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On September 27, 2015 in General by HannahWest

Like eating a healthy breakfast, doing yoga before you start your day can raise your energy levels and boost your metabolism. It also reduces anxiety by letting you start off each day with a clean slate, free of distractions and in touch with yourself.

Tagged With: Bedroom, Inspiration, Natural Light, yoga, Yoga Space

Yoga Center Expiry

On September 26, 2015 in General by J. Brown

The unforgiving trajectory of real estate markets poses the greatest challenge for independent yoga centers. In order to survive, smaller centers need to locate in popular areas where residents can afford the service they provide. But there seems to be an unmistakable time limit on how long the profitability of a yoga class can keep pace with ever rising rents.

Tagged With: Abhyasa Yoga Center, high rent, real estate, Water, yoga, Yoga center

Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Yoga Retreat for Your Next Vacation

On September 23, 2015 in General by LifeForceProject

Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Yoga Retreat for Your Next Vacation

These days there are so many options when it comes to travel. Sometimes it can even feel overwhelming when trying to make a decision of where to go and what to do. Here are a couple of pointers that can help to shed some light on why yoga retreats are a fun and easy way to have the vacation of a life time.

Tagged With: Growth, Money, Sharing, Time, Vacation, yoga retreat

Practice Diary: Sukha Begins now

On September 20, 2015 in General by AdamHocke

Sukhasana, or easy pose, or cross-legged sitting, is one of the fundamental poses I teach in my beginner’s courses. I usually make some remark about how the title ‘easy pose’ used to piss me off because it’s not necessarily an easy pose. For me as a beginner it was hard, uncomfortable, and eventually painful to sit cross-legged on the ground. But I think, in a way, I’ve been missing the point.

Tagged With: Adam Hocke, Dukha, enlightenment, Joy, Suffering, Sukhasana, yoga, YogaDownload.com

Yoga Life Skills 101: How to Deal With Change

On September 20, 2015 in General by AshleyJosephine

Yoga Life Skills 101: How to Deal With Change

At my recent wedding, my dad mentioned in his toast how the Herzberger family is not particularly skilled at how to deal with change. This is kind of like one of those running jokes in the family where it’s funny, but not really.

Tagged With: Change, yoga, YogaDownload.com

Exposure

On September 10, 2015 in General by Dana Damara

I’m having a really hard time adjusting to this “default-world” that you hear Burners talk about. What a flipping default world it is. That phrase holds so much meaning and makes me laugh out loud now. And as I transition myself from an existence where people hug, connect, love, kiss, share infinite time, help each other, share truths, and fly by their intuition, into this “default reality” of schedules and work and kids and sports and “to-do’s” really has this recovering Type-A annoyed.

Tagged With: Experience, heart, Playa, sunrise, Universe, yoga

Taylor Swift: Yoga Studios are a lot like Apple

On September 9, 2015 in General by efahrenheit

Taylor Swift: Yoga Studios are a lot like Apple

The $30 billion yoga industry might stand to take a lesson from Apple and Taylor Swift and pay their teachers even if they offer a discounted introductory package.

Tagged With: Discounts, Om, Trial Students, yoga, Yoga Teachers

The Power of Community

On September 8, 2015 in General by Justin Kaliszewski

Community is a loaded word where I come from in Denver, CO. Community is thriving, but real connection is getting more difficult to create as of late…

Tagged With: Community, Denver, dispensary, Passion, yoga

Yoga for Golfers: 3 Poses You Should Practice