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How I Discovered That I’m Basically a Yoga Nidra Master | Joslyn Hamilton

Joslyn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:30:42 +0000

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 [...]

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Creating Community, Trust and Happiness | Zip Zap Circus USA is Making a Global Difference

Shanie — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:57:38 +0000

Playtime. All children deserve it. Yet many in the world do not have the simple pleasure of being in a setting that allows them to play, engage with peers, and trust that they are safe to express themselves…especially those children that live in war torn regions. There is one organization that is offering a fun [...]

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Wanderlust Yoga Studio? | Wanderlust LIVE opens April 13, 2012 | Austin, TX

Mike — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:32:29 +0000

Wanderlust Festival, the one-of-a-kind yoga and music festival set within the nation’s most inspiring natural scenery, announced today it will open a permanent residence in Austin, Texas with the unveiling of Wanderlust LIVE. Created in partnership with Austin locals Ashley Spence Clauer and Joanna Kutchey and inspired by the popular Wanderlust Festivals, Wanderlust LIVE will [...]

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The Quality of Yoga Teachers Matters | Anurag Lohia | DivineWellness.com

Anurag — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:59:47 +0000

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 [...]

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The Gift of Free Yoga | by Liesl Marelli

Flow — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:32:07 +0000

What is it about yoga that attracts so many people to practice this 5,000 year old tradition? Is it the philosophy? Is it because it grants us an hour-long break from our hectic lives where we can focus on ourselves and listen to our bodies? Practicing yoga is often a very personal choice as is [...]

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San Francisco Yoga Teacher Mark Morford says “Please Join My Tantric Yoga Sex Cult | via SF Gate

Flow — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:42:22 +0000

Mark Morford has been teaching yoga in San Francisco for over 12 years. He is a brilliant writer and devoted yoga practitioner. You can find Mark Morford teaching at Yoga Tree Castro in San Francisco. Visit his website at markmorford.com. And be sure to purchase his book Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism. This piece [...]

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Ordinary? | Yogini On The Loose | Autumn Feldmeier

Mike — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:47:01 +0000

One of my oldest memories as a child was when I took baths with my Grandmother. She had one of those big, cast-iron tubs with metal feet-the kind of tub that feels like a swimming pool to a 3 year old. She’s let me swim around until I got all wrinkly and would heat up [...]

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The Art of Transfiguration | Lisa M. Ash

Flow — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:39:49 +0000

“Spirituality is the art of transfiguration. We should not force ourselves to change by hammering our lives into any predetermined shape…. It is far more creative to work with the idea of mindfulness rather than with the idea of will.” –J. O’Donahue Peering up from the highway to the ridge of a jagged, red-rock horizon, [...]

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Celebrating Love of Self | Dr. Jay Kumar | LivingYourLight.com

Mike — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:15:27 +0000

There is a beautiful metaphor from the Eastern spiritual traditions that relates just as one can never truly describe the sweet flavor of an orange without tasting it…the same is true with love. One cannot begin to describe in words the joy and sweetness of love without tasting its fruit. Your first step to savoring [...]

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Longing | By Wah!

Flow — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:23 +0000

You’re missing something. You feel incomplete. You wish for something you don’t have. Is it heartache? Desire? Madness? In yogic philosophy, it’s called longing. If you long for something, it means you have already experienced something amazing. You can’t miss something you never had. How would you even know it was missing if you didn’t [...]

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Join YogaVentures.org in Haiti | A Yoga Retreat With A Purpose | March 23 – 31, 2012

Flow — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:43:56 +0000

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 [...]

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To The Fat Girl I Saw at Hot Yoga in NYC | Joshilyn Jackson | Faster Than Kudzu

Flow — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:12 +0000

From the Editor, Sometimes a blog just jumps out at you and rips your heart wide open. This one did just that. A powerful read about acceptance, perseverance and openness. We hope that you enjoy this as much as we did. Grab some kleenex. Please note all text and images are property of JoshilynJackson.com Dear [...]

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Leslie Kaminoff | Video Addressing NY Times Article | How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body

Mike — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:05:02 +0000

We’ve all heard about it, over and over, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body, the NY Times article that got everyone worked up about the dangers of yoga. If you haven’t read it, click here. This video is really good, and presented by Leslie Kaminoff, co-author of Yoga Anatomy, and founder of breathingproject.org

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Yoga and The Gift of Connection | Lisa M. Ash

Flow — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:08:34 +0000

The very tangible gift serving as a yoga instructor has given me is the gift of connection. Inherent in this gift is an invitation to be unwrapped with loving hands: gently, slowly. Inside the box is the beginning of a conversation that leads to the potential for deep connection with another person. Passing this gift [...]

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Merry F#@%ing Christmas | A Raw Deal | RawRach.blogspot.com

Mike — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:28:32 +0000

I squeezed in a Bikram class just now, and as per usual lately, the 90-minute moving meditation turned into more of 90-minute planning session-slash-article-brainstorm. I guess a little auto-pilot’s to be expected when you’ve done the same 26 postures every day for 8 years. Oy. (No wonder freestyle vinyasa keeps me more in the moment. [...]

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