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Hanuman Festival | June 13-16, 2013 | Boulder, CO
As yoga festival season rapidly approaches, we are pleased to support our friends at the Hanuman Festival. This event is special. It is centered around Hanuman, the deity that represents devotion. And this festival is all about devotion. The 3rd Annual Hanuman Festival will take place June 13-16, 2013 in beautiful downtown Boulder, CO. Featuring [...]
Top Chair Yoga Poses for Strength with Sadie Nardini
Top Chair Yoga Poses for Strength (via Milford Beacon) Heres some good news: Building strength doesnt require a trip to the gymor even a trip down to the floor. Instead, get strong and flexible with these five easy-to-learn yoga poses that can be done with just a chair. But dont be fooled by their simplicity: [...]
My Yoga Online To Offer 1000 Free Yoga Classes on Mother’s Day May 12, 2013
My Yoga Online unites body, mind and web this May by unlocking 1,000 free online classes to the global yoga community (via PR Newswire) Top online studio unlocks its website initiating a world-wide, collective “OM” VANCOUVER, April 15, 2013 /CNW/ – My Yoga Online, the world’s largest online yoga video company, is unlocking its entire [...]
Bring a Yogic Attitude to your Work and Find Satisfaction in your Job
Bring a Yogic Attitude to your Work and Find Satisfaction in your Job (via Sydney Corporate Yoga) In her 30s, my neighbor Gretchen staked her life on the mantra, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” She left a corporate job to try making her living as a writer, something that felt more [...]
Handstand From Utkatasana | Kino MacGregor | Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga: Handstand From Chair Pose or Utkatasana (via NewsLook) Video News by NewsLook Ashtanga Yoga Instructor Kino MacGregor shows you how to work on lifting up into a floating arm balance from Utkatasana and discusses the correct flow of this posture in the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series.
Feeding Children A Vegan Diet Is Growing In Popularity
Feeding children a vegan diet is growing in popularity (via The Daily News) BALTIMORE — Eleven-year-old Tyler Parker-Rollins says being vegan isn’t always easy. But he says it’s also “fun” and that he plans to be one “forever.” His 9-year-old brother, Will, loved it when his friends tried vegan pizza at his birthday party and “they [...]
Alo Clothing | The Core Pant | Get It Today!
The Alo Core Pant is a high-performance women’s pant designed to provide superior fit, comfort and flexibility during your workout. Transitions easily from the yoga studio to the street and features contrast detailing at waistband and inside gusset for ease of movement. Designed for yoga, pilates and working out. Fabrication: Ultimate Performance Nylon Spandex. 87% [...]
Wanderlust Yoga Festivals 2013
Our friend’s at Wanderlust have assembled another summer line-up of the best yoga festival gatherings in the world. There will be four primary festivals this year throughout the US and Canada. What makes Wanderlust so special? You have to come see and experience it for yourself. Wanderlust Festivals bring together the yoga community with incredible [...]
Lightning In A Bottle 2013 | July 11-15, 2013 | Lake Skinner, Temecula, CA
Lightning in a Bottle is a celebration of Art, Sustainability, Music, Performance, and Life Itself. LIB strives to be a greater expression each year. We take pride in curating local up and coming music talent and international world renowned artists. We paved the way for live painting at our events with Lightning in a Paintcan, [...]
Yoga: What I Learned From Hanumanasana Girl | Candice Garrett
When the girl next to me rolled out her mat and immediately began warming up with hanumanasana (the splits) I admit, I rolled my eyes and thought “Great, it’s going to be that kind of yoga class.” You know the kind, where the studio has mirrors on the wall and all the skinniest and best [...]
The Light of the Guru | Soham Bose
Once a shepherd found a lion cub in the jungle. He brought it home. The cub grew up among the sheep. He started eating grass and bleating like a sheep. One day the sheep were grazing on the meadows near the jungle. It so happened that a lion saw the flock and noticed the cub [...]
The Dark Spaces of Time | By Lisa Eastman
In the work of letting go, it is important to take responsibility for what we create. Responsibility meaning the ability to respond, not take the blame. Be kind to yourself through the journey because most of us already took the blame long ago, and spurred a story that sabotaged you along the way. When the [...]
Yoga Undressed | Ulitimate Freedom, Radiance, and Bliss
For Jennifer Kries, the concept of Yoga Undressed, evolved from somewhat of an autobiographical journey. It resulted as an inquiry into the process, which lead toward self-development and self-expansion. Years ago she took a naked yoga class in San Francisco. “Basically I treated my body as an instrument, as a vehicle for power, and accomplishment. [...]
Facebook Giveaway | The Power of Gemstones and Crystals | Energy Muse Jewelry | Torrance, CA
Gemstones and crystals have been used to balance the body for thousands of years. Crystal energy was used by tribes who had virtually no way of contacting each other such as the Mayans and Egyptians, confirming their powers were active and effective. Nowadays, crystals are perfect for balancing energy blockages that come from the stresses [...]
DVD Giveaway and Review | Ira Israel’s Mindfulness for Urban Depression | By Rachel Meyer
To celebrate the release of Mindfulness for Urban Depression by Ira Israel, we’re giving away 7 copies (that’s right, a copy a day) to our readers. You can sign-up to win a free copy HERE on our Facebook page. You can also click HERE to purchase the DVD on Amazon.com I sat down to review [...]
Yoga and Art | Jessica Albee | Artist and Yogini | Mystic-Truths-Art.com
What is art but reflections on our lives and how we perceive the world? “Yoga Tree” is an ongoing body of work that serves to express reconnection to the universe through the aliment found in yoga practice. In pose, we realign the body, mind and spirit with all that is divine. We ground ourselves to [...]
Yoga For Lifers | By Dearbhla Kelly | durgayoga.com
Last December I visited a state prison in Northern California (Deuel Vocational Institute) and not only had the opportunity to teach yoga to inmates, but also to talk with them afterwards about their yoga practices. It was an incredibly profound and humbling experience, they were articulate, eloquent and astute. In terms of their depth of [...]
Happiness Is A Choice | Ira Israel
“It is not true that money can’t buy happiness. It can, that’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s someone else’s happiness.” Nick Hornby Spoiler alert: the last line, the summation of my new experiential documentary “Mindfulness for Urban Depression” is an ebullient “Happiness is a choice!” For those who have seen the [...]
Yoga At Work | 5 Poses to Help You Through The Work Day | By Tom Demers
Yoga is a great range of flexibility exercises that is very spiritual, it releases tension and it reduces joint and muscle pain. However, great as it is, yoga is very hard to do at work. Due to this, many people just don’t do it at all. Despite that, there are a few simple moves you [...]
Workshops | Mindfulness For Authentic Relationships | Ira Israel | BeRealGoDeepLoveHard.com
God has given you one face and you make yourselves another. You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God’s creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance. “Hamlet,” Act III, Scene 1 As sentient beings we yearn to be loved unconditionally and we were raised in a highly competitive society that taught us tools [...]
Sianna Sherman and Shakti Sunfire’s Pranam Video Available Now!
Join Sianna Sherman and Shakti Sunfire on a journey through the cardinal directions and the four main elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. This 2-disc set features a 75 minute inspirational yoga flow with Sianna and a 75 minute beginner Radiant Hoopdance lesson with Shakti. Each instructional practice is thematically crafted to facilitate an [...]
Stress Management Through Yoga | A Daily Home Practice | By Soham Bose
Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary defines stress as “any factor that threatens the health of the body or has an adverse effect on its functioning; such as injury, disease, or worry. The existence of one form of stress tends to diminish resistance to other forms. Constant stress brings about changes in the balance of hormones in [...]
1st Annual Bhakti Fest Midwest | June 29 – July 1, 2012 | Madison, WI
The 1st Annual Bhakti Fest Midwest is taking place June 29-July 1, 2012 in beautiful Madison, WI. The energy and vibe at Bhakti Fest is amazing. Combining yoga and Kirtan with some of yoga’s most beloved teachers and musicians creates an atmosphere parallel to none. You do not want to miss this event. This year’s [...]
Win MC YOGI’s New Album PILGRIMAGE | Sign-up Today
This week’s giveaway is provided by MC Yogi! We’re giving away 3 copies of the highly anticipated new album PILGRIMAGE. The album is available June 19th, 2012 at White Swan Records on the Mindful label. Sign up today for your chance to win. SIGN UP HERE! You can read our review of PILGRIMAGE Here! And [...]
Purchase Samaya | Help Musical Pioneer Cheb i Sabbah Beat Cancer
Musical pioneer Cheb i Sabbah was last year diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. He was advised that the cancer was spreading to his liver and left lung and that time were not on his side. Like many Americans, Chebiji – as he is affectionately known does not have health insurance. Due to his weak [...]
YogaAid 2012 | YogaAid’s Biggest Year Yet! | Get Involved Today!
If you have been following the Yoga Aid journey then you probably know that just last year, yogis around the world raised Yoga Aid’s millionth dollar for charity! We have remained inspired by these globally conscious yogis ever since. But in 2012 we’re up to something even bigger. To celebrate Yoga Aid’s sixth year, we [...]
Q and A With Janet Stone | DVD Review
Flow: Explain the differences of each video and your connections and inspirations to each. Janet: Radiant Mom: As a mother of two daughters and a practitioner of yoga I noticed that there was a lot of support before baby comes and then right after but once mamahood sets in there was not a community or [...]
Yoga For The Heart Chakra | Anahata Chakra
The challenge of the heart chakra is to remain open and balanced in a world which can be emotionally painful and perilous. This center is the seat of unconditional love, forgiveness, and utter devotion. From the first of our lives, however, we are met with disappointment, greed, the conditional love of others, and, of course, [...]
Interview with Ira Israel | Yoga For Depression and Anxiety Video
Ira Israel is a Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Yoga Therapist, and Registered Yoga Teacher 500. He has Master of Arts degrees in Psychology, Buddhism and Hinduism, and Philosophy. He sees clients and teaches yoga in Santa Monica, California. “Yoga for Depression and Anxiety” includes a discussion of how our minds function and [...]
The 7-Step Strategy for Managing Stress or Overload
I am not going to ask if you have ever been stressed before because I know the answer is a big yes. You are pretty much guaranteed of stress in your life when you start playing the game. The ‘game of life’ I mean. I was feeling it over the last month and that is [...]
DJ Drez | Jahta Beat: The Lotus Memoirs | Available Here, There, Everywhere!
The much anticipated release of DJ Drez’s Jahta Beat: The Lotus Memoirs premiered on the White Swan Records label on April 17, 2012. This latest release is an amazing blend that only DJ Drez can deliver. You can purchase this new release at the iTunes link below or at whiteswanrecords.com. Be sure to leave a [...]
How I Discovered That I’m Basically a Yoga Nidra Master | Joslyn Hamilton
I was doing some research for one of my clients the other day when I came across the term Yoga Nidra. I’ve been doing yoga for a long time and used to teach as well. I’m also a copywriter with a specific focus on wellness clients and the co-founder of Recovering Yogi, so I’ve written [...]
The Healing Concert Interview with Wah! | Come Heal with Wah! this Summer
“Everything you need is contained in this music, close your eyes and receive.”-Sri Chinmoy Flow: How did the Healing Concert Manifest? Wah!: Most people know Wah! as the rocking band at the festivals, bringing up the energy, super high charged, and danceable music. However, I also teach yoga, I do yoga and I play music [...]
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