It may surprise you to discover that the 5 minute practice you do every day is considerably more effective than an hour long practice done once a week.
This is especially true if you fall into the all to common trap of putting off your practice until next week…
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Group classes are a great way to start practicing yoga and are excellent for exercise, social contact and establishing a habit of regular practice with the support of a teacher and other students.
Despite these many wonderful benefits, group lessons are limited in terms of individual attention and their ability to address the more…
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Krishnamacharya used to say that pranayama is the most important of the eight limbs of yoga because the last limb – samadhi, the pinnacle of sustained mental focus and goal of classical yoga – can be reached through pranayama itself. Pranayama is integral to yoga practice. Yoga without breath awareness is not yoga at all…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are widely regarded as “The” Authoritative Text discussing the aims and practice of yoga and how to systematically progress on the 8 Step Path of Yoga. Like a gentle guiding hand, the Yoga Sutras warn you of the pitfalls on your spiritual journey and offer the means to overcome them…
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Life changes whether we want it to or not. Sometimes these changes align with our expectations and we welcome them.
At other times we’re caught off-guard when we feel vulnerable and unprepared. After living for so long on autopilot, I finally received the wake-up call I’d been dreading…
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