Tag: Yoga Magazine
1st Annual Prana Fest | Ashland, OR | September 28 – 30, 2012
This September the 1st annual Pranafest will bring some of the biggest names in yoga and kirtan to the tiny mountain town of Ashland, Oregon for a full-on celebration of devotion to the divine. The 3-day hot springs camping festival will feature classes, concerts and ceremonies by an all-star lineup of yoga teachers and kirtan [...]
Bhakti Fest 2012 | The Festival of Yoga, Kirtan and Wisdom Returns to Joshua Tree September 6 – 9, 2012
It’s just around the corner, one of our favorite gatherings of yoga, kirtan and celebration! Bhakti Fest is powerful gathering in the heart of Joshua Tree, bringing together yogis, musicians and teachers alike. You’ll experience four epic days of chanting, yoga and workshops to elevate you to a higher vibration. This is a “do not [...]
Leslie Kaminoff | Anatomy: The Alchemy of Habits | Turning Muscle Into Connective Tissue
Leslie Kaminoff, author of the #1 best-selling yoga book “Yoga Anatomy,” has been bringing the study of anatomy to life for over 25 years. Kaminoff’s acclaimed Yoga Anatomy Course, previously available only at his studio, The Breathing Project in NYC, has helped teachers and practitioners from yoga, dance, pilates, and somatic therapy backgrounds improve their [...]
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. [...]
Yoga Journal Conference Rocked San Diego 2012 | By Megan Seibel
San Diego is a city that is known and loved for its fresh seafood, abundant shopping, hip nightlife, amazing beaches and fun attractions. In my opinion it is time to add yet another attribute to the list: great yoga. I moved here two years ago from San Francisco and missed my yoga community terribly. Slowly [...]
The Yoga Slackers | Leap of Faith | The Prana Collection
Combining yoga and slack lining is no easy task. However, for the Yoga Slackers, it’s a passion, and the combination has quickly become an excitingly new and dynamic form of yoga that many people are embracing. Prana, an incredible company that was “born from experience” is a sponsor of the yoga slackers. In this video, [...]
The Practice of Wandering | Wanderlust Colorado 2012 | By Cristen Malia
Wan-der-lust: noun. a strong desire or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world. Travel and explore the world; fabulous. Wander the world; not so much. I’m not skilled at wandering. Wandering insinuates that one can go with the flow and see where it takes you, present in the moment. Wandering is hard for [...]
Tantra Yoga Retreat | Living a Life Of Ease and Flow | Hareesh Wallis, Mark Morford and Scott Blossom | August 18 – 22, 2012
Five Days to engage deeper into the essence of your own life! Dive into the yogic lifestyle and the profound teachings of Nondual Shaiva Tantra to discover how rigorous inquiry and surrender lead to ease and flow in your life. Experience deep teachings, regular asana, meditation, mantra, philosophy, amazing meals, and beyond, all in a [...]
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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 [...]
High Sierra Music Festival | Music, Artists, Yoga | Quincy, CA | July 5 – 8, 2012
The 22nd Annual High Sierra Music Festival offers something for everyone. Located in Quincy, CA in the heart of the Sierra’s this festival combines music, art, yoga and so much more. Tickets are still available and what better way to celebrate the holiday. Not only do you get to enjoy some of the best music [...]
Planting Seeds | A Yoga and Embodiment Retreat | Elise Lorimer and Tulasi Adeva Perrin | Kauai, HI | Oct. 8 – 14, 2012
Spend seven days and six nights, on the luscious North Shore of Kauai, being nourished and inspired with Elise and Tulasi. The retreat includes twice daily yoga and somatic workshops, three delicious group meals catered by an amazing local chef, daily island breakfasts, island hikes, time for group-connection and self reflection, local culture, and a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Interview with Street Yoga’s Mark Lilly | streetyoga.org
Mark Lilly founded Street Yoga in 2002 by organizing a handful of yoga teachers to teach yoga at a day shelter and a school serving homeless youth. Lilly says his life was deeply bettered by yoga. He started Street Yoga partly because of a song by Neil Young. And there’s a line from that that [...]
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 [...]
Tad-awesome-na Festival Highlights | BigHappyDay.com, WhereIsMyGuru.com and Carl Kerridge Photography
The Inaugural Tadasana Festival went off beautifully this past weekend. It was magical and beyond all expectations. The festival was in a perfect setting, right on the beach in beautiful Santa Monica, CA. The event organizers, staff and volunteers made the experience unparalleled to most yoga events. There was such an incredible energy throughout the [...]
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 [...]
Guided Meditation for Releasing Negativity
Do you wanted an easy way to incorporate meditating into your life? A happiness advocacy website that Flow Yoga Magazine is excited to be working with, MyHappyPath.com, offers simple-to-use guided meditations that make it easy to incorporate this life-altering practice. The site offers a collection of meditations under the title Rainbow Meditation Series, with the [...]
Loire Valley Wellness Retreat | Dr. Jay Kumar and Amanda Dates RYT | May 27 – June 2, 2012
Experience a blissful week in the French countryside of Living Your Light® and Going Back to the Source™ with Dr. Jay Kumar and Amanda Dates, E-RYT. Set in a private 19th century hamlet restored to the standard of rustic chic, you are invited to: live in authentic beauty and peaceful solitude return to the source [...]
Yoga Journal Conference New York | Highlights from BigHappyDay.com
Kasey Luber of BigHappyDay.com is in New York covering the Yoga Journal conference, check out the highlights of this incredible event as only Kasey and BigHappyDay.com can deliver. You can view an amazing assortment of videos from BigHappyDay.com. Kasey Luber travels the world to keep you up-to-date with your favorite yoga teachers, organizations and events. [...]
Janet Stone | Gratitude: What Is It Good For? | BigHappyDay.com
BigHappyDay.com has released another video with Janet Stone, one of San Francisco’s most beloved yoga teachers. In this video Janet discusses the daily practice of Gratitude. You can view an amazing assortment of videos from BigHappyDay.com. Kasey Luber travels the world to keep you up-to-date with your favorite yoga teachers, organizations and events. If you’re [...]
Hanuman Chalisa Tutorial | English Translation
The Hanuman Chalisa english translation animated, taken from the book THE HANUMAN CHALISA by B. G. Sharma (an amazing and gifted illustrator). Music graciously provided by Krishna Das. The Hanuman Chalisa is a 40 verse prayer written by Shree Goswami Tulsidas in the sixteenth century to honor Hanuman for his total devotion to Lord Rama. [...]
Interview with Amy Ippoliti | Teaching, Leading By Example and the Future
We had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Amy Ippoliti and discuss where she’s been, where she’s at and where she’s going. Amy is an incredibly bright light in the yoga world and beyond. Her enthusiasm for Yoga and sharing her knowledge through teaching, continues to grow and manifest is so many incredible ways. [...]
The Quality of Yoga Teachers Matters | Anurag Lohia | DivineWellness.com
Ira Israel made some good points in his recent Huffington Post article The Future of Yoga in America, where he outlined yoga’s meteoric rise from its Indian roots to the Western world’s current dogmatic fixation with this ancient science. Mr. Israel has a dour view of yoga’s future in America. I’m not sure I agree [...]
Rod Stryker | The Four Desires | via Big HappyDay.com
Rod Stryker sits down with Kasey Luber of BigHappyDay.com to discuss “The Four Desires.” This is a great interview about Rod Stryker’s philosophies from his book under the same title. You can view an amazing assortment of videos from BigHappyDay.com. Kasey Luber travels the world to keep you up-to-date with your favorite yoga teachers, organizations [...]
Join YogaVentures.org in Haiti | A Yoga Retreat With A Purpose | March 23 – 31, 2012
Do you ever look at all the fancy yoga retreats and wonder what the real purpose behind the retreat is? Is it the way of a yogi to travel to exotic places and bask in luxury while humanity as a whole suffers? What if you took a yoga retreat and turned it into an act [...]
Wah! | New Album Loops and Grooves Available Now
Wah! returns with more dance music and sacred mantra – combining her soothing vocals with live beatboxing, loops, club beats, and vocal percussion, featuring Mike Haziza on beatbox. Use it for yoga practice, dance, energetic movement, or healing… Find your groove! Listen to the new CD Here The Story Behind LOOPS N GROOVES Mike Haziza [...]
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