Kino MacGregor

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Yogi Assignment: Karma

No matter how many times I get burned I almost always think that people are going to do the right thing. It’s like I have a blind spot for our all too human selfishness. I see the best in people, even when they don’t see the best in themselves. I see their potential, even if…

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#MeToo

When I was a young aspiring yoga teacher, I applied for teaching positions at every single yoga studio, gym, spa and community center that I thought might be interested in having me. My main goal was sharing the Ashtanga Yoga method with students and saving money so I could get back to India to continue…

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Yogi Assignment: Self-Worth

It’s taken me my entire life to start to realize my worth. You may think that I’ve never struggled with self-esteem issues, but I have. In some ways I have always felt not good enough, not connected enough and somewhat like an outsider. While I dared to try and dared to dream there was a…

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Yogi Assignment: All About Love

Did you know that love is a language? We each express love in different ways. Some of us express love by giving gifts. Other feel love through physical affection. Still others love by performing acts of service, affirming words or spending quality time together. These five love languages were first presented by Dr. Gary Chapman…

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Yogi Assignment: Gratitude

Gratitude is the silver lining in every tragedy. It’s one thing to say that when the sun is shining and you stand on top of a mountain of achievement. It’s another when you stand in a pile of debris at the pit of emotional distress. While I’m not down in the darkness now, I know…

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Yogi Assignment: Shraddha

You may find this hard to believe, but I often have a hard time trusting that things are going to be ok. My overactive mind constantly casts various scenarios of how things may work out, not all of them are pleasurable. Perhaps this is the reason that I was drawn to spiritual practice. Over the…

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Yogi Assignment: Receptivity

This week’s Yogi Assignment is Receptivity. Some things in yoga may seem a bit hokey, such as feeling the energy body or tuning in to your heart. While at other times yoga may feel too intense, almost like the practice demands more from you than you have to give. Your job as the student is…

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Ancient Practice, Modern Application

As westerners, the search for meaning and purpose can sometimes be a lifelong endeavour. We tirelessly seek and experiment, attend expensive retreats and visit healers, read book after book and dive into workshops…

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Yogi Assignment: Seek Up

Yoga can be considered a seeker’s quest. To truly practice this spiritual science of the soul you have to yearn for depth. Yogis are not perfect beings. We are all human beings on the path to raise our vibration and seek up. In some ways yoga can be understood as voluntary evolution. Instead of running…