4
Apr
2022
General
Don’t Miss Another Moment On Your Spiritual Journey
Time is precious. And it’s fleeting. Sometimes it goes by so fast it feels like things are over the instant they start. So what are you going to do with this limited resource? How will you spend the time you have left? There are no wrong or right answers, but I invite you to reflect…
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21
Mar
2022
General
What Type of Flame Are You Trying To Cultivate?
The ability to discern between what is true and not true is the ultimate goal of the Ashtanga yoga practice. Continual practice of the full eight limbs of Ashtanga will create a permanent state of “discernable discernment” — but that is so much easier said than done. As we well know, walking the path of…
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3
Mar
2022
General
Use Ahimsa to Understand the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
One moral and ethical principle unites all yogis on their path — ahimsa. Ahimsa is the practice of non-violence, a hopeful note of inspiration amid the conflict on the European continent. We are all experiencing the Russian invasion of Ukraine in real-time. Many of us live in Europe and have friends and family who live…
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21
Feb
2022
General
Challenging Reality on the Yoga Mat
Yoga practice is wonderful. It’s wonderful for the body, it’s wonderful for the soul, but yoga is a challenge. No one ever said it would be easy to retrain the mind and the body. But that is exactly what this practice does — yoga retrains our minds to create more authentic experiences of reality. Before…
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14
Feb
2022
General
Yoga and The Caste Hierarchy
Many different spiritual and religious traditions existed in India for centuries. What we know today as Hinduism was known as Brahmanism in the first millennium B.C. This community organized its people into an occupational-based categorization system, or caste, with the intent of creating an ideal social structure. The larger philosophy is further complicated by colonialism…
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7
Feb
2022
General
Meditation: The Architecture of Your Yoga Practice
Sometimes, we have to take it upon ourselves to seek out the instruction we need on this spiritual journey. When it comes to practicing meditation, I was never taught an official technique. The most technical instruction I received was “go ahead!” And, yes, we should all go ahead and practice sitting and meditating. However, it’s…
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31
Jan
2022
General
Perseverance and Accessibility
The pandemic has changed a lot of things about the way we work, how we share time with friends, and even how we practice yoga. At first, the yoga community was very much against video classes. But it came to the point of necessity during global lockdowns for yoga teachers and studios to move online. …
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24
Jan
2022
General
Let Giving Thanks Manifest Positivity
Giving thanks on your spiritual journey is important. It’s important to recognize your yoga teachers (and their teachers before them) for helping you uncover these gifts, and it’s important to be gracious to the path itself for offering these gifts to us. Whenever you find a quiet moment, give thanks. Give thanks for all the…
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14
Jan
2022
General
An Introduction to Intersections in Ashtanga Yoga
What does it mean to unlearn? It’s important to understand what these words mean and how the language we’re using changes and evolves with the needs of our society. It isn’t easy to rewire our brains to think differently about ourselves and our history, but it’s a process many yoga practitioners are familiar with. Sitting…
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10
Jan
2022
General
What IS Yoga?
Yoga is a mirror that all of us need in order to take a good, long look at ourselves — not just as individuals but as a society and a community. Unfortunately, the yoga practice is intimidating. It can seem impossible when you see yogis bending backward with ease, but the practice is more than…
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