Pranayama Practices for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

You may not realize that you have a safe, effective, and inexpensive remedy at hand for these conditions. What is this magical elixir? Your own breath. http://www.yogajournal.com/article/practice-section/inhale-exhale-relax-and-energize/ – Richard Rosen Sooner…

4 Ways to Make Meditation Easier

Practising meditation sounds like it should be so simple. But there’s a reason they call it ‘practice’. Here’s a little guidance on how to make your meditation practice easier on…

Bring More Mindfulness Onto the Mat

Yoga class is a great laboratory for becoming more mindful, because it’s rife with conditions that are beyond your control. Integrating mindfulness can make you feel more able to deal…

Flexibility

Yoga is one of the best ways to build strength safely and efficiently by using your own body weight. This fascinating piece by Yoga Teacher Michael Taylor offers some useful…

Yoga Nidra: An introduction

Traditional Understanding of Yoga Nidra Yoga Nidra (Sanskrit for Yogic Sleep) is a powerful technique from the Tantra Yoga tradition. It is both a name of a state and of…

Meditation 101

Techniques, Benefits & Beginner’s How-to Why and how to meditate Meditation is an approach to training the mind, similar to the way that fitness is an approach to training the…

Yoga and Weight Loss

The debate over whether yoga is an effective tool for weight loss has been discussed for years. Find out how yoga can be effective for lasting weight loss. Source Article –…

Mindfulness And The Power Of Appreciation

  To experience and feel appreciation, to show appreciation, to appreciate, requires the simple prerequisite of Mindfulness. And further, Appreciation is Power. Why don’t we experience the Powerfulness of Appreciation…

Just Blame Chaturanga

David Keil talks chaturanga for a bit, the posture that is most often blamed for creating shoulder pain. http://www.yoganatomy.com/just-blame-chaturanga-by-david-keil-2010/ – David Keil I hear it in so many workshops. Chaturanga…

Awaken Your Pranayama Practice

Pranayama is the yogic science of controlling the life energy, primarily through the skillful manipulation of breath. https://yogainternational.com/article/view/awaken-your-pranayama-practice – by Rolf Sovik I contemplate that infinite consciousness which is the indwelling…

Namaste

What does Namaste mean? When and how do we use it?   http://www.yogajournal.com/article/beginners/the-meaning-of-quot-namaste-quot/ – by Rita Geno Question: So, what does Namaste mean anyway?  My yoga teacher concludes every practice by…

Mindfulness and Anxiety

Once I stopped battling anxiety, it lost its power over me https://www.everyday-mindfulness.org/once-i-stopped-battling-anxiety-it-lost-its-power-over-me/ – By Amy Straker A little bit about me, Amy Straker: Hi, I’m Amy and I have battled against…

Where should I feel this?

A common question asked by yoga students is ‘where should I feel this’. This is often harder to answer than it might seem. http://loveyogaanatomy.com/where-should-i-feel-this/- by Melanie Cooper Firstly bodies are…