27
Feb
2021
General
The Five Niyamas
What does yoga represent to you? Why did you take that first step onto the yoga mat? I started practicing yoga because I was looking for a more peaceful life. Now, more than twenty years later, I can confidently say that when I walk off my mat after practice I’m a little bit more peaceful,…
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15
Feb
2021
General
Embrace the Nothingness
Practicing meditation is a practice in doing nothing. That may sound like a riddle, but it’s the truth! And it’s why meditation is so difficult for some of us. My yoga teacher always used to say that meditation was very difficult. Asana yoga is almost easier because as we practice the poses, we are giving…
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28
Jan
2021
General
Take a Moment of Silence
What are you thinking about right now? If you think too hard about it, you’ll realize our minds are always distracted. We are always focused on the business of daily life, which is why so many of us avoid the silence. I’m here to tell you that these moments of silence are important. It is…
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14
Jan
2021
General
Tap Into the Vibration of Love
The two practices of sati, or mindfulness, and metta, love and kindness, are distinctly different, but you cannot practice one without the other. It’s important to understand their differences in order to make the most out of your yoga practice. To start with, you cannot practice metta without sati. Sati is the mindfulness and awareness…
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31
Dec
2020
General
The Initiation of the Heart
Remember when you first started yoga? That beginner’s mindset is what we’re trying to get back to as we progress along the journey. The longer you practice, the more important it is to check back in with yourself and your beginner’s mind. Too often we come to the mat with an agenda – sometimes it’s…
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20
Dec
2020
General
What Does Yoga Mean To a Professional Athlete?
On my latest episode of The Yoga Inspiration Podcast, I’m sharing the inside scoop on what yoga means to a lifelong athlete. Dusty is a professional gymnast and yoga student in Las Vegas who didn’t take his first yoga class until he was in his 60s! Now it’s been five years since he started and…
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14
Dec
2020
General
Mental Health on the Yoga Mat
My latest episode of Yoga Inspiration was a special one. I interviewed two of my favorite fellow yogis, Henry Winslow and Veronica Lombo, and discussed some very important questions. Veronica shares her experiences battling with mental health on the mat. For her, it wasn’t necessarily about attaining physical perfection or mastering the asanas. Veronica wanted…
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29
Nov
2020
General
Yoga and the Two Wolves
I may not be a scientist, but I love yoga, and I’m interested in the elements of yoga that can be studied and verified by rational, scientific means. Yoga has the power to retrain our brains and our bodies, giving you the power to lay the foundations for more evolution of consciousness. To visualize this,…
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12
Nov
2020
General
The Most Important Lessons I Learned On The Yoga Mat
If you’ve been following me for awhile or been a student of mine online or in person, then you know that I love to teach strength poses in yoga. It might surprise you, but when I first started yoga I wasn’t naturally strong. That’s why these strength poses are so important to me and my…
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9
Nov
2020
General
Satya and Universal Truth – Cultivating the Path of Knowledge and Wisdom through Satya
We’re all on a quest for truth. If you practice yoga, then you’ll recognize the term Satya, which means true essence or truthfulness. It is the goal of yoga to cultivate Satya, and I’m discussing this philosophy in order to bring some clarity to the modern concept of Universal Truth. Satya is the ethical concept…
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