The Best Restorative Yoga Poses to Relieve Stress [Infographic]
Some great yoga advice and infographic from Greatist.com, one of our favorite health, fitness, and happiness websites: Whether it’s in your hips, glutes, or all in your head, tension has a way of...
View ArticleWhy Yoga is Dangerous for Your Mind
[Enjoy another amazing guest post from Lindsey Lewis, life coach and yoga teacher. Stay up to date with her latest at www.libreliving.com, Facebook, and Twitter] The thing about yoga is this: it’s...
View ArticleThe Sexiest Yoga Mat Alive
Here’s what happens when a yoga mat falls in love…pretty funny video actually, and I totally love the idea of a hotel stocking yoga mats in guest rooms…easier access to yoga mats is exactly what the...
View Article5 Ways to Master the Art of Doing without Doing
What lights you up? What fuels your soul and fills your heart? This is the art of doing without doing. Achieving without efforting. Receiving without feeling like you’re trying. This is the magic of Wu...
View ArticleLululemon’s Yoga for (SeaWheeze) Runners = Match Made in Heaven
I’ve always been a big believer that yoga + running = a match made in heaven. This smooth 30 minute yoga practice, led by official lululemon SeaWheeze ambassador Kerri Kelly, is perfect for runners who...
View ArticleHappiness Rx: Practicing Yoga, Practicing Patience
Happiness Rx: Practice patience & stay faithful to your commitments even if the progress isn’t as speedy or visible as desired. Bringing our best selves to the world requires deep dedication,...
View ArticleWhen Good Enough is Excellent
Sometimes good enough is excellent. Despite what our high school principals would tell us. Even though our leaders espouse magnificence. Even though our leading self-help gurus often say otherwise....
View ArticleBreath Control: MC Yogi Shares the Secret Sauce of Yoga
Breathe. A simple reminder to change your life. One breath at a time. It’s the secret sauce of yoga. MC Yogi nails it in his latest music video: “Breath Control.” It’s a fun, playful reminder to...
View Article10 Minutes of Mindfulness Can Change the World
Most of us would love to make meditation a part of our lives. Unfortunately, when we actually get around to trying it (rather than just reading or thinking about it), we feel distracted, think we’re...
View Article3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Public Yoga Classes
Thinking about trying a yoga class? Today is your day! Do you drive past your local yoga studio every day after work, longingly watching as the sweaty, blissed-out masses saunter off after class? Do...
View ArticleYoga, Financial Abundance, and Spiritual Joy
As a yoga student or teacher, I bet you’ve heard a lot about detachment. You’ve probably heard a lot about finding happiness within and rising above the ever peaking and skyrocketing highs and lows of...
View ArticleYoga = Both Truth and Dare
I was recently thinking back to the game of truth or dare — a game we all played as kids. When you were little were you the kid who always chose truth? I, on the other hand, consistently chose dare....
View ArticleCrowdfunding Meditation Across the World: See & Do Together Could Use a...
How cool would it be to meditate with millions of people across the world at the same time? It would be totally awesome! Well, we’re big fans of the mindfulness-based tech company, Saagara, which...
View ArticleCultivate Compassion to Tame the Ego
By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards the wicked the mind becomes pure. ~ Yoga Sutra 1:33 Consider this: A yoga...
View ArticleTrue Yoga is Not about the Shape of Your Body…
True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you...
View ArticleHROI – Happiness Return on Investment
I often say in class that the hardest pose we practice is being ourselves. Another truth I share is that the body doesn’t lie. When we’re in a pose on our mats, it’s just us standing or sitting there...
View Article7 Ways to Have Tantric Experiences
Is what you’re practicing actually yoga lite? Maybe it’s actually Tantra. Have you ever questioned whether or not you’re a real yogi? Can you call yourself a real yogi if you don’t meditate in a cave,...
View ArticleThe One Sun Salute Video You’re Gonna Love
Loving this sun salutation composition by the good folks of Wanderlust Festival! “I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” — Ani DiFranco
View ArticleGuru To Go…A Portrait of R. Sharath Jois
If you water the roots of the plant, then you get good fruits from that tree… The inhalation and exhalation has to go deep and touch of the root of your nervous system. When that happens, your own...
View ArticleHow Has Yoga Changed You?
If you’ve been practicing yoga for a little while now, you may have noticed some changes taking over your existence. Your shoulders are stronger, maybe your hips are more open. Have you noticed? Well,...
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