Those who have never practiced yoga before have an image of yogis as mellow, extra-flexible hippies. While you don’t need to be flexib...
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Inspiration
Yoga Teacher Training at Sixty-Three (and with a broken toe)
Suryanamaskara A
I’m in Adho Mukha Svanasana, or Downward Facing Dog, on my fifth Ujjayi breath of Suryanamaskara A Sun Saluta...
Dec 24th, 2018
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Teaching Through the Storm
When I walked up to the Yoga Deck it had already begun to rain. It was just a drizzle, a gentle mist that anywhere else in the world mig...
Nov 23rd, 2018
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CREATING A MEDITATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR HOME
Part of the practice of meditation involves cultivating an environment where the mind can enjoy a sense of tranquility. For instance, I ...
Nov 13th, 2018
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What’s in a name? Downward dog?
An asana is a mudra, a seal a symbolic body expression of an object, a shape, an animal, bird, some part of nature or just an angle of t...
Nov 8th, 2018
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A Place Called Enlightenment
Enlightenment is a word one could say while karate chopping through a block of wood. Try it. Stress the –ment part of the word as the ...
Sep 26th, 2018
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Keep Sun Saluting!
Make Surya namaskar a key part of your practice. By Hongyi Huang
There’s been a changing attitude towards incorporat...
Sep 21st, 2018
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Transforming the Emotional Body
Louie Netz, Director for HarleyDavidson’s Styling and Graphics Department once said, “Form and function both report to emotion.” I...
Sep 18th, 2018
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How Did Yoga Become a Female Dominated Practice?
Addressing the gender imbalance By Hongyi Huang
Despite that yoga had been brought to the West for several decades already, some men st...
Sep 15th, 2018
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The life lessons from Marichyasana sequence
On inhale raise your hand towards the sky and lengthen, on exhale place your elbow behind the bent knee twisting from the rib cage. On i...
Jul 12th, 2018
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