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20 Free Yoga Videos to Boost Gratitude
Maintaining a daily attitude of gratitude is one of the key components to living a happy, healthy, and content life. While it can be challenging to live in a constant… Read More→
How to Create a Home Yoga Retreat
In today’s hectic world, we could all use a few days dedicated to self-care. While yoga retreats are exciting and designed for self-care, they can also be expensive. Every yoga… Read More→
Yoga for Chronic Pain Relief: The Best Poses and Practices
Chances are, if you’ve been practicing yoga for a while, you may have experienced pain from some kind of yoga-related injury. As with any physical activity, yoga asana carries some… Read More→
The Best Tips for a Safe Yoga Practice
In recent years, yoga news and journalism has focused extensively on whether or not yoga can lead to physical injuries. This passionate conversation about the safety of yoga has led… Read More→
Using Essential Oils to Enhance Your Meditation Practice
Meditation can be challenging, especially when you need it the most. Fortunately a few drops of essential oils can help you get the most out of your meditation practice. There… Read More→
The Best Yoga Tips for Integrating Negative Emotions
Your yoga practice makes you present and aware of all of your feelings, even the ones you try to push deep down inside of you. Emotional issues will surface during… Read More→
Yoga and Meditation for Your Astrological Element
Your zodiac sign can reveal a lot about your temperament, your preferences, even how you respond to stress, and stimuli. So it’s no wonder so many people believe you can… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for October 2020
The cool and windy energy of Autumn encourages us to slow down, draw our focus inside, and stock up our inner resources for the winter ahead. The fall is a… Read More→
7 Benefits of Going to a Yoga Retreat in Southeast Asia
For serious and passionate yoga practitioners, going to a yoga retreat center can feel like a visit to Disneyland. Retreats immerse you into the yoga practices, both on and off… Read More→
The 10 Best Benefits of Practicing Yoga in the Morning
Many new yogis wonder, “what is the best time to do yoga? Is yoga better to do in the morning, in the afternoon, or in the evening before bed?” The… Read More→
Yoga for Menstrual Pain and Period Cramps
I’m bloated, crabby, and feel exhausted—and I haven’t made it out of bed yet. When my period hits, I don’t feel like doing anything. Even still, I make it a… Read More→
Why You Should Have A Yoga Health Coach
If you are an avid yogi who is health conscious but struggles with achieving your wellness goals, you may want to consider hiring a yoga health coach. They can create… Read More→
How Yoga Can Benefit Kids at School
The benefits of yoga are well-documented for adults, but recent research is showing how yoga can be beneficial as an in-school activity. This is still a relatively new use for… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for September
The beginning of autumn is a crucial time to prepare your body for changes in the weather and the energy of the year begins to shift to the Vata season…. Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for September
The seasonal shift to autumn creates an opportunity to bring our focus inward and reflect on the abundance of summertime. The expansive and active energy of summer can be depleting,… Read More→
27 Inspiring Yoga Quotes on Balance
Finding and establishing balance in a yoga pose or in your life is a constant struggle and journey. Balance isn’t about perfection—it’s about seeing the patterns that unbalance us and… Read More→
How to Choose the Perfect Yoga Block
Yoga props were popularized by the late B.K.S. Iyengar as tools to support the body to allow a deeper expression of a yoga pose’s alignment. A yoga block or yoga… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for August 2020
The end of summer is an important time to prepare your body for fall by making some small shifts in your diet. As summer fades and the weather shifts, the… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for August
The month of August brings in the energy of joy, creativity, integrity, enthusiasm, and bravery. As the long summer days begin to shorten, we are reminded to soak up our… Read More→
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