The Real Reason Most People Quit Yoga in the First 3 Months (And What to Do...
Guest post by Trupti Rathi “Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.” — B.K.S. Iyengar In nine years of running a yoga studio, I have seen the same pattern...
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Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, Volume 2
Enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 3 of the soon-to-be released Volume 2 of Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses by Sage Rountree and Alexandra Desiato. This companion volume—with all-new material—offers 54...
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Kundalini Yoga’s Holistic Approach to Tackling Stress
By Ben Gutman Activate your neutral mind and stress-proof your life There are two ways of living in this world—the way of worry and the way of relaxation. –Yogi Bhajan Before I began practicing...
View ArticleFocus on the Breath, Not the Pose
In the world of yoga, the allure of mastering complex asanas (poses) often overshadows one of the practice’s most fundamental and powerful elements: the breath. While the visual aesthetic of an...
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The Amazing World of Yoga for Kids: Stretching, Breathing, and Growing Like...
Kids are naturally full of energy and curiosity—they’re little explorers always discovering new things about themselves and the world around them. Now imagine if they could learn a secret power that...
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The Warrior’s Path: Exploring the Intersection of Yoga and the Martial Spirit
Yoga, an ancient practice that originated in India over 5000 years ago, intertwines physical postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, promoting health and spiritual growth. Among the myriad of...
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Study Reveals Benefits of Virtual Yoga for Low Back Pain Relief
A recent Clinic Cleveland study, “Effectiveness of Virtual Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain,” explores the potential of virtual yoga as a nonpharmacological treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP)....
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5 Ways Yoga Helps
Yoga means union. In a world that bombards us with clichés regarding a mind, body & spirit connection, this is very important. But in real people terms, what is the connection between the poses...
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How Yoga Can Help You Stop Feeling Like You’re Not Spiritual Enough and Love...
I used to feel like a bad yoga teacher, like someone who wasn’t living up to the title. Because I like to wear stylish clothes, love when my Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines arrive in the mail, and the...
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Gratitude: How to Sing from the Mountaintops
What are you grateful for? This question can become cliché and trite when you read it every single day on Instagram posts. Gratitude can become stale and void of meaning when #gratitudechallenge is...
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The Yoga of Travel
Giant Rubber Duck Meditating on the Lake… Seoul, Korea The time has finally come. September marked the last month of The Alchemy of Flow and Form: Advanced Teacher Training at San Marcos School of Yoga...
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8 Ways to Be Your Own Best Teacher
No matter how we define a teacher or a guru—an expert, an enlightened person, or someone who challenges us in a way that makes us look at all of our own limiting beliefs—each of these ways of looking...
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5 Simple Tips for Becoming a Master of Meditation
Want to take on meditation? Here’s 5 tips to help: Sit. Learning to sit can be a challenge. Do some light stretches before sitting down and then start off with just 5 minutes of sitting–see how it...
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5 Ways Yoga Can Help You Fall in Love with Your Body
When I first started doing yoga, I really didn’t like my body very much. I rarely had any positive thoughts about it. Mostly when I thought about my body I felt frustrated, or ashamed. These sound like...
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Theming your yoga class, theming your life…
Theming is an integral part of the class-planning process if you are a yoga teacher, whether it is done consciously or not. Some people prefer to prepare a short story or inspirational reading, others...
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10 Things I Learned From Destination Yoga Teacher Training
1. I am stronger than I know. I spent hours upon hours, day after day doing insane amounts of intense yoga. My body did not let me down. On the contrary, it surprised me almost daily by how much it...
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10 Benefits of Gratitude
Rick Foster and Greg Hicks set out on a three-year journey to study extremely happy people. In their book How We Choose to Be Happy, they found that there are nine choices happy people make. One of...
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The Yoga of Acceptance
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. – Lao Tzu The...
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Sacred Sound: Mantras & Chants
Many years ago when I started a yoga practice, I had no idea what it would reveal to me. I was just hoping for a little extra strength and flexibility, and I did what I could to avoid all the...
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How Yoga Teaches Generosity
If you have a candle, the light won’t glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine. ~ Steven Tyler Yoga has changed my view of generosity. I have learned to give without expectation and to always...
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