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I Am Content
On March 14, 2017 in
General
by
SunnyKoh
What is it about being ambitious by nature? I am always playing with the prospect of somewhere else, or something else, something new. Seeking it has always been my mindset, for as long as I can remember. Until now. Finding balance between my self-determination and so much my brain space can handle? I have to work on getting my life sorted, get a health check, or my goal of drinking more water in this moment, and I can write a list of 20-something things I want to do, or I can try to schedule (more like squeeze in) back-to-back yoga classes into my daily schedule, and I can try to become a better photographer or writer or whatever it is yet all I’d like to do is sit still.
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Contentment
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Meditation
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Off the Mat
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Philosophy of Yoga
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Practice
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Santosha
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Sunny Koh
Practicing Yoga During Pregnancy
On March 9, 2017 in
General
by
Elsa Anderson
Yoga postures that can be practiced during pregnancy depend on the mother's physical condition and pregnancy stage. To determine whether it is appropriate for pregnant women to yoga, it is recommended that you first consult your obstetrician. During pregnancy, it is advisable to practice private prenatal yoga in the second trimester (from the fourth month to the eighth month) and consult your doctor in advance. Under the guidance of professional teachers, pregnancy yoga is safe. It enhances the overall flexibility of the body and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, which are all vital in the delivery process. What’s more is that practicing these poses increases the body's blood circulation, stimulates the various organs and glands, and improves blood flow.
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Pregnancy Yoga
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Relax
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Yoga for Back Pain
50 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Yoga and Meditation
On March 8, 2017 in
General
by
Jiten Kr
Yoga and meditation can be used as a healthcare tool for healthy living. You have heard that yoga meditation is helpful or good for health. But how it is good for health or it works really? There are also many controversial stories about yoga. So, you should know scientifically about yoga meditation. There are a lot of studies shows you the proof behind the every benefits of yoga meditation. These are the 100 benefits based on the available researches.
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Benefits of Meditation
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benefits of yoga
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Improve Mood
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Mindfulness
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Relax
Letʼs Be Braver In the Stories We Share
On March 1, 2017 in
General
by
DaveUrsillo
When I bumped into a friend at my favorite local coffee shop a few weeks ago, I was excited. I hadn’t seen this friend all summer long. What’s been new in his world, I wondered? What has he been solving, moving toward, creating? How are his kids? Yet what unfolded between us was humdrum, socially-polite, and altogether boring.
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Be Brave
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Dave Ursillo
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How To Create Your Success Story
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Live with Authenticity
Shrimp-Stuffed Avocados 2.0
On March 1, 2017 in
General
by
Rebecca Katz
As a kid, I remember the Ladies Who Lunch coming over to the house regularly to play canasta or mah-jongg. On these occasions, my mom showed me how you could use a fruit as a bowl for salad: she’d serve the pearled grand dames tomatoes stuffed with chicken salad, and that was the inspiration for this dish. I’ve gone for a different mode of transport—an avocado boat—and jazzed up the salad as well. No mayo here, but lime juice, cumin, coriander, jalapeño (za-zing!), olive oil, and avocado provide the diving pond for the shrimp. I think the Ladies Who Lunch would’ve approved.
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Avocado
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Clean Eating
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Easy Recipes
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Good Fats
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Healthy Eating
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Healthy is Happy
Quick Ways to Incorporate Yoga Into Your Daily Life
On February 20, 2017 in
General
by
Cassie Brewer
It is widely known that yoga helps us conquer a long list of health benefits. Yoga eases anxiety and relieves symptoms of depression. It helps with back and neck pain and it reduces stress levels; it helps us be more in the moment and so much more. Despite knowing that yoga is good for us, it can still be hard for us to do yoga, especially when we have an already overpacked schedule. You don’t need a full hour to incorporate this exercise into your daily routine, however, and the following tips will show how you can do yoga every day, no matter how busy you are.
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benefits of yoga
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Daily Grind
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Personal Routine
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Tips for Healthy Living
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Yoga Practice
A Detox Guide to Get You Through Winter
On February 20, 2017 in
General
by
Audrey Throne
A growing hyperbole around the visible and miraculous benefits of detoxification has many of us reaching for cooling juices even in the dead of winter's cold, resulting in ailments and plummeting energy levels. Each season has unique impacts on the human body, which in many ways resembles their distinct impacts on the overall environment. For example, the blooming spring season replenishes our vitality; summer fires up our energy levels, fall gently subdues our bodily functions and winter cascades them to a near halt to ensure survival.
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Detoxify
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Harness Personal Power
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Healthy and Happy
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mindful eating
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Seasonal Changes
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Winter Detox Guide
Top 5 Tips for Choosing (and Offering) the Best Yoga Teacher Training
On February 15, 2017 in
General
by
Shy Sayar
Since I sold my Yoga One studios in California back in 2015, I've been focusing more on my personal studies, especially in Dharma, meditation and Ayurveda. In fact, I have not offered a single Tantravaya 200 Hour training in all of 2016, after directing at least a couple each year for nearly a decade. So during this time I have been asked the same question from students around the world: which training should I pick?
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Anatomy
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Deepen Your Yoga Practice
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Philosophy of Yoga
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Shy Sayar
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Yoga Teacher Training
Remedies For Cold Weather
On February 14, 2017 in
General
by
Lindsay Nova
By now, winter has long been settled into many parts of the world bringing colder temperatures. Winter can be hard on the body as it works overtime to keep your body warm and you may find yourself craving hibernation. Do you ever find your energy levels lower during the winter? Or do you always catch a dreaded cold every winter? You may be wondering how you can stay healthy to promote more energy, boost your immune system to fight sluggish energy and beat the winter blues so that you're ready to fling into spring.
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Deep Breathing
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detox
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Meditation
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Mindfulness
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Practice Ritual
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self-care
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Winter Detox Guide
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Winter Remedies
Take Care of Yourself
On February 14, 2017 in
General
by
AshleyJosephine
Some people have told me not to talk about it. That it’s my place as a yoga instructor to spread peace and harmony. That my message must be about love and fairies. That I must ignore reality. That’s not yoga at all. That’s a continuation of the mess that got us here in the first place. Yeah, I get it. We’re all sick of it. There’s a lot of anger and resentment and fear. Encouraging people to escape to yoga is a disservice to students.
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Ashley Josephine
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Be Human
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Compassion
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Practice of Seeking
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Self-Love
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Yoga Practice
Prison Yoga from San Quentin:
Free Your Mind, Body and Spirit
On February 8, 2017 in
General
by
EricPaskel
Eric Paskel teaches yoga to inmates at San Quentin, creating a “prison break” without ever leaving the prison. It was not a hard sell when my teacher, Swami Parthasarathy, told me during one of our first meetings, “The whole world is a prison, and your only job in life is to get the hell out.”
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Eric Paskel
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Finding Freedom
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Prison
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San Quentin
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yoga
Anxiety Taught Me These Life Lessons
On February 6, 2017 in
General
by
Jessica Theifels
I’ve had anxiety since college and have been lucky enough to use therapy as a tool for managing it. As such, I’ve learned a lot about how anxiety manifests in my life and how to recognize as well as soothe it.
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Anxiety
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Benefits of Meditation
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How to Deal with Anxiety
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Mindfulness
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Remember to Breathe
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Yoga Practice
Intentional Practice: A Guide to Discovering What You Really Want from Yoga
On February 6, 2017 in
General
by
Jesse Silkoff
In our day-to-day lives, it’s all too easy to get caught up in what others want for us. Well-meaning or not, these “other voices” can stick in your head, and if you’re not careful, you won’t be able to recognize your own, at least not as readily. By now you probably know that yoga is about the process of listening to your wisest self. It starts by hearing our bodies— hearing the knee that is out of alignment, stopping yourself from forcing a joint that just won’t bend that way. But eventually, that act gives way to a deeper listening, one where you can hear your own, deepest wants.
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Benefits of Meditation
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Gift of Yoga
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Intentions
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Live with Authenticity
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Mindfulness
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Practice of Seeking
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Sankalpa
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Self-Love
Essential Sequence: Quick Hip Openers
On January 31, 2017 in
General
by
JasonCrandell
This sequence focuses on stretching the muscles around the whole circumference of the hip joint. It’s great for relieving tension that can accumulate from long periods of sitting or standing and it’s also incredibly grounding. I like to do it after traveling or just at the end of a long, intense day. Spend 5-10 breaths in each pose (or longer if you’d like) and do both sides before moving to the next pose.
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Asana
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Deepen Your Yoga Practice
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Essential Sequence
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Happy Hip Stetches
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Hip Openers
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Jason Crandell
5 Ways to a Drama-Free Life
On January 31, 2017 in
General
by
Valentina Rose
Do you know that peaceful feeling you get from being around someone who is calm and isn’t bothered by a thing? Who doesn’t sweat the small stuff? I love me some drama-free people. People who don’t take themselves too seriously, stay calm, don’t freak out, who speak less, reflect more, and use some good ol’ common sense. If you know what I’m taking about, You have experienced the drama free-zone.
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Drama-Free Life
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Mind Over Matter
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Stress-Free
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Tips for Healthy Living
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Valentina Rose
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Yoga Lifestyle
The New Discipline of Yoga
On January 30, 2017 in
General
by
AdamHocke
What is discipline, really? Discipline is a tricky little devil. Ideally, it can be the fire that gets us on the mat so that we can strip away the illusions and misidentifications that cause us to suffer. As Iyengar explains, “wood must be heated to ignite it and bring out the hidden fire within.” Not so ideally, it can also be a confusing agent of self-hatred and punishment. When we commit ourselves to a disciplined daily practice (and since there is no need to preach to the converted, we know this has benefits) we can also be mistakenly committing ourselves to a desire to achieve aesthetically based fitness goals and an addiction to the ability to perform complicated party-trick asana. When I miss a practice or feel that I’ve just sort of lazily stretched for an hour, a niggle in the back of my mind warns that perhaps I’ll soon slip back into adolescent pudginess and its maelstrom of related emotional entanglements if I don’t step up and get myself back into shape. I have to remember that there is a balance of health to be maintained between body, mind, and heart – which of course are fundamentally intertwined – while on the sometimes difficult and circuitous path of yoga. A path that we hope leads us through a life liberated from cycles of suffering.
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Adam Hocke
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Clarity
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commitments
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Discipline
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Intention
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New Discipline of Yoga
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Yoga Practice
Curb Your Anxiety and Get Off that Couch
On January 26, 2017 in
General
by
Sarah Biel
A sedentary person also termed a couch potato, is someone that leads a lifestyle with irregular or no physical activity. Couch potato's spend most of their day sitting watching TV, working on a computer, reading or playing video games. Excessive sitting contributes to many chronic health issues including anxiety and preventable causes of death.
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Anxiety
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Benefits of Meditation
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How to Deal with Anxiety
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Yoga for Being Snowed i
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Yoga for Stress
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Yoga Practice
Roasted Butternut Squash Mash
On January 25, 2017 in
General
by
Maddie Berky
So this recipe is freaking awesome. I totally don’t mean to toot my own horn here, but I was rather ambivalent when constructing it, and thus my mind was blown when I actually tasted it. Granted, I realize that I could be setting myself up for failure here, as you now have extremely high expectations, and when juxtaposed to my low expectations, who knows where your reaction will end up landing. It doesn’t matter though, because this recipe is yummy no matter your expectations, AND it’s the perfect intro to fall dish, AND it’s super easy, AND it can be sweet or savory. I’m calling this a win.
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Healthy and Happy
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healthy recipes
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Maddie Berky
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Roasted Butternut Squash
Pranayama Ninja
On January 23, 2017 in
General
by
AndreaFerretti
I’m going to share something straight-up and simple that’s transpiring for me lately. Here goes: As the working mom of a preschooler with a husband who travels constantly, I can say that unequivocally, it’s my practice that keeps me sane and balanced. (Can I get an “Amen!”)
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Andrea Ferretti
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Deep Breathing
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Ground Down
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Pranayama
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Yoga Practice
Personal Essay: How Anxiety Made Me a Kinder Person
On January 16, 2017 in
General
by
Felice Schlizerman
I recently received an e-mail for a personal essays project. I was so excited that I responded with my pitch: “I was thinking about writing about how my anxiety has made me a kinder person. While I can't always control how I feel, It makes me think twice about other people and the struggles they might be going through.” I was so glad when I heard back that I would be able to share my experience, but now comes the tough part, writing this. So here goes nothing.
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1001Knits
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Anxiety
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Be Kind
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Candace Moore
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How to Deal with Anxiety
Essential Sequence: Wake Up And Flow
On January 16, 2017 in
General
by
JasonCrandell
Full disclaimer: when it comes to the morning, I’m a coffee first kind of guy. Yoga is a close second. But, it’s second nonetheless. It wasn’t always this way, but nothing is permanent. So, if you’re like me and you prefer some liquid inspiration to get yourself on the mat first thing, don’t judge yourself. Once you’re ready, here’s a solid, get-up-and-go practice.
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Energizing Poses
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Essential Sequence
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Jason Crandell
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Wake Up and Flow
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Yoga Practice
5 Easy Ways To Transition to a Vegan Lifestyle
On January 11, 2017 in
General
by
Tara Augustine
Raw, vegetarian, 80/10/10, paleo, pescetarian- call it what you want, it seems there’s always a new diet to jump on board with that will ‘change your life.’ These innovative ways to eat have revolutionized the way that we live. From sourcing our ingredients locally, choosing organic or abstaining from meat, every day we make a choice about what to put in our bodies regardless of the label.
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New Years
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Tara Augustine
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Transition
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Vegan
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Vegan Lifestyle
Guide For Your First Yoga Retreat (infographic)
On January 11, 2017 in
General
by
Flora Lafage
A yoga retreat provides the perfect health and wellness balance to travel the world, eat delicious food and deepen your yoga practice. 62% of 36 million of American practitioners of all levels have the desire to go on a yoga holiday, reports the 2016 Yoga Journal study.
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Deepen Your Yoga Practice
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Guide for Your First Yoga Retreat
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Infographic
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Travel Yoga
Why You Don't Need a Guru
On January 10, 2017 in
General
by
AshleyJosephine
For many years, the practice of yoga was learned by dedicated students taught by their guru. Students learned yoga from one teacher or lineage and then either taught those same teachings or continued to study and live life. Today, when we read texts about how to learn yoga, you will always find a statement about the importance of finding a teacher. Presented as fact, this statement leads aspiring yoga practitioners to believe they indeed need to find their “guru.” An ideal of the guru is romanticized and categorized in the minds of many as an “if-then” statement — if I find a guru, then I will become enlightened. The problem with this dichotomy is that the student becomes disempowered by the notion that she can never find success on her own. Students are unable to progress in the true practice of yoga when this idea of the guru guiding practice becomes all-encompassing.
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Ashley Josephine
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Guidance
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Intuition
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Practice of Yoga
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What Yoga Teaches Us
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Why You Don't Need a Guru
Zucchini Noodles with Perfect Pesto
On January 10, 2017 in
General
by
AndreaFerretti
I'm going to take you back to an Italian-American family on the east coast (mine) in the 1980s…those were the days when carbs where king and fat was the enemy. What did we eat back in those days? Do you remember the nation’s obsession with Snackwells and pasta? Well, we ate lots and lots of pasta.
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Andrea Ferretti
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Easy Recipe
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Healthy and Happy
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Pesto
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Vegan
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Zucchini Noodles
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