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Embracing and Sharing Cultures

Recently, a local yoga studio that I follow on Instagram announced that they were changing their name. In an effort to no longer culturally appropriate, the word “Yoga” was being changed to “Expansion.” While I applaud their effort to be aware of and give credit to where we share traditions from, I’m not so sure …

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Online Yoga Teacher Training: Is it for you?

The choice to embark on yoga teacher training is an exciting and deeply personal one. It is also a massive commitment mentally, physically, and energetically. If this was something you were looking to do previously, you might choose to study with your local studio you frequent. However, in these virtual times, the option to take …

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Get to Know the Eight Limbs of Yoga: 1st Limb | Yamas

As we begin our exploration of Patañjali’s 8-limbed path, it is important to take a moment to honor who Patañjali was and consider why his work of the Yoga Sutras is a foundational study of Yoga. The sage Patañjali is thought to have lived somewhere between 500-200 B.C. Most of what we know about him …

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Five Reasons Why Yoga is So Popular

According to statistics, 300 million people practice yoga around the world! A recent survey found an impressive 44% of yogis in the US practice yoga at least 2-3 times per week. With such compelling numbers, it is clear that yoga is popular. But why is yoga so popular? From a wide range of mental and …

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Seven Steps on Becoming a Yoga Teacher

So you want to be a yoga teacher. You found this practice, and it has changed your life. Right? You want to share all of its gifts with the rest of the world so others can experience the healing benefits that come with yogic life. From asana, pranayama, and meditation to yogas traditions, philosophies, and …

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Facing Loss and Uncertainty

If I have ever in my life needed the strength, fortitude, compassion, and perspective that yoga brings to me, it has been in during these last two years of my experience. I have had to (like so many others) face my grief and despair about so many things: intense polarization of our society and politics, …

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Building The Fence

In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Satchidananda asks us this: If you were going to plant a sapling in the middle of a cow pasture, how would you protect it from getting eaten or trampled by the cows?  My guess is that if it were something you cared about, you would build some …

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3 Ways to Practice Ahimsa

Make This A Daily Practice to Enhance Your Life Chances are you’ve been in a class where the teacher is talking about Ahimsa. I don’t remember the first time I heard the term, but it’s been an increasingly relevant part of my yoga practice and for good reasons. So, what exactly is Ahimsa?  How will …

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