In my experience as a yoga practitioner, teacher and advocate, I have noticed that, like many things, yoga can be largely misunderstood. It is no doubt that yoga has hit the mainstream, pervading popular culture in practice, commercials, TV shows, movies and conversation. I am all […]
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To follow-up on my last post about the benefits of mindful living, I wanted to offer you some simple awareness practices to bring mindfulness into your day: 1. Write Upon waking, rather than lying in bed and letting anxious thoughts about the day ahead fester, get […]
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Mindfulness can be described as a state of present-moment awareness in which we exist as the conscious observer of our thoughts and sensory experiences. Mindfulness is paramount to any Yoga practice and is a valuable skill to carry into life off the mat. So, why bring mindfulness […]
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According to their 2010 Stress in America Study, the American Psychological Association reported that 42% of American adults expressed an increase in stress over the previous year, with a total of 75 % of adults experiencing moderate to high stress levels. Even kids are reporting feeling […]
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After spending only one month studying Yoga in India, the birthplace of this ancient tradition, I came to understand it very differently than my western conditioned mind originally had. I came to see yoga not as a practice, but as a lifestyle, and upon becoming re-immersed […]
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