studio. How does… -
Chaturanga Revisited
18 Mar 2011 | 8:53 pmA long time ago, in my past life as an “advanced” yogi, I wrote a post on this blog about the proper way to do Chaturanga. Yesterday, as part of my slow and on-going recovery, I went to another Anusara class and got a totally different take on Chaturangas/Vinyasas that blew my mind. Here’s how I used to do Chaturanga. But now I learned a new way. This helpful teacher at Dhyana Yoga made some adjustments for me and suggested that I allow my elbows to flare out to the side a bit when I go through a Vinyasa. She also suggested that I sink my chest in Plank Pose, before shifting… -
Second Yoga Class in 4 Months
28 Feb 2011 | 2:59 pmI went to another Anusara-inspired yoga class, my second yoga class in 4 months, and probably just my 15th yoga class in the past year. So far, no pain in my shoulder, so I’m hopeful that this time I can really make a comeback. I’ll be much more cautious this time, and am making sure to go no more than 3 times a week for the first few months. My shoulder still makes some gnarly grinding noises (think pepper grinder with stones in it), so I am not ready to say it’s healed. But I’m cautiously optimistic. As with my first class, this second class of the year made me feel…
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Dahn Yoga Health
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Yoga benefits for women include better smoking cessation rates
24 Apr 2012 | 10:57 amTweetWhat can't yoga do? Besides being a great way to unwind, exercise or reflect on one's life, the holistic routine can also supplement a number of health-related activities – including smoking cessation, according to a newly published yoga benefits article. The study, which appeared in the Journal of Women's Health, determined that one of the yoga benefits for women is that the regimen appears to help them quit smoking. The consequences of such findings could have a widespread impact. After all, even in today's cancer-conscious U.S., many Americans still smoke. At… -
Yoga poses for beginners may prevent injury
10 Apr 2012 | 11:49 amTweetIf you've read that yoga may lead to injury – as was so widely reported after the release of William Broad's investigative book, The Science of Yoga – you may need to read a little further. After all, many health experts note that yoga poses for beginners actually prevent injury by helping newbies take it slow. That was the conclusion of a yoga health benefits article appearing in the online magazine Chiropractic Economics. The piece noted that many beginners can avoid making mistakes by following some simple suggestions. These included gradually increasing… -
Study validates using yoga poses for back pain
2 Apr 2012 | 11:56 amTweetThough there have been a few alarmist stories lately about how yoga can cause backaches and neck injuries, researchers tend to agree that the opposite is true. According to a report released this month, using yoga poses for back pain is an effective (and cost-effective) way to reduce aches and pains of the back. The study appeared in the journal Spine. In it, scientists analyzed the utility of combining typical spinal care with yoga exercises for back pain. After monitoring the lower back health of thousands of Britons for a full year, the group found that adding yoga to the typical… -
Yoga benefits article features veterans getting healthy, happy
23 Mar 2012 | 11:35 amTweetLast week, we ran a yoga benefits article about Ralph Iovino, a 62-year-old veteran who currently teaches holistic health classes in Palm Beach, Florida. Well, the response was so positive that we thought we'd tell you a bit more about him, his career and his mission to help wounded soldiers heal inside and out. As Iovino told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, he's been teaching yoga and physical therapy for quite some time: first at the Bronx Veterans Hospital, and then through Connected Warriors, his nonprofit devoted to helping former members of the Armed Forces. What made him… -
Yoga health benefits men and women with post-traumatic stress
16 Mar 2012 | 3:23 amTweetIn the world of holistic healthcare, yoga's benefits for women and men of all ages are, to put it mildly, unparalleled. The system can help heal hearts and minds – even among those damaged by wartime experiences, according to an article recently published in the Palm Beach Post news. The proof can be found in local yoga instructor Ralph Iovino's daily sessions, which are attended by dozens of veterans from the Wellington area. A 62-year-old former Army Ranger and Vietnam veteran, Iovino doesn't necessarily look the part of a limber yoga coach. (Maybe it's his…
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"Surya Namaskar with friend"
8 May 2012 | 1:30 pmCAT LOVERS AND FELLOW YOGIS <3 A friend showed me this adorable video. Thought I would share. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTxSR4GpWU&wadsworth=1 -
Explore Hatha Yoga Certification Programs
19 Apr 2012 | 8:30 amFor those who have an interest in teaching Hatha yoga, there are many options available. This article will give you a taste of how to obtain your yoga instructor certification and embark on a career in teaching it. Hatha yoga is a tradition that stems back centuries. Historians trace it as far back as the 1500s in India. It was designed as a way to reflect the polar opposites of the sun and the moon and it incorporates asanas, poses and breathing techniques into its practice. This style of yoga is not only spiritually cleansing but physically therapeutic for anyone who is recovering from a… -
Awesome Eco-Friendly Yoga Bag
17 Apr 2012 | 9:30 pmI'm not in the market for a new yoga bag but my interest was piqued when I discovered the Yoga Poser bag made by me + you in Vancouver. Made from recycled fabric, this bag with side pockets is multi-purpose - carry your yoga gear or use it to go shopping...or you can go shopping after yoga class! For $30, it's a steal, as some yoga bags can run you well over that. Check out their website at http://www.meandyou.ca/ -
Levitating Yogis?
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Homemade Natural Hand Soap Recipe
9 Apr 2012 | 8:30 amFor those who want to make a non-toxic hand soap at home, I found a great hand soap recipe: 1 cup warm water 2-4 tablespoons liquid castile soap (Dr. Bronner’s Baby Mild) 1 teaspoon pure vegetable glycerine 1 teaspoon almond oil 16 drops grapefruit essential oil 20 drops lavender essential oil 10 drops eucalyptus essential oil Put all ingredients in a large jar with a lid. Shake to mix. Pour into a soap foamer. Note: I love the smell of grapefruit, so I added a few more drops than suggested. If you prefer a different smell, then play around with the essential oils. However, make sure you…
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YOGA CLASSES IN MARRAKECH
16 May 2012 | 5:13 amWEEKLY YOGA, PRANAYAMA, MUDRA, MANTRA, MEDITATION CLASSES ARE HELD IN GUELIZ THE NEW TOWN MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 8H10 AM CLASSES ARE ONE HOUR 20 MINS MORE INFO CONTACT HEARTOFA@GMAIL.COM -
MARRAKECH YOGA RETREATS
16 May 2012 | 5:09 amYOGA MARRAKECH OFFERS YOGA RETREATS THROUGH SUMMER ONE DAY TO 10 DAY YOGA RETREATS OPTIONAL HOLISTIC MASSAGE, YOGA, PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION, VEGETARIAN RAW CUISINE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT HEARTOFA@GMAIL.COM -
SALUTES TO THE SUN PARTY
27 Jan 2012 | 8:59 amWE ARE EXCITED AND HAPPY TO SHARE THE FUN AT YOGA MARRAKECH HEALING RETREAT CENTER ON SATURDAY FEB 11 AT 6PM WE PERFORM 45 SUN SALUTES OR NEARLY AN HOUR WORTH OF FLOWING BREATHING SWEATING HEATING MOVING WITH INDIAN MANTRA MUSIC AND HUNDREDS OF CANDLES THIS IS AN EVENT NOT TO MISS ESP IF YOU WANT TO SWEAT, MOVE AND BURN. heartofa@gmail.com www.yoga-marrakech.com all levels welcome -
YOGA WORKSHOP – MOON SALUTES
27 Jan 2012 | 8:50 amYOGA MARRAKECH IS TEACHING ANOTHER WORKSHOP SUNDAY FEB 19 FROM 8H30 TO 11H30 AT THE HOLISTIC HEALING YOGA CENTRE IN THE PALMARAIE THIS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON THE COUNTER BALANCE OF MOON ASANAS TO SOLAR ASANAS THE EFFECT THEY HAVE ON THE BODY, WHEN TO PRACTICE THEM, THE CHANDRANAMASKAR ROUTINE, AND THE NADI CHANNELS OPEN TO ALL LEVELS WWW.YOGA-MARRAKECH.COM -
YOGA MARRAKECH OCTOBER WORKSHOP
21 Oct 2011 | 9:35 amYOGA MARRAKECH IS HOSTING ANOTHER WORKSHOP SUNDAY 30 OCOTOBER 8H30 TO 11H30 EMPHASISING YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI, MUDRAS AND MANTRA, ALSO SPENDING TIME LOOKING AT ASANAS AND PRANAYAMA, IT IS A WORKSHOP IDEAL FOR BEGINNER OR THE ADVANCED WANTING TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO DEEPER INTO THEIR PRACTICE WWW.YOGA-MARRAKECH.COM HEARTOFA@GMAIL.COM
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My Yoga Online
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Sivana Om Bliss Necklace: Tuesday Giveaway
14 May 2012 | 11:00 pmQuestion: How do you find bliss? *Hint: You have a MUCH greater chance of winning if you upload a photo of yourself and fill out your profile! Sivana means “oasis of enlightenment.” Sivana finds bliss by comfort in your journey discovering the ancient practice of yoga and your movement towards sustainable living. Tailoring to the yogic lifestyle, they offer a variety of Indian imports, jewellery, clothing, incense and more. My Yoga Online loves the OM Bliss necklace, just one of many jewellery pieces offered with the OM symbol. This 16 inch necklace is made using sterling… -
Three Day Pass to Hanuman Festival 2012: Tuesday Giveaway
7 May 2012 | 11:00 pmQuestion: Why would you like to attend Hanuman Festival 2012? Hint: You have a MUCH greater chance of winning if you upload a photo of yourself and fill out your profile! We are excited about the upcoming Hanuman Festival in Boulder, CO, June 8-10th. And we're excited to offer you a chance to win a FREE 3-day pass to this year's festival! If you are an inspiration junkie and crave community that supports heartfelt experiences, you won't want to miss this yoga and music festival. Join Richard Freeman, Kathryn Budig, Amy Ippoliti, Beryl Bender Birtch, Noah Maze, Suzanne… -
Namati Mat Bag and Mat Wash: Tuesday Yoga Giveaway
30 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pmQuestion: Why do you practice yoga? We practice yoga for a variety of reasons, but in addition to the health benefits, we at My Yoga Online practice yoga to attract the energy we desire. Namati offers a wide selection of mat bags in colours that can help to accentuate those energies. Our favourite mat bag colour is Vaizrambhaka, which helps to awaken confidence. Namati invites their customers to read up on how colour affects us and choose the colour that represents the energy they want to express. Namati bags are handcrafted and made in Canada. The lacy, knit… -
Blue Canoe Asymmetrical Top: Tuesday Yoga Giveaway
24 Apr 2012 | 8:19 amFor Blue Canoe, treating the skin means covering it in lush organic cotton and bamboo fabrics. Blue Canoe offers a wide range of active wear, casual wear and lingerie, so that you can treat your body from head to toe. They ensure that all of the fabrics used are chosen from farms that use ethical practices with social responsibility. These fabrics are not only good for the body, but also good for the environment. Some of the My Yoga Online staff had the luxury of trying on some of this clothing, and the fabric is so soft that it feels like a treat for the skin. As far as comfort goes, Blue… -
1st Annual Montreal Yoga Music Festival
23 Apr 2012 | 10:11 amConnection is vital. Yoga is translated as ‘to yoke together’ or ‘to unite’. Through yoga, we find unity, within ourselves, between strangers, and with the universe. The 1st Annual Montreal Yoga Music Festival, July 14-15, is about celebrating life, connecting with your divine self, and uniting with other people. MyYogaOnline is proud to support this rich cultural and social experience –not just about music and yoga, it’s about the human experience and how we interact. Festival organizers describe the experience this way:…
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About.com Yoga
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Yoga FAQ
15 May 2012 | 7:23 pmMy yoga FAQs are based on actual frequently asked questions that I get in my email, plus things I wish someone had told me when I first started yoga. You'll find basic info like "what is yoga?" to weight loss to what to do about a slippery mat. If you don't see your question here, check the Ask Aunt Yoga archives. And if you still don't see it, find out how you can drop Aunt Yoga a line here. -
King Dancer - Natarajasana Is the Yoga Pose of the Week
13 May 2012 | 7:14 pmI learned a cool transition last week: king dancer to sugarcane pose. Basically, you just tip forward in king dancer until your hand reaches the floor, et voila, you're in sugarcane. For extra credit, try coming back up. -
Arthur Boorman's Yoga Transformation
10 May 2012 | 6:28 pmThe latest yoga video to go viral (over three million hits!) is this inspirational YouTube clip featuring Gulf War veteran Arthur Boorman, a former paratrooper who was severely overweight and could not walk unassisted. Boorman started doing a yoga program created by pro wrestler "Diamond" Dallas Page and, within a year, had dramatically transformed both his body and his outlook on life. For those wanted to know more, Boorman was featured on Good Morning America today. I'm curious about the cardio portion of the program mentioned in the GMA clip and the "eating guidelines" referred to on the… -
Prenatal Yoga Dos and Don'ts
8 May 2012 | 5:45 pmPrenatal yoga is a popular way to forge a mind-body connection, plus get in some stretching, for expectant moms. If you take a prenatal class, your teacher should be trained ...Read Full Post -
Working Through Handstand-phobia
7 May 2012 | 5:32 pmI've been a little bit obsessed with handstand lately. It seems like every teacher I have has been obsessed with it too, because it's come up in class after class. I think this prevalence has something to do with teachers looking for an alternative to headstand, which got a bad rap during the recent yoga injuries brouhaha. Whatever it is, every time we were told to bring our mats to the wall, I felt that rush of fear and began to grit my teeth. Handstand and I were not getting along. Finally, I decided to do what has worked for me in the past when confronted with a difficult pose: workshop it…
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Yoga Buzz
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Yoga Teacher Makes Guinness Records
16 May 2012 | 12:07 pmPhoto by Joyce Pines Tao Porchon-Lynch, the 93-year-old featured presenter speaker at this year’s Yoga Journal Conference in New York, has been named “Oldest Active Yoga Teacher” by Guinness World Records. With some 70 years of practice behind her, this grand dame of yoga has studied with luminaries of the heritage, including Indra Devi, Aurobindo, B.K.S. Iyengar. She opened the Westchester Institute of Yoga in New York in 1982. She was introduced to yoga growing up in Pondicherry, a French Colony in India, where she would watch the local boys doing yoga on the beach. -
Inspired to Serve
14 May 2012 | 12:01 pmYoga works. It has scientifically proven health benefits and is highly effective in decreasing stress, a major factor in most disease. For various social and economic reasons, however, yoga is not easily accessible to many isolated and underserved populations, often those who could use it the most. The Yoga Service Council (YSC) was started in 2009 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, by a group of seva yogis in order to broaden access to yoga and its life-changing practices (seva means “selfless service” in Sanskrit, and infers service without the expectation of reward). Made… -
Yoga for Road Rage
11 May 2012 | 11:23 amPhoto courtesy of Shutterstock.com Even though India is the country from which our beloved practice hails, it can be a chaotic, stressed-out place. It’s hot, crowded, and has a lot of cars on the road: a perfect recipe for road rage. In response to unsafe and hostile driving by local taxi and bus drivers, the transport department in Kolkata, in East India,came up with a very Indian solution. Yoga and meditation classes are going to be offered to all taxi and bus drivers. Transport minister Madan Mitra is aiming to make these classes required in the near future. “The excessive… -
Yoga On Demand
9 May 2012 | 12:28 pmLast week we reported that the yoga studio industry (along with Pilates) found itself among the top 10 fastest-growing industries in the US. Now, massive media corporation Time Warner Cable is jumping on the yoga-and-wellness bandwagon, recently introducing a new channel to its digital cable customers in the confidence that both yoga and the current trend in health consciousness are here to stay. Called Health on Demand, the channel provides 24-hour access that includes content from healthy lifestyle media outlets like Cooking Light and Gaiam TV. Along with healthy eating tips and recipe… -
Inspiring Yoga Transformation
7 May 2012 | 11:37 amHere at YJ, we love hearing stories of how yoga has changed someone’s life. When we get video acccompaniement to those stories, well, bring out the tissues. A video floating around the Internet shows a formerly disabled vet who took up yoga, via a yoga program created by former WWF champion Dallas “Diamond” Page (who knew?), and regains not just his mobilty, but his life. It’s pretty amazing. Enjoy!
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YogaHub.com
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Effortless Freedom: Julie Dittmar & Matt Kahn
11 May 2012 | 4:18 pmThe sound I effortlessly found emitting from myself as I settled in to listen to Julie Dittmar and Matt Kahn give this presentation on the absence on the spiritual path was that of an extended “Ahhhh.” It feels so good to enter into the energy these two teachers emit and know that permission has been given to relax and simply “be.” I first encountered Spiritual Teacher Matt and Yoga Teacher Julie at the 2011 YogaHub Conference. I found Matt’s teaching so different and so powerful that I sought him out afterwards for some of the one-on-one sessions he offers called “Direct… -
Sleep Like a Dolphin, Naturally
25 Apr 2012 | 2:53 pmImagine waking up each morning with only a few things to be aware of… As a dolphin you are aware, through telepathic and feeling ‘sensors’, of the other members of your pod swimming around you. You are aware of the ‘plan’ for the pod that reveals itself as each moment presents itself. You are aware that when required, you will decide to rise to the surface of the water and take a breath. And actually, while you were sleeping, you were also in a state of awareness. You were being guided in the water by your friends and family, literally gliding beside you. The part of you that had… -
Communicating the Dolphin Way
16 Apr 2012 | 1:19 pmTalking about the Unseen What is it about the dolphins that we find so irresistible? They look so beautiful, they glide with such effortless grace, and they demonstrate their freedom simply by living wild in the sea. Dolphins live a life unencumbered by things or by written laws…the choices they make are based on that which is required by the moment. How they communicate the truth of the moment to one another is the basis for the ease of living they indulge in. Dolphins feel everything. They feel each other’s need for food, for play and for rest. They feel the need of the collective, the… -
What the Dolphins Have Taught Me
6 Apr 2012 | 2:24 pmI have just returned from a glorious two-week initiation with pods of wild dolphins in the Pacific waters of Hawaii’s Big Island. The experience was an initiation into a world so divine that it defies many of the ‘laws’ and standards that we tend to accept as normal in our human world. Learning from the dolphins is not like going to class…it is instead an experience of total immersion in a sea of oneness. The dolphins swim, glide, turn, spiral and breathe as one. They do almost nothing on their own, as individual entities. They are a ‘being’ made up by many individual beings. Even… -
Sharan Ro and the Era of “And”
28 Feb 2012 | 5:32 pmParticipating in Sharan Ro’s presentation, “New Era Living: The World of And” turned out to be a wonderful Wizard of Oz-like journey into a land where instead of either/or answers to life’s options and pathways, the answers can be, well, why not both? Why not choose this AND that too? Why not, indeed. Another breakthrough in those walls of limited thinking that hold in so many of our lives. You see in this Wizard of Oz tale, Dorothy standing at the crossroads and asking the Scarecrow which way is to the Emerald City — city of dreams and hopes — gets a different kind of answer. In…
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YogaBasics.com
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The Unlikely Yogi
14 May 2012 | 11:37 pmI'm not exactly your typical yogi. When I’m stressed out and need to blow off steam, I grab a bottle of... -
Yoga Cost-Effective, Reduces Low-Back Pain
11 May 2012 | 12:35 amResearch by Tekur and colleagues of SVYASA Institute in India suggests yoga may be more effective at improving pain, anxiety, and depression... -
Untangling the Drama at Diamond Mountain
7 May 2012 | 12:17 amGeshe Michael Roach, spiritual director of Diamond Mountain University and Retreat Center, has broken his silence regarding the death of... -
Meditation Introduced To New York Teens
4 May 2012 | 12:23 amRemember how it felt to be a teenager—the hormonal fluctuations you didn’t understand, the social pressure from peers, teachers, and family members,... -
Yoga and Fashion: Common Ground?
1 May 2012 | 12:42 amA recent article by yoga instructor and fashionista Meghan Blalock sets out to establish the “shared truths of fashion and yoga.” (http://www.thefashionspot.com/style-trends/news/173195-the-shared-truths-of-fashion-and-yoga)...
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Cowgirl Yoga
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A Yeehaw & Namaste Montana moment
15 May 2012 | 11:13 amHere's the picture of me in a handstand next to my horse Dude Boy, our head Cowgirl Yoga wrangler Janice, and Cowgirls vs. Cancer event coordinator Jessica. This photo accompanied the story about our Cowgirls vs. Cancer fundraiser in the Bozeman Chronicle last Friday.Not only is this picture fun, and representative of the spirit of Cowgirl Yoga - to me it represents a tenet of the experience we offer on our retreats: the horse-human connection. Dude Boy and I have come a long way together; mostly in that he has helped me to expand my understanding of communication, both on a direct and subtle… -
Cowgirls vs. Cancer Fundraiser - a sweet success!
14 May 2012 | 5:34 pmIt's one of those perfect days under the Big Sky. In addition to the weather, I'm enjoying that this week promises to be fairly mellow, after a lot of excitement last week. It's nice when things balance out so well.I'm also basking in the afterglow of Friday's fundraiser for Cowgirls vs. Cancer. We hosted an evening of yoga, meditation and the good things in life - 14 Hands wine, cheese, and La Chatelaine chocolate - at Montana Yoga Photographer's new red barn studio. We raised just over $2,000 to benefit our scholarship fund to provide healing with horses and yoga for breast cancer… -
Yoga with Mom
10 May 2012 | 1:05 pmIt's almost Mother's Day! 6 year old and I prepared a little asana à deux to celebrate - check out my latest on the Athleta Chi - Yoga with Mom - for some OM at home this weekend. People always wonder how to extend the benefits of their own yoga practice to their family members; if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard, “but my husband would never do yoga!” I maintain that what you do on the mat has a positive effect on your family. So maybe your husband and your children don’t practice yoga, but they indirectly benefit from you being more balanced. Partner yoga is a unique… -
Dream Horse #2
2 May 2012 | 5:11 pmThis past weekend, I took a road trip to meet my Dream Horse. This was the culmination of over a year of searching for him. And let me tell you, it's felt a lot like dating. Even though it's been awhile for me on that front, I recognized the similarities: the screening ("what does he look like, how tall is he? is he well-mannered? are his teeth good? is he too young/too old for me?"), the matchmaking (head wrangler Janice calling to say, "I've found another potential match for you that we should go see..."), the butterflies in my stomach, the not being able to concentrate. I've been looking… -
LUXE Cowgirl Yoga 2012
26 Apr 2012 | 12:29 pmAbout six weeks and counting til retreat season kicks off...and LUXE Cowgirl Yoga is one of the first trips. Pre-retreat time is filled with anticipation...of meeting all the new Cowgirl Yoginis and sharing this healthy, high-energy adventure together. And LUXE CY just got a big, fat LUXE shout out in the May/June issue of Stamford Magazine, in their article on the 10 top luxurious solo trips. It lists exotic locales Italy, Spain, South Africa, Indonesia...and MONTANA is the only US mention, as "perhaps the only place where yeehaw and namaste intersect". Indeed.If you're in the NY area, go…
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#Foot #Pain Evaluation Tools Info @skyyogastudio .com
15 May 2012 | 11:31 amINSTITUTE FOR PREVENTIVE FOOT HEALTH WEB SITE UNVEILS FOOT PAIN SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL CAUSES OF FOOT PAIN WITH ILLUSTRATED THREE-STEP ASSESSMENT (Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – Statesville, NC) - Does your foot hurt? Want to learn what the problem might be? The Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH)’s Foot Pain Self-Assessment Tool, [...] -
#Green Cleaning #Environment #Safety Info @skyyogastudio .com
15 May 2012 | 11:28 amMAKE SPRING CLEANING A "GREEN CLEANING" BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE CLEANING Spring is traditionally the time for major housekeeping activities. Unlike the routine dusting, wiping and vacuuming that go on with some regularly throughout the year, this is the season for cleaning underneath and behind things, rejuvenating the furniture, refreshing the carpets, and airing [...] -
#Beach #Body Tips @skyyogastudio .com
15 May 2012 | 9:03 amThis summer you can be ready for the beach-no need to hide your body-embrace it! Nutritionist and Dietitian Laura Cipullo offers these fool-proof tips on how to get your body into Bikini shape! Among other things, Laura Suggests: Brave the bikini in the body you have – its about self acceptance, not self deprecation. I [...] -
#BBQ Dangers Can the Grill Kill? Info @skyyogastudio .com
15 May 2012 | 8:23 amBarbecues are essential for summer but they have some hidden dangers, and the last thing people want when attending a barbecue is food poisoning, burns or even worse, cancer. Raw or undercooked meat, fish or chicken can cause illnesses like salmonella, e coli and other bugs. Grills can be temperamental and, if handled incorrectly, are [...] -
#PerformanceBikes Free Safety Inspection Info @skyyogastudio .com
11 May 2012 | 6:06 pmPerformance Bicycle® Provides Free Safety Inspections Nationwide Until May 13, 2012 Helping Cyclists Prepare for National Bike Month WHO: Performance Bicycle®, the nation’s largest independent cycling retailer, offers free safety inspections to help riders prepare for National Bike Month in May. WHAT: From May 7-13, 2012 everyone is invited to bring their bikes, no matter [...]
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MahaMondo
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Maharaja : 40th Sannyasa Anniversary
13 May 2012 | 6:23 pmMaharaja HDG Acharyadeva initially begun his spiritual path in the late 60's as an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, he has since opened dozens of ISKCON centers throughout Latin America. With a doctoral degree from Harvard University in Sanskrit &... -
Aspen Meadows : The Big Dipper
12 May 2012 | 10:08 pmI'm back from my Aspen business trip. The image on the left is of Matthias Goeritz's on-site installation called the Big Dipper at my favorite place to stay in the West End , Aspen Meadows. This was my second visit... -
Yoga in India Is Not The Same As Yoga In The West : Chad Herst
5 May 2012 | 10:22 pmIt has been several months since I last dropped in at Chad Herst's Mysore class in the Mission SFO. However , he does keep his blog updated regularly. I enjoy keeping up with it as he addresses questions & topics... -
Namaste MCA : Bodhisattva Vow Live 1994
4 May 2012 | 8:46 pmNamaste MCA AKA Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.Thank you for the higher rhymes.Samsara. -
Gokulam : Ashtanga4Life
28 Apr 2012 | 8:19 pmAshtanga4Life is another recent visitor to Mysore with a series of photos & blog posts providing a glimpse of the Gokulam experience : " A huge part of practicing Ashtanga yoga in Mysore, India is centered around the locals and...
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Yoga Flavored Life
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How to Become a Yoga Instructor
11 May 2012 | 8:00 amWith my latest venture into the world of yoga instructing, I’ve been doing some research on what it takes to become a yoga instructor. I’ve already written a post on the qualities that we all look for in a yoga teacher, which range from compassionate to caring to dedicated. Although we’ve all fallen prey to a bad instructor or two, this posts looks as the structure and necessary qualifications for yoga instructors and how one can go about getting qualified, in a business with increasing demand. Yoga instructors are required to be certified as having 200 hours of education in… -
One Tooth Yoga Apparel
8 May 2012 | 8:22 pm(This is not an example of One Tooth apparel) I’ve written a few articles about yoga apparel, mostly because I’m a bit of a clothes horse and I’m always on the lookout for new yoga clothing, especially now that I work from home and stretchy pants take me from work to yoga, all in one fell swoop. So when I came across One Tooth Yoga clothing, I was more than excited. With the first store having opened up just a few blocks from my house, One Tooth quickly expanded across Canada in a very short period of time and now their are two stores within minutes from my house (dangerous,… -
Sitting with Sorrow: A Practitioner Considers Grief
6 May 2012 | 7:39 pmOur highly developed cerebral cortex is evolution’s gift to us: because of that adaptation, we can have rich cognitive, emotional, and spiritual lives. The downside is that we can anticipate the future: as far as we know, ours is the only species aware of its own mortality. We can anticipate a difficult event long before it occurs, and therefore can suffer much more than other animals from inevitable difficult life events through anticipation. Our remembrances of things past can trigger painful memories as well. It is precisely because our emotional attachments and relationships have the… -
Yoga for Dogs?
30 Apr 2012 | 10:16 pmDuncan, doing what he does best...sleeping Okay, for a moment, when I was writing the title of this post, I wondered if I had gone off the deep end, officially becoming the true definition of a Vancouver hippie. Alas, my doggie yoga research was really quite innocent. It all comes down to a mad love for English Bull Terriers. Allow me to explain. This is a photo of my English Bull Terrier, Duncan, who was given to me as a gift (I do not advise such “gifts”, by the way) when friends worried I was lonely. He came into my life during a stressful time, made everything more light… -
Opening to the Sacred
26 Apr 2012 | 8:24 pmI’ve arrived and I am home, In the here and now. I am solid, I am free; In the Ultimate I dwell.* Once again, I quote a gatha by my primary spiritual teacher, Thich Nhat Hahn. This one never grows old for me. I’m inspired by the idea that we “arrive” in each consecutive moment; that we can nurture the sense of “coming home” anywhere and anytime, simply through awareness of our breath. Our home is the here and now—in the present moment, wherever we happen to be. The line about being “solid” and “free” refer to Nhat Hahn’s teaching on deep awareness of breathing. When…
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Daily Cup of Yoga
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For the love of lululemon…
14 May 2012 | 6:42 am…in case you were wondering what to do with all your lululemon bags… If anyone’s listening from lululemon, I’m incredibly frustrated that you don’t deliver to overseas military addresses. What’s up with that? Would it really be so hard to use the U.S. postal system? We need our lulu too! Source: luluaddict.blogspot.jp via Daily Cup of Yoga on Pinterest Filed under: gear, yoga Tagged: lululemon, recycling, yoga gear -
7 Ways to Maintain a Home Yoga Practice
12 May 2012 | 12:14 am[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lindsey Lewis, yoga teacher and life coach, founder of www.libreliving.com.] Getting going can be the hardest part. Some mornings, like today, I’ve been up late the night before, man oh man my mind is all over the place, and I’m convinced my body is telling me to go back to bed. “Don’t you think another hour’s sleep would benefit you more than meditation and asana?” On days like this, I can spend almost a quarter of my allotted morning practice time just sitting on my mat, debating with myself. “Go back to bed;… -
To Take the Posture is the Purpose of the Practice
23 Apr 2012 | 8:33 am“These forms are not a means of obtaining the right state of mind. To take this posture itself is the purpose of our practice. When you have this posture, you have the right state of mind, so there is no need to try to attain some special state. When you try to attain something, your mind starts to wander about somewhere else. When you do not try to attain anything, you have your own body and mind right here.” ~Shunry Suzuki in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Click to view slideshow. Filed under: buddhism, meditation, mindfulness, yoga, zen Tagged: beginner's mind, buddhism,… -
Overriding Lizard Brain: 5 Ways to Go Beyond Fear, Anger and Negativity
5 Apr 2012 | 9:18 amEditor’s Note: This post is written by yoga teacher and life coach Lindsey Lewis who blogs at www.libreliving.com THE WAY IN The mind has a way of taking control. Scientists and life coaches call our Amygdala—the region of our brain pretty much in charge of feelings of anxiety, fear, anger and negativity—our “lizard brain.” Why lizard brain? Because this area of our brain evolved a loooong time ago, back when our primal lizard-ish concerns were much more prevalent. This is why our biological stress response to, say, a looming deadline, is still as dramatic as it was when we… -
The Evolution of a Yoga Blog…
2 Apr 2012 | 10:53 amI'm gonna try to open up a little more... (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Daily Cup of Yoga used to be my own little personal yoga blog universe. I remember the first week I started the blog and how excited I felt to have 20 people serendipitously happen upon it. I had no idea where they came from, but somehow people slowly started following the blog, linking up in the yoga blogosphere, and coming back for more. I didn’t really start the blog for social interaction though (I’m mostly an introvert)–I started it because I love yoga and wanted a place to talk about it…even if…
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6 Reasons Why I'm Loving Ashtanga Yoga
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The Junk in My Trunk
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So You've Faced Your Fears... Now What?
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Should Every Yogi Keep a Journal?
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6 Simple Steps to Sync Your Cycle
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Still Is Chill
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Avengers in Texas
10 May 2012 | 9:47 amLast week I was in Houston volunteering at the biggest Isha Yoga class ever conducted in the USA. It was at the gigantic George R. Brown Convention Center which is just like many other things in Texas, huge! The staff was very nice, and did a great job helping us volunteers get the job done in a timely manner.In therms of volunteers, it was truly touching to see the involvement of them all, as I already mentioned it couple days a go on my facebook status update. Just imagine the situation; many of them traveling from different corners of the USA to offer them selves and… -
Pilgrimage to Kailash
3 May 2012 | 7:42 amFIRST STOP: NEPALNearly six hundred ardent seekers have come from all over the world to be on this pilgrimage to Kailash. For many, their limitations of comfort and convenience will soon be challenged. But for the last 12,000 years, maybe more, pilgrims have been making this journey without a single year’s break. They did not have the boots that we are wearing, the down jackets, tents and food supplies that we have today. They just went with a bag of flour and some fried gram. Many travelled barefoot from South India – people who had never been exposed to cold weather in their life. What… -
The Dangers of Improper Yoga
26 Apr 2012 | 8:59 amThere is a lot of yoga studios around the country these days. Yoga teachers are popping out in hundreds. How do we know which yoga practice is safe for us? And I mean not only for the body!As we spoke about in the "Yoga: A dimension beyond the physical" last week, yoga goes beyond the physical. Because of it's potential to greatly enhance your life energy among with happiness and balance, etc., naturally it also caries the dangers if practiced improperly, just like any other powerful tool.So improper yoga can be harmful. In this video, yogi and mystic, Sadhguru speaks about what type of… -
Yoga: A Dimension Beyond the Physical
19 Apr 2012 | 9:00 amBeyond the physicalToday, for most people, the word “Yoga” usually conjures up images of twisting the body into impossible postures. The physical aspect of Yoga is only one facet of this multi-dimensional science. Yoga is a technology to bring the body and mind to the peak of their capabilities – allowing one to live life to the fullest. The very fundamentals of spiritual longing are to transcend the limitations of the physical. For an individual, the most intimate part of physical creation is his or her own body. So the very basis of a spiritual process is to explore the possibilities… -
Saturday Video: Meditation and chanting a brain exercise?
14 Apr 2012 | 8:12 amYogi, mystic and realized master Sadhguru is talking about creating certain pleasantness in all the dimensions of who you are - your body, your mind and your emotions. .
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Yoga with john dot com
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Dharma Mittra Yoga
9 May 2012 | 7:43 pmThis weekend, leading Yoga teacher Jessica Crow is Amtraking up from NYC, bringing her Dharma Mittra inspired Yoga to our small-town (but worldly) community. We'll learn a lot and get a taste of NYC Yoga. These classes will be especially good for teachers to attend, please help spread the word? -
Nourish
15 Apr 2012 | 3:35 pmDuring the course of a 90 minute Yoga class about 27 billion of your cells will perish, and around the same amound will be regenerated... And what are the raw materials for these new cells? -
Advice From a Tree
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The Secret to a Long and Happy Life
9 Feb 2012 | 12:23 pmAn inspiring video of Maia, who at 95 still practices her Yoga, and shares the secret for a long and happy life: -
Joe’s Secret to a Happy Life
1 Feb 2012 | 3:32 pmI just know you'll be inspired by watching Jumpin Joe in action. A short inspiring, funny, and moving video of a 67 year old pole vaulter-yogi.
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Bay Shakti
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Signing Off: Bay Shakti draws to a Close
19 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amSunset Below is a list of “goodbye’s” from our contributors as we “sunset” the site today. In the spirit of honoring the guru within and true to the spirit of Bay Shakti to equally uplift and empower all contributors as leaders, teachers and students alike, the below “signing off” statements are listed alphabetically by contributor. In other words, the below statements are not ordered by the importance of any one individual over another or even by perceived importance level of the contributors. We all have unique vantage points, which yield… -
Bay Shakti to “Sunset” the Site
17 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amSunset in Madurai Bay Shakti debuted in April 2009; we’ve just crossed the threshold of our third year of blogging this month. With this milestone, and given the last 2 and a half months of turmoil in the Anusara community, we’ve been looking more closely at our mission and vision for the site. Our mission has “sought to uplift the kula of the Bay Area and beyond with great content that empowers, inspires, and connects Anusara enthusiasts.” To this end, we have upheld our mission throughout the years and most especially during the last tumultuous 2 and a half months,… -
The Tantric Manuscript Acquisition Project (TMAP) in Kashmir, India
12 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amHareesh Wallis and I are very grateful to those of you who have immersed with us over the years in the sacred teachings of Tantric Shaivism, whether in person, online, or both. It touches us deeply to know that we have been of some service in bringing the liberating and empowering teachings of this tradition to life for you for the past 8 years. The classical tradition of Tantra or Tantric Shaivism is one of inestimable beauty and importance. It revolutionized the ancient practice of Yoga into a powerfully transformative, body-affirming practice and introduced a radically inspiring,… -
On Abiding in Truth
4 Apr 2012 | 4:42 amTruth When I started my private practice in the mid-80s, many patients were coming forward with tales of incest and severe abuse, wanting to confront their families and violators, and demanding to have the truth accepted by these people. Many families fractured and there were thousands of wounded and confused patients wondering what went wrong with this plan. I took a contrary stance at that time, one that I still have stuck with. Although I took the memories at face value as the truth, I told my patients that by the time we had processed their memories, they would not have a need to tell the… -
Misuses of Power
21 Mar 2012 | 4:00 amDear John, Thank you for your letter yesterday. I hear your general apology for your sexual indiscretions and believe it is sincere. Good luck to you in maintaining your resolve to no longer have sexual relationships with married women and no longer have multiple girlfriends at the same time. Should the temptation occur in the future, your commitment at this time may be hard to keep, so I wish you the clarity and fortitude to stick with your intention. Unfortunately the letter doesn’t go nearly deep enough to look at the real teacher-student power issues that have been uncovered since the…
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Live. Love. Yoga.
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Going Deeper
14 May 2012 | 10:28 amThere are challenges in our lives that we may never see coming- nothing in life is permanent- plans change- we become attached to things without even realizing how attached we are until it is taken away from us. These things all effect us beyond the psychological level- they effect our bodies- how we move and breath in the world. Last weekend I was lucky enough to workshop with Claudia Welch. The workshop was mostly about women's health and we spent a lot of time on the topic of prana. When prana is flowing easily we are in synch with life- healthy- vibrant and able to… -
Enjoying Each Moment
5 May 2012 | 10:08 amA day at the ocean can be the best medicine around. Have a beautiful week everyone! -
Yogathon 2012 Portland!
29 Apr 2012 | 7:36 pmThis year I am thrilled to announce that I will be participating Portland's Yogathon to help raise money for the Living Yoga Organization. Living Yoga brings the transformation tools of yoga to domestic violence shelters, prisons, drug and rehabiliation centers and transitional homes. I have seen the changes that Yoga can bring to people and I truly believe in its power to help people heal. If you would like to support the cause please consider making a donation to by clicking here. Thank you so much for your support and for taking your yoga off your mat and into your… -
Guest Post- The Truth About Yoga Teacher Trainings
22 Apr 2012 | 11:58 amThis week's post comes from fellow Yogi Sergio Diazgranados and the website http://yogatrainingguide.com/. As the director of Yoga Training Guide, Sergio Diazgranados supports students interested in taking their practice to the next level. For the past twelve years he has practiced many styles of yoga and used to publish Gaiam’s yoga and wellness magazine GAIA.The Truth About Yoga Teacher TrainingsChances are if you have been practicing yoga for a while now, you have seen yoga teacher training programs being advertised. As a yoga student you probably assume that these courses are for those… -
Inspiration from Master Teachers
14 Apr 2012 | 12:14 pmThis blog will be changing format a bit in the next few weeks- if you are looking for my current teaching schedule click the 'teachings and events' tab at the top of the page. Thanks!For the past week or so I've been immersed in Max Strom's book "A Life Worth Breathing." Max helped open Exhale Center for Sacred Movement (before it was Exhale) in Los Angeles and is a teacher I have never had the pleasure of practicing with but he has always been on my radar. He teaches in Portland often and I hope to make it his next workshop. His book is simply lovely- touching on asana,…
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Bay Shakti
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Signing Off: Bay Shakti draws to a Close
19 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amSunset Below is a list of “goodbye’s” from our contributors as we “sunset” the site today. In the spirit of honoring the guru within and true to the spirit of Bay Shakti to equally uplift and empower all contributors as leaders, teachers and students alike, the below “signing off” statements are listed alphabetically by contributor. In other words, the below statements are not ordered by the importance of any one individual over another or even by perceived importance level of the contributors. We all have unique vantage points, which yield… -
Bay Shakti to “Sunset” the Site
17 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amSunset in Madurai Bay Shakti debuted in April 2009; we’ve just crossed the threshold of our third year of blogging this month. With this milestone, and given the last 2 and a half months of turmoil in the Anusara community, we’ve been looking more closely at our mission and vision for the site. Our mission has “sought to uplift the kula of the Bay Area and beyond with great content that empowers, inspires, and connects Anusara enthusiasts.” To this end, we have upheld our mission throughout the years and most especially during the last tumultuous 2 and a half months,… -
The Tantric Manuscript Acquisition Project (TMAP) in Kashmir, India
12 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amHareesh Wallis and I are very grateful to those of you who have immersed with us over the years in the sacred teachings of Tantric Shaivism, whether in person, online, or both. It touches us deeply to know that we have been of some service in bringing the liberating and empowering teachings of this tradition to life for you for the past 8 years. The classical tradition of Tantra or Tantric Shaivism is one of inestimable beauty and importance. It revolutionized the ancient practice of Yoga into a powerfully transformative, body-affirming practice and introduced a radically inspiring,… -
On Abiding in Truth
4 Apr 2012 | 4:42 amTruth When I started my private practice in the mid-80s, many patients were coming forward with tales of incest and severe abuse, wanting to confront their families and violators, and demanding to have the truth accepted by these people. Many families fractured and there were thousands of wounded and confused patients wondering what went wrong with this plan. I took a contrary stance at that time, one that I still have stuck with. Although I took the memories at face value as the truth, I told my patients that by the time we had processed their memories, they would not have a need to tell the… -
Misuses of Power
21 Mar 2012 | 4:00 amDear John, Thank you for your letter yesterday. I hear your general apology for your sexual indiscretions and believe it is sincere. Good luck to you in maintaining your resolve to no longer have sexual relationships with married women and no longer have multiple girlfriends at the same time. Should the temptation occur in the future, your commitment at this time may be hard to keep, so I wish you the clarity and fortitude to stick with your intention. Unfortunately the letter doesn’t go nearly deep enough to look at the real teacher-student power issues that have been uncovered since the…
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YogaGlo
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Garland Pose (Malasana) with Felicia Tomasko
14 May 2012 | 1:46 pmIn this Pose of the Week, Felicia Tomasko demonstrates Garland Pose or Malasana. In this squatting pose, you work on maintaining flexibility in your hips and stretching your lower back. Felicia also provides some suggestions for modifications in this pose. -
Links We Love: The Yoga is Everyday Life Edition
13 May 2012 | 10:30 amEach week we scour the interwebs to bring you amazing yoga articles, insights and stories that we hope will illuminate the power of yoga, the ways in which it can heal and soothe and the ways in which it can make us laugh, smile and learn much more about ourselves than we ever expected. This week’s links we think you’ll love are all about how your practice teaches you how to deal with everyday situations in life. Once you have learned the importance of your breath, you now have the tools to help you through anything life throws at you. The Battle with Self-Doubt in Yoga - The basis of… -
Weekend Challenge: Take Your Yoga With You
12 May 2012 | 10:30 amYou don’t always have to be on your mat or in a studio to practice yoga, you can take your practice with you wherever you go. So this weekend we challenge you to take your yoga with you. Try and apply what you’ve learned during your practice into your everyday life and see what a positive difference it could make. -
How Yoga Helps us Settle Down
10 May 2012 | 3:00 pmIn this Overheard in Yoga Class, Jason Crandell shines a light on why yoga helps us let go, settle down and self-soothe. Take this class with Jason: http://bit.ly/JCwnNQ -
Kia Miller and Harshada Wagner at the YogaGlo Studio!
9 May 2012 | 10:00 amWe’ve been getting a lot of requests for Kundalini classes, so . . . ask and you shall receive! We are excited to announce that Kia Miller will be teaching 2 FREE Kundalini classes at the YogaGlo studio this May. Also, as a very special treat, Harshada Wagner will be at the YogaGlo studio teaching one FREE meditation class! Kia’s Class Schedule: Thursday, May 10th: 6-7pm – Kundalini Yoga to Brighten your Energy! Join Kia for a class designed to wake up your energy, release stress, and open your heart and mind to new opportunities. This class uses the transformational…
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Meditation Techniques For Every Challenge
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Meditation Techniques To Eliminate Fear
8 May 2012 | 10:10 pmDo you have fear and panic attacks? Did you know that The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 18 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from anxiety disorders that may cause intense fear. Meditation techniques to eliminate fear can be highly effective in reducing apprehensive feelings, anxiety, terror, and fear itself. Other fears that can be helped with meditation techniques are fear of open spaces (agoraphobia), or intense anxiety over certain social situations. More specific phobias that are common are fears of heights, snakes, elevators or flying. Meditation Techniques To… -
Meditation Techniques To Relieve Insomnia
30 Apr 2012 | 2:26 pmMeditation techniques to relieve insomnia are gaining attention and approval from the medical profession. That’s good. Those of us who meditation regularly, know that treating sleeplessness and sleep problems with meditation can be highly effective. Meditation does not cure insomnia overnight. You have to learn and practice, but when you meditate regularly with the intention of sleeping better, you should start to notice small improvements within a week, and be sleeping much more soundly in a month or so. Meditation Techniques To Relieve Insomnia How meditation works for those of us… -
Meditation: How To Reduce Stress.
23 Apr 2012 | 7:57 pmToday we are going to look at Meditation: How To Reduce Stress.Meditation will help you to relieve stress, anxiety and worry by training your mind. Some of the most well known methods of using meditation to decrease anxious thoughts aremindfulness meditationTranscendental Meditationmantra meditationguided meditationHere’s what the Mayo Clinic says about the benefits of meditationUnderstanding meditationMeditation has been practiced for thousands of years. Meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life. These days, meditation is… -
Best Price Meditation Course
19 Apr 2012 | 5:01 amLots of people are looking for the the best price meditation course these days. Taking a meditation course is becoming more and more accepted: teachers are learning and teaching meditation to deal with stress scientists are studying meditation to uncover hidden health benefits our military is using mindfulness meditation courses to deal with PTSD many doctors are using low cost meditation courses to improve our health care system In the excerpt below, we see how physicians at McGill University are using an affordable meditation course that teaches doctors some valuable coping skills. Best… -
Tim Ryan: Mindfulness Meditation Techniques
18 Apr 2012 | 4:11 pmCongressman Tim Ryan has written a new book about Mindfulness Mediation Techniques. It’s titled. A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. Tim Ryan knows that mindfulness meditation techniques are gaining acceptance in many areas: scientists are studying mindfulness; teachers are using it in schools; health care practitioners are implementing it in our health care system; our military is using it to treat veterans and build mental resilience. Here’s an excerpt from an interview…
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Live.Love.Yoga. Blog
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Do You Want to Be a Popular Yoga Teacher?
9 May 2012 | 2:29 pmLately, I’ve been getting comments in regards to my video submission for an opportunity to teach at one of the Wanderlust Festivals. “wow! if you win the Wanderlust teaching spot, you’ll be put on the map.” “what a great opportunity it would be for you to get your name out.” “this is how teachers become celebriyogis.” And I think, “what map? my name out where? and why do I want to become a celebriyogi?” And then I remember sitting in a class (or was it a speakeasy talk?) with Maty Ezraty. I’ve never heard of her before… -
Living on the Edge of Fear
1 May 2012 | 2:33 am… fear of not being good enough, not popular enough, not yogic enough… fear of what other people might think… fear of failing and making a fool of myself. Someone once told me, “be a little scared.” Image Source Fear can be paralyzing. It can be stressful. It can even prevent you from experiencing life to the fullest. Think about it for a moment… How many ways does fear motivate you to stay in a comfortable safe zone or prevents you from experiencing things, relationships, situations? I bet if you look closely at all your actions, fear has… -
Day 6: Life’s a Beach
26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 amMy last full day here in Maui and if you know me, you know I’ll be eating up a storm. This place is packed with good food that is fresh, organic, and as healthy as I would want (or trick myself into believing it has great nutritional value). Since I was coming down from Huelo, I HAD to stop by Makawao and have my fresh catch of the day with eggs benedict at Market Fresh Bistro. It was a purposeful breakfast as I was accompanied by Greg from Lumeria. I’m seriously considering this place for my retreat. Mix these ingredients together and you have a very happy, certified… -
Day 5: Life’s a Beach
26 Apr 2012 | 6:12 amFinally back to civilization and the first order of business is FOOD! I could survive the rain, the wind, and the mud, but two days of dry granola, nuts, seeds and crackers will drive a woman crazy! I was literally feeling greens withdrawl symptoms (don’t ask). Although Hana was gorgeous and sleeping under the stars was fun, I was so glad to be back in Paia town and even more glad that the internet cafe had such a pleasing menu. This is a green smoothie made with organic kale, chard, cucumber, apple, and coconut water. The acai bowl had acai and berry purees, yogurt and banana,… -
Day 4: Life’s a Beach
25 Apr 2012 | 4:00 am(day 3 continued)… so much for letting the sounds of the ocean lull me to sleep. I could not fall a sleep. It rained like crazy and the howling wind and rustling tree above me kept me awake most of the night… well mostly my mind was playing tricks on me because I was afraid my tent was going to fly away. The wind was that strong. Then I remembered a sign I saw earlier, “warning. flash flood area.” Then I dreamt there was a flash flood that swept me out to sea. I remembered my mantra from yesterday, “don’t lose my breath in challenging…
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Dahn Yoga Washington
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Instructor provides tips for new Seattle yoga class students
30 Apr 2012 | 8:14 amTweetNow that we're well into spring and looking forward to summer, people may be more mindful about their fitness regimens in the warm weather. A Seattle yoga class may sound appealing, particularly because of this physical activity's reputation as a great source of stress relief. Instructor Isabelle Casey shared some etiquette tips with The Seattle Times that newbies may find useful. - In order to be considerate of hygiene, bring your own water and towel so you don't have to rent studio equipment. - "You could try yoga socks that help prevent slipping, but practicing… -
Want to maximize the benefits of yoga during pregnancy? Avoid these conditions!
13 Apr 2012 | 8:18 amTweetWomen who are pregnant go through an awful lot – tired joints, achy back, swelling, mood swings and so on. Medical experts often suggest that physical activities can help alleviate some of these symptoms. Expectant mothers who want a more well-rounded regimen can take holistic healing courses that specialize in teaching the benefits of yoga during pregnancy. But what happens when you can't find a class that is designed for pregnant women? A regular yoga class will suffice, but health blog FitSugar offers some advice about what to avoid. - Because forward bends may compress the… -
Researchers reveal benefits of yoga for kids in high school
6 Apr 2012 | 8:34 amTweetLife can be tough when you are in high school: puberty, midterms, parents – sometimes it feels like there's no end to the stress! Thankfully, scientists studied the benefits of yoga for kids in high school, and found positive results. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital conducted an experiment on 51 high school students. Two-thirds of these subjects were assigned to take yoga classes that taught poses, breathing, meditation and relaxation. The rest of the students took regular PE classes. Before and after the trial, the study participants filled out surveys to… -
Program teaches benefits of yoga breathing to recovering addicts
28 Mar 2012 | 8:28 amTweetDrug addiction can wreak havoc upon the lives of individuals. Those who are fortunate enough to reach a moment of clarity may be at a loss for how they can deal with the stress and depression associated with their disease. One 12-step program in Alaska is teaching the benefits of yoga breathing as a way for people in recovery to turn inward. "It's a wonderful opportunity to give this gift of yoga to people that are going through a major transition in life," instructor Kelsey Cusack told the Peninsula Clarion. "This can be a great way to step out of that, to just take… -
Low-impact exercise is one of the benefits of yoga poses
22 Mar 2012 | 7:40 amTweetMost baby boomers are more active than previous generations of seniors, due in part to increased awareness of the importance of physical fitness. However, one unintended consequence is that people may hurt themselves doing certain exercises. Fortunately, one of the benefits of yoga poses is their low impact! "I find that the routines I go through at 50 aren't the same as at 20 because it isn't always joint-friendly," fitness enthusiast Read Harris told KXLY. "I decided I needed to change my exercise habits to age well. I hooked up with a personal trainer, told…
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Dahn Yoga Texas
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Cypress Body + Brain Center Forms Meditation Circle Book Club, and Community Outreach Yoga Classes
1 May 2012 | 5:00 pmTweetThe Cypress Body + Brain Center has been very active in sharing the benefits of meditation with the surrounding community. Center Manager, Pam Rasch, along with other Instructors and Members, have built up several beneficial classes to get the word out about the benefits of practicing yoga, meditation, and breathing, as well as reading and studying books related to the practice of meditation. So many people have already taken part in these classes, and are experiencing health and healing benefits because of this center’s efforts to reach out to help the community. Other… -
Relaxation techniques for stress could support diabetes management
30 Apr 2012 | 8:19 amTweetIt may be easy for people who have diabetes to become emotionally burned out. The constant blood sugar testing, insulin injecting and carb counting may cause stress over time, which in and of itself can lead to problems. Fortunately, yoga's relaxation techniques for stress may help manage these problems. You see, when a person becomes stressed out, the body releases epinephrine and cortisol. Because these hormones can increase blood sugar and energy levels, they can come in handy in case you need to run for your life or wrestle a bear. But if they're released all the time, even… -
University students learn valuable stress management techniques
13 Apr 2012 | 9:34 amTweetAs summer approaches, university students may feel themselves getting anxious about a lot of things: finals, tuition payments, emotional, physical burnout and so on. Fortunately for students at the University of Texas at Austin, there's a yearly event that teaches them a variety of stress management techniques. At the 15th annual StressFest, hosted by the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, students learned about different ways they can help calm themselves, including Texas yoga classes. "I feel like this event is a great way to get our minds off of school for a bit and to… -
Relaxation techniques for stress may help temper chronic inflammation
2 Apr 2012 | 7:50 amTweetThe inflammatory response of the body can serve several purposes, including the promotion of healing and destruction of pathogens or injured tissues. However, anything that causes chronic inflammation, such as traumatic events that threaten one's life and safety, can have negative effects on the body, including heart health. This suggests that relaxation techniques for stress may help individuals who experience such difficulties. In order to understand the relationship between trauma and inflammation, a team of researchers recently evaluated 979 individuals between the ages of 45… -
People who lose a spouse should look for stress management activities
30 Mar 2012 | 9:04 amTweetThe end of a marriage is always difficult, whether it is through divorce or because of the death of a spouse. However, newly single individuals need to find a way to move on. Fortunately, stress management activities may help them along the journey. "They should be exercising, they should be doing yoga and meditation, they should be activating their social supports," Linda Waite of the University of Chicago told U.S. News & World Report. "They should be playing ball with their buddies, they should be having lunch with their girlfriends, they should be talking with…
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Dahn Yoga in DC Metro
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Dahn Yoga and meditation may help ease asthma symptoms
15 May 2012 | 12:00 pmTweetThis month is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFP). Why hold this observance in May, of all months? According to the AAFP, it's because late spring is the height of allergy season. But not to worry, because several studies have indicated that yoga and meditation benefits even extend to people with severe asthma. The connection is pretty obvious. Calming, low-key regimens like Dahn Yoga and meditation encourage deep, measured breathing. By allowing practitioners to relax and open up their airways, yoga appears… -
Dahn Yoga has always offered yoga and meditation exercises
24 Apr 2012 | 10:56 amTweetFor years, our yoga and meditation retreats have helped people from all walks of life relax and release some of their pent-up tension. It's always been the Dahn Yoga philosophy that posing and meditating are essentially inseparable. However, not all other yoga programs see it that way. According to a recent New York Times article, many subsets have ended up focusing almost completely on the pursuit of yoga as exercise. While there's nothing wrong with keeping the body healthy, it's important that holistic classes don't ignore the mental and spiritual side of… -
Body meridians’ origination lies deep within
13 Apr 2012 | 12:39 pmTweetTake a yoga class, and you'll almost surely leave feeling better than you did when you came in. Much of this effect can be chalked up to the purely physical benefits of holistic healing, like loosened muscles and relieved soreness. However, yoga and meditation benefits extend much deeper into the self, where they can take on a wholly different, more metaphysical meaning. The body has ki energy, a natural force, flowing through it. It starts in the head with cool energy, which sinks through the core and into the gut, becoming warm energy, after which it rises again. Taken as a whole,… -
In even the worst traumas, yoga and meditation exercises may help
6 Apr 2012 | 11:28 amTweetYoga and meditation benefits come in all shapes and sizes, from soothed muscles and more limber joints to improved mood and even better blood pressure. But the truly great thing about this mind-body regimen is that it can be repurposed to help treat nearly any serious psychological problem – including some of the absolute worst. Proof lies in a recently published dissertation from counseling psychologist Jennifer West of Boston College. In it, she described the utility of using yoga and meditation exercises as an adjunct therapy for complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or… -
Center offers yoga and meditation for beginners and experts alike
29 Mar 2012 | 11:16 amTweetIf you really dig yoga and meditation for beginners, then chances are good that you've considered visiting your nearest DC yoga class. And why shouldn't you? Engaging in guided meditation, holistic stretching and deep breathing can be truly satisfying – especially if you do them in a diverse community center! Consider a studio just a few hours south of the District of Columbia, one that has been providing dozens of weekly classes to interested enthusiasts of all stripes. According to Asheville's Mountain Xpress, it's the diversity of such groups that really…
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Dahn Yoga Chicago
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Can tweens use yoga to achieve their personal development goals?
3 May 2012 | 11:49 amTweetPracticing yoga is something that anyone can do, regardless of age, background or skill level. So why is a prominent newspaper questioning the value of Chicago yoga classes for tweens? Well, it's not questioning so much as weighing the value, and the holistic system ends up being portrayed pretty favorably. The news organization in question is the Chicago Tribune, and the query it sought to answer was whether yoga might be better than competitive sports for tweens – that is, for pre-teens. A full panel of staff contributors addressed this issue. Overall, their conclusion was… -
Prenatal yoga: The dos and don’ts
13 Apr 2012 | 12:36 pmTweetWith a baby on the way, are you thinking of doing some prenatal yoga? In the third trimester or the very first week, this holistic healing regimen can be great for expectant moms. However, it's important to keep a few caveats in mind, so that you and your baby can stay safe and healthy right up until you give birth. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine agrees that prenatal yoga is perfectly safe, provided that mothers-to-be exercise a little caution and keep their poses conservative. Want some tips for keeping your prenatal yoga routine safe? Try avoiding… -
Yoga’s ki energy healing helps brain on a molecular level
6 Apr 2012 | 11:26 amTweetYoga is great for soothing joint aches, easing tightened muscles, increasing flexibility, reducing heart rate and lowering blood pressure. But these are all physiological effects. Can yoga's ki energy healing do anything for anxiety, depression or other psychological conditions? According to a study newly published in the journal Medical Hypotheses, it can. Conducted by researchers in Massachusetts and New York, the investigation examined the effects that yoga has on the brain's levels of GABA (an important neurotransmitter) and on the autonomic and parasympathetic nervous… -
Prenatal yoga classes offer a wealth of benefits for mother and child
30 Mar 2012 | 11:21 amTweetIf you are expecting a child and need a soothing routine to help you prepare for labor and delivery, then yoga may be your best bet. That's because a string of recently published studies all indicate that prenatal yoga classes come with a whole host of benefits. Consider a paper that appeared in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. In it, a team of researchers from the University of Miami School of Medicine found that prenatal yoga poses and massage helped reduce maternal anxiety prior to giving birth. Not only that, but the holistic therapies were also associated with… -
Study: Ki energy techniques help improve mood
29 Mar 2012 | 11:20 amTweetSure, we all know that holistic therapies can help us relax while rejuvenating our minds, but can these techniques measurably reduce stress or improve one's disposition? They can, according to a researcher at the University of York, who recently uncovered the mood-elevating effects of ki energy techniques. The results, which appeared in the Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy, were unmistakable. Health sciences expert Rosie Robson found that yoga – and physical activity in general – has a distinctly positive effect on how you feel. In the words of the author,…
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Dahn Yoga in California
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Dahn Yoga Community in California Gives Free Earth Hugs
15 May 2012 | 2:21 pmTweetDo you care about the Earth, which unconditionally loves and supports you? The Dahn Yoga conscience of love and respect for the Earth and its citizens gives us a chance to return some of that love! San Francisco Region’s Fremont Dahn Yoga Center held an Earth Day event on Sunday April 22nd at the Petit Cafe in Fremont, California. Dahn Masters reached out to the public to promote their Meditate and Make a Difference! Earth Awareness Campaign, sponsored by Dahn Yoga andLifeParticleTV.com. This campaign teaches that when we meditate, we are peaceful and take peaceful actions, toward… -
Yoga breathing techniques help Type As relax
7 May 2012 | 11:51 amTweetNeed a good, multifaceted regimen for staying relaxed and blowing off steam? You might try a gym membership or a jogging routine, but these can be costly, either financially or physically. So why not try yoga breathing for stress? After all, this mind-body system melts away tension through the simple use of stretching, respiration and guided meditation. What could be simpler? Nothing – that's what former long-distance runner Ingrid Yang told the Chicago Tribune. She described how her adoption of yoga breathing techniques was a life-altering moment. "Coming from my… -
Yoga breathing for relaxation reduces HS stress
13 Apr 2012 | 12:37 pmTweetAdults do yoga breathing for stress, so why shouldn't kids? Well, if you look at the numbers, youths are already using holistic healing and meditation to relax – and, according to a new study out of Harvard University, such techniques pay off. The investigation found that delivering basic instruction on yoga breathing for relaxation helped high school juniors and seniors decompress. And the researchers noted that the venue for these sessions was a perfect fit: PE class. Co-author Sat Bir S. Khalsa, of Harvard Medical School, explained that children and teens should be taught… -
Yoga breathing techniques keep teens calm
4 Apr 2012 | 3:00 amTweetYou're a teen – you're stressed and you don't know where to take it out. What are you supposed to do? Well, short of putting on boxing gloves and working the heavy bag, you can always try yoga breathing techniques. They may not sound like much, but yoga classes have been proven to relieve stress in even the most overloaded teens. Seriously, a study about this just came out. Published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the report found that holistic stretching and meditation can radically reduce perceived stress levels, even as it boosts mindfulness, compassion… -
Enthusiast reviews book on yoga breathing for relaxation
29 Mar 2012 | 11:12 amTweetWhat are the benefits of trying yoga breathing for relaxation? Well, how about reduced stress, an improved sense of calm and even the potential to live longer? These are just some of the possible effects of doing yoga, according to a recently published book on the subject. Written by William J. Broad, a health expert at the New York Times, the text has received widespread publicity recently for its skeptical yet evenhanded inquiry into the benefits of yoga. Yes, Broad infamously noted that yoga can result in injury. However, his examples centered on overly strenuous forms of the regimen,…
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Dahn Yoga Health
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Yoga benefits for women include better smoking cessation rates
24 Apr 2012 | 10:57 amTweetWhat can't yoga do? Besides being a great way to unwind, exercise or reflect on one's life, the holistic routine can also supplement a number of health-related activities – including smoking cessation, according to a newly published yoga benefits article. The study, which appeared in the Journal of Women's Health, determined that one of the yoga benefits for women is that the regimen appears to help them quit smoking. The consequences of such findings could have a widespread impact. After all, even in today's cancer-conscious U.S., many Americans still smoke. At… -
Yoga poses for beginners may prevent injury
10 Apr 2012 | 11:49 amTweetIf you've read that yoga may lead to injury – as was so widely reported after the release of William Broad's investigative book, The Science of Yoga – you may need to read a little further. After all, many health experts note that yoga poses for beginners actually prevent injury by helping newbies take it slow. That was the conclusion of a yoga health benefits article appearing in the online magazine Chiropractic Economics. The piece noted that many beginners can avoid making mistakes by following some simple suggestions. These included gradually increasing… -
Study validates using yoga poses for back pain
2 Apr 2012 | 11:56 amTweetThough there have been a few alarmist stories lately about how yoga can cause backaches and neck injuries, researchers tend to agree that the opposite is true. According to a report released this month, using yoga poses for back pain is an effective (and cost-effective) way to reduce aches and pains of the back. The study appeared in the journal Spine. In it, scientists analyzed the utility of combining typical spinal care with yoga exercises for back pain. After monitoring the lower back health of thousands of Britons for a full year, the group found that adding yoga to the typical… -
Yoga benefits article features veterans getting healthy, happy
23 Mar 2012 | 11:35 amTweetLast week, we ran a yoga benefits article about Ralph Iovino, a 62-year-old veteran who currently teaches holistic health classes in Palm Beach, Florida. Well, the response was so positive that we thought we'd tell you a bit more about him, his career and his mission to help wounded soldiers heal inside and out. As Iovino told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, he's been teaching yoga and physical therapy for quite some time: first at the Bronx Veterans Hospital, and then through Connected Warriors, his nonprofit devoted to helping former members of the Armed Forces. What made him… -
Yoga health benefits men and women with post-traumatic stress
16 Mar 2012 | 3:23 amTweetIn the world of holistic healthcare, yoga's benefits for women and men of all ages are, to put it mildly, unparalleled. The system can help heal hearts and minds – even among those damaged by wartime experiences, according to an article recently published in the Palm Beach Post news. The proof can be found in local yoga instructor Ralph Iovino's daily sessions, which are attended by dozens of veterans from the Wellington area. A 62-year-old former Army Ranger and Vietnam veteran, Iovino doesn't necessarily look the part of a limber yoga coach. (Maybe it's his…
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Dahn Yoga Exercises
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Dahn Yoga exercises don’t require a mat
11 May 2012 | 11:56 amTweetIf you're into doing some yoga stretching exercises, chances are you've probably looked into getting some of the usual accoutrements – special shirts, leggings, socks or mats. While it's fine to be interested in such things, it is also important to be aware ahead of time that none of them is necessary. Mats in particular have no real place in Dahn Yoga exercises. This isn't a reaction to current yoga culture – instead, Dahn Yoga simply pre-dates the use of mats or any other sort of specialty yoga product. If you use a mat, you may have already noticed that… -
Yoga stretching for runners may lengthen active racing career
10 Apr 2012 | 11:52 amTweetEvery year, it seems like more people decide to get in shape by running, or improve their mind-body connection with yoga. But did you know that these two exercise regimens can be mutually beneficial? That's right – with yoga stretching for runners, everyone from the casual jogger to the hardcore marathoner can improve their stride and avoid injury. The latter yoga stretching benefit – namely, reducing the risk of strains or sprains – is pretty important, at that. According to an article published in the Regina Leader-Post, holistic poses and gentle stretches may… -
Can I use yoga stretching for back pain? All evidence points to yes
2 Apr 2012 | 11:58 amTweetFour out of five Americans suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, according to the National Institutes of Health. This makes back pain one of the most common medical conditions in existence. It also underscores the need for effective pain management techniques. If you use yoga stretching for back pain, you're in luck: According to a newly released medical review, the holistic mind-body system is provably effective for lower back aches. The author, an expert in preventative medicine from the University of California, San Diego, explained that several studies published in… -
Yoga meditation supplies need not be expensive
23 Mar 2012 | 11:32 amTweetYou can purchase the best yoga books, mats, DVDs and uniforms that money can buy, but none of it necessarily makes your mind-body experience any better. That's the message we consistently try to get across at Dahn Yoga: you shouldn't have to shell out in order to bliss out. A good example of unnecessarily pricey yoga meditation supplies can be found in a new line of yoga clothing released by the apparel company Garnet Hill. Called the ZinniTM collection, it includes the standard sort of pants, shirts, shorts and wraps that you'd expect these days. Nearly all items are made… -
Naked yoga stretching poses? Um, no thank you
16 Mar 2012 | 3:30 amTweetNew stories about yoga meditation techniques appear in the headlines every day, thanks in part to the holistic system's many positive effects for the body and mind. Yoga can do everything from relieving muscular tension to helping the body maintain an even temperature – but that doesn't mean you need to strip down to your skin to get the full effect. Yet, that's exactly what one studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn, encourages its enthusiasts to do. According to the Huffington Post, the center in question teaches nude yoga stretching poses for men. Just men, apparently. So…
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Dahn Yoga News
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Posing under the full moon conveys no additional yoga and health benefits
9 May 2012 | 11:53 amTweetThis Cinco de Mayo, the moon will be at its perigee, which means that – because its orbit is slightly elliptical - it will reach its closest point to the Earth. Hence, the night of May 5 will have a big, bright moon. And while it's tempting to chalk up certain yoga and health benefits to posing underneath this lunar phenomenon, it's best to give all the credit to the holistic routine, not the heavenly body. That's the recommendation of Diets in Review, which published a short Q-and-A on practicing yoga beneath a full moon. As you may expect, it's perfectly… -
Yoga at school generates inspirational stories for teens and young adults
10 Apr 2012 | 11:54 amTweetBeing in school isn't all that easy, especially as a senior in high school or a new undergraduate student. Between tests, studying, lectures, homework, extracurriculars, dating and daily chores, the stress can really climb. Fortunately, the best school-age personal success systems often include a secret weapon: yoga! That, anyway, was the conclusion of an article recently published in The Orion, the official student newspaper of California State University, Chico (CSUC). As an inspirational story for teens and young adults, the piece was quite effective, since its recommendations… -
Looking for inspirational stories for women? Yoga has more than a few
4 Apr 2012 | 2:59 amTweetIt seems like practically every day sees a batch of new yoga and health articles published in the news, most of which are exceedingly positive. One new study in particular has set the standard for inspirational stories for women. It's about breast cancer, chemotherapy and the healing power of yoga. Published in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, the paper found that doing holistic exercises can help women overcome some of the side effects associated with chemotherapy. In particular, the study noted that yoga seems to improve cognition in these patients – that is, it… -
Yoga instructor teaches personal success factors, injury avoidance tips
23 Mar 2012 | 11:38 amTweetMany people do yoga basics to improve alignment, soothe sore muscles, increase flexibility or cultivate a sense of inner serenity. Of course, the regimen can occasionally result in a minor injury, but instructor Pam Schulte recently told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that this is pretty obvious, especially if you take an overly-vigorous class. "Well, duh!" she exclaimed. "Have you seen what people do in those classes? This idea that yoga is this holier-than-thou regimen where no one should ever get injured is not realistic." What's her remedy for a yoga routine… -
Do yoga basics to improve alignment, avoid injury
16 Mar 2012 | 3:26 amTweetWhen you're learning the yoga basics, the first things to know include how to follow in-class etiquette, what to wear to a session and how to avoid injury. According to ABC 2 News Baltimore, it's easy enough to practice yoga without risking harm to yourself. It all comes down to asking for guidance from an experienced instructor, according to Marshall Sanders (who is one himself). "A lot of people will go buy DVDs and buy books, and without that special touch and guidance from a teacher, it's really hard to know if you're getting the poses accurately," he…
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Inspire. Love. Evolve. Transform
7 May 2012 | 7:03 amI love going on yoga retreats, a time away from your normal day to day life to focus on your yoga practice. The joy of the weekend I've just been on is not just that it was my favourite ever ever teacher Katy Appleton, but that it combined asana with the practice of kirtan (chanting) with the wonderful Nikki Slade. What a fantastic combination these two guides are, I can't recommend them highly enough. I've come back feeling inspired, refreshed and ready to commit to my dharma of Inspire. Love. Evolve in all that I'm doing. Whilst I was on retreat I was reading Rod… -
How clean is your beauty regime?
1 May 2012 | 4:50 amWow, this article really caught my attention by the Wellness Warrior. As part of my 'healthy focus' I'm taking into account all areas of my life including the moisturisers, washing powder and cleaning products I use. This article really helped to shock me into action as it includes a chart on how many chemicals we put on our skin...http://www.thewellnesswarrior.com.au/2012/05/my-clean-beauty-regime/Its not cheap to go chemical free but I consider my health priceless so I'm going to make changes where I can. Starting slowly and not overwhelming myself. -
Detox time
28 Apr 2012 | 12:25 pmI've decided to start my detox early after eating a very rich and creamy cake that's made me feel so sick! Time to get the toxins out my system... Here's a short intro of what to expect, come join me on FB to get recipes, tips and videos. The Yoga Geek Detoxes... -
It's the Small Things - Yoga Class
25 Apr 2012 | 10:16 amLast night I recorded the class I taught all about appreciating the small things. Enjoy this hour long class which has a slower, more restorative pace to it. We start lying on the mat, come to a seated position for some soothing self massage before working stress out of our neck and shoulders. Then we focus on some standing poses, some breathing, backbends and then finally a long nourishing savasana. We pay special attention to our ears, the crown of our head, our joints and our feet. This class is perfect when your mind is whirring and you need to slow things down. Yoga Class
