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The Best Yogic Recipes for March 2020
While the weather can be unpredictable in the transitional period between winter and spring, in general, it tends to be wet. March is an especially “watery” month, when snow melts… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for March 2020
We all know that holding tension and stress in parts of our bodies can lead to discomfort, disease, and pain. The worry, fear, and uncertainty of the recent COVID-19 pandemic… Read More→
Karma Yoga: the Path of Selfless Action
The yogic concept of Karma has become commonplace all around the globe. Most likely because the law of karma is simple and understandable–you reap what you sow. Karma yoga is one of… Read More→
6 Reasons to Practice Daily Sun Salutations
I didn’t fully realize the power of daily sun salutations until I briefly stopped doing them. Wow, what it difference it made. It was like going off coffee. During this… Read More→
Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
Yoga began as a mental practice to discover techniques and methods of using the mind to decrease suffering and to discover and create more contentment, joy, and peace. As yoga… Read More→
4 Paths to Find Empowerment in Yoga
It is easy to feel disempowered. Our always on-the-go culture makes us feel overwhelmed, overworked, and exhausted. It is all too common to experience insecurity, low self-worth, and anxiety throughout the… Read More→
The Five Yamas of Yoga: Definition & Practice Tips
At the beginning of Patanjali’s eight-fold path of yoga lays the Yamas: the moral, ethical and societal guidelines for the practicing yogi. These guidelines are all expressed in the positive,… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for February 2020
February is the month of Groundhog Day—a day when, according to lore, we find out whether warmer weather is ahead or we’re in store for more cold winter days. Either… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for February 2020
The end of winter can be challenging to find the motivation, joy, and encouragement to keep showing up for your yoga practice. The comfort of sleep and fear of the… Read More→
Top Tips and Benefits of Practicing Yoga Inversions
Most people spend their entire waking lives walking and sitting upright, their hearts always below their heads and pumping hard to send oxygenated blood throughout the body. While this is… Read More→
The 6 Best Positions for Practicing Meditation
When we think of meditation, we often conjure up the image of someone sitting peacefully still with eyes closed, a blissful smile and legs twisted into a pretzel-like shape. Although… Read More→
Partner Yoga: Tips, Benefits and Best Poses
Yoga has traditionally been an individual and solitary practice. Yet in the path of the householder yogi, we find ourselves in relationship with many other humans. Practicing yoga with another… Read More→
21 Inspirational Yoga Quotes on Love
The emotion of love is universal, yet it is one of our most fragile, temperamental and vulnerable feelings to express and cultivate. If approached skilfully and mindfully, love has the… Read More→
The Meaning and Use of Common Yoga Symbols
Yoga and meditation are rich in mystical symbolism. Yet modern yoga has both commercialized and overlooked many of the deeper meanings of these ancient sacred symbols. Many practitioners use symbols as… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for January 2020
The cold and damp weather of January can seep deeply into your bones. The best way to warm and nourish the body’s core is through eating soups, stews and other… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for January 2020
January is a month of new beginnings, and we have compiled a fabulous list of free yoga videos to help you practice more yoga in the new year. The videos… Read More→
Tips to Be Comfortable Sitting in a Cross-Legged Position
Although the Sanskrit name for sitting in a basic cross-legged position, Sukhasana, translates to “Easy pose,” sitting still with crossed legs can actually prove to be quite challenging. Since a… Read More→
Puppy Yoga? What Is It and What Are the Benefits?
Yoga is a great way to improve your strength and flexibility but sometimes we can get a wee bit too serious about our yoga practice. It is easy to get… Read More→
Yoga vs. Stretching: What’s the Difference?
Yoga and stretching can look and feel similar but they are two very different practices. Stretching exercises are only focused on increasing flexibility. While yoga does involve holding static stretches, this… Read More→
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