Should You Practice Yoga When You’re Sick?
This time of year, we’re often motivated toward goals for self-improvement and health. Unfortunately, this is also the season of stuffy noses, sore throats and the occasional flu bug. When…
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Yoga in Advertising: Taking a Bite of the Yoga Pie
As yoga becomes more mainstream, it’s not surprising that more and more people want a bite of the yoga pie. While making money as a yoga teacher remains a struggle…
The Yoga of Social Justice: So You Want to Start a Revolution?
Let’s face it: 2014 was a difficult year on the home front and internationally, marred by bloodshed, loss, disease, heightening economic disparities and heartbreaking racial tension and injustice. Feelings of…
Illuminating the Diaphragm
The diaphragm is one of the most unique muscles in the body and serves as the crucial actor in one of its most essential functions: breathing. What we might not…
Surrendering to Grief and Loss through Yoga
One of the most powerful lessons yoga teaches us is the art of surrender—the art of letting go. Using yoga to practice surrendering—whether it be to physical sensations or psychological…
The Roundup! Yogic Advice for a Rockin’ 2015
Happy 2015! The new year is ripe with energy for digging deep and reflecting on your goals, values, resolutions and intentions. We’ve rounded up a collection of articles that provide sage…
3 Reasons to Practice Yoga with a Beginner’s Mind
Wiping the slate clean and starting over—whether it’s a new year or a new chapter in your life—can bring up feelings of disappointment or failure. But hitting the reset button…
Creating an at-Home Restorative Yoga Practice
We’ve heard about the benefits of building an at-home yoga practice. And in some ways, an at-home restorative practice seems like it might be easier than coming up with your own…
Stop Being so Easy on Yourself in Yoga
If that sounds a little harsh, it is understandable. After all, yogis are well-known for valuing actions that support self-care, compassion and honoring the body’s limitations. So it’s reasonable to…
4 Tips for Choosing a Yoga Teacher Training
So you’ve decided to do it. You are ready to sign up and throw down the deposit for your very first 200-hour yoga teacher training. But the question of where…
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