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Mountain Pose: Start Your Yoga Practice on the Right Footing
Mountain pose is considered a foundational yoga pose in any yoga practice. While seemingly simple, this pose requires absolute attention to detail and stillness. Mountain pose, also known as Tadasana (Taa-DAA-SUN-aa), provides a firm foundation for practi ... -
Ahimsa: 10 Immediate Ways to Practice Non-Violence In Your Daily Life
By Sejal Shah I Updated: July 29, 2020 This is part two of a series exploring each of the Yamas and Niyamas to discover how we can integrate them in our daily life experiences both on and off the mat for a deeper, richer, and more fulfilling life. We eac ... -
What is Ahimsa? All You Need to Know to Learn the Art of Non-Violence
By Sejal Shah I Updated: July 28, 2020 This is part one of a series exploring each of the Yamas and Niyamas to discover how we can integrate them into our daily life experiences- both on and off the mat- for a deeper, richer and fulfilling life. What is ... -
How To Make the Yamas and Niyamas Work for You in the Modern World
By Sejal Shah I Updated: July 30, 2020 Practicing yoga is much more than the postures. Learning to integrate the full “on and off the mat” practice including observing the five Yamas and Niyamas —yoga’s guide on social and personal ethics— in your daily ... -
Beyond The Body: Can Yoga Be Used To Heal Nations?
In decades past, yoga in America conjured images of a granola-crunching, Birkenstock-wearing folks who shopped organic before the rest of us. In 2016, at 36.7 million Americans practicing yoga, today’s yogis run the gamut from hippies to hipsters, from ... -
Recover from Travel Fatigue with this Rejuvenating Yoga Routine
When we travel, no matter how excited we are about our trip, when we finally arrive at our destination or return back home we can feel tired and exhausted. Travelling comes with its own share of ups and its downs. There are thrilling adventures, exciting ... -
8 Ways Yoga Helps you Travel with Ease
By Sejal Shah | Posted: December 8, 2017 Traveling is good for your soul, improve your outlook towards life, and helps you experience greater levels of happiness. But when we travel, we are away from our comfort zones and we constantly put our body, mind ... -
The Yoga of Beer? 10 Reasons Why ‘Beer Yoga’ Is A Spiritual And Health Hazard
What happens when you put mud in your milk or when you add pebbles in your food? Adding beer or alcohol into a practice as sincere and sacrosanct as Yoga is an equally absurd combination, and unhealthy to say the least. Beer Yoga is where the line is cros ... -
Live Like a Yogi for an Hour, a Day or a Lifetime
The key to peace and happiness is knowing how to “yoke” the wavering mind — this is where yoga comes in. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root, “yug,” which means to yoke. The art and science of yoga was brought forth 5,000 years ago by Maharish ... -
5 Secrets from the Yoga Sutras to Make Your Asana Practice More Subtle and Powerful
Why should you seek the subtle, or sukshma, in your yoga practice? Have you noticed that most memorable or meaningful moments in life are not usually measurable, material, or even physical? They are always delicate and elusive — that’s what makes them pre ...
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