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Practice Your Yoga Like No One is Watching
Have you ever experienced the most beautiful, rock steady tree pose (Vrkasana) or headstand at home only to feel like you’re trying to balance during an earthquake during class? Many yoga students...
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Downward Facing Hulk: Diffuse Your Anger with Yoga
I’m a huge fan of comic book hero movies, so of course, I was one of the contributor’s to the $1B that the Avengers movie grossed over the weekend. As much as I love the super powers that explode …...
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If you’re happy and you know it, just sit there
“You are already happy. The reason you don’t experience it is that it’s covered up by layers of suppressed emotions and negative thoughts. Shift your attention and your inherent happiness flashes...
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What is Your Heart Opening Yoga Practice?
As a yogini and a teacher, I always bring my practice back to opening the heart as a way to end suffering. Everyday, we may not even be consciously aware of what we’re doing to sabotage our own...
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Pamper yourself with reckless abandon
Source: google.ca via Willow on Pinterest As yogis who are after more than just the physical practice of yoga, we are spiritual seekers. As spiritual seekers, we are open to new ideas, concepts, and...
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I traded in my stiletto life for a flip flop
According to Heraclitus, “the only constant is change.” Call it perpetual motion, flux, evolution, development, metamorphosis; but it is what it is — change. We all know change is inevitable, and...
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Who are you, exactly?
If someone were to ask you, “Who are you” how would you answer? Would your self-description consist of hair color, eye color, job, family status, race, religion, gender? In yoga, there’s a sutra...
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Drain the dirty bathwater with meditation
Most days when I meditate, the experience is unremarkable. I sit in silence and allow my brain to defrag like a bogged down hard drive. A flurry of thoughts typically arises like a snowstorm and one...
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Don’t think with your brain full
Remember when your mother would say, ‘don’t talk with your mouth full’ reminding you of your manners? Or, what about, ‘chew your food. I was a hasty eater when I was a kid. Always anxious to get...
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Have yourself a thought-b-cue
If you’ve ever undertaken a move to a new home, you know how overwhelming it can be — where to start, what to pack, what to toss, the transition itself. In many ways, our thought patterns are the same...
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Emotions are like blood sugar
Since I was a kid, I’ve had to ‘watch’ my blood sugar. If I don’t eat regularly or try to maintain a healthy level, I can get quite cranky. In fact, an ex of mine used to joke that if … Continue reading →
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