Moderation: the not-so popular Yoga concept
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This is a general observation of mine, but after researching, reading about, blogging and just being in the yoga world (in studios, discussing with teachers, etc), I hear a lot of talk about compassion, truth, practice, discipline, and more…but I almost never hear about brahmacharya (general translation: celibacy). Ok, before you’re turned off by this,... Read More
Goals for 2016 and beyond
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Truth to be told, I’m not a big fan of New Year resolutions. Resolutions have always felt vacuous to me. But, this year, I have succumbed to the trend and have decided to set resolutions goals for myself. The reason being is that I had a crappy, awful, soul-crushing, heartbreaking and overall shit-tastic 2014. Thus... Read More
Staying true to yourself and blogging
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I have been writing here for about 2 years now. I initially decided to start this blog with the same intention as a lot of other bloggers: impart knowledge into the world on a certain genre. For me, that was yoga of course. I wanted to spread the LOVE, PEACE, HARMONY and what not. I didn’t (still... Read More
Ways to practice yoga off the mat
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For most of us, yoga is practiced in a class. We disconnect for an hour or so, breathe, do the asanas, enjoy Savasana, roll up our mats and then immediately jump back into our busy lives a.k.a pull out your phone and check for messages the second you leave class. But, I have many students... Read More
