Living in the United States right now, with the most hateful president we’ve ever had (to my knowledge), is hard when you have an open heart. My yoga practice has opened me up in ways I never imagined when I started practicing in my early 20s. I never realized how shut down and closed off
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Non-judgment in Yogic philosophy is made up of several smaller concepts: Ahimsa/Non-harming, Svadhyaya/Self-inquiry, and Aparigraha/Non-Attachment. These principles together create Non-judgment which helps us feel our feelings rather than numbing them. Let’s back up. Recently life has felt very heavy. Between all that’s happening in the world and immediately in my life, I have found myself
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The answer is simple, even if the process isn’t If you are a perfectionist, or have perfectionist tendencies, chances are you’ve spent much of your life hating yourself. At the very least, feeling like a constant failure. Perfectionism is the expectation that you have for yourself that you need to be perfect in order to
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But it doesn’t have to Currently in the United States, uncertainty abounds. There are so many things that are out of our control and that can only cause one thing: anxiety. Anxiety happens when you focus on things over which you have no control. Unfortunately, you can’t control much. So what can you do? Focus
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There are certain feelings that are easier to tolerate than others. Feelings like joy, love, happiness, and contentment feel good and you want them to last forever. Feelings like anger, frustration, resentment, fear, and anxiety suck and you want them to go away as quickly as possible. Fortunately or unfortunately, all feelings are temporary and
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If you have osteoporosis, this information will free up your yoga practice. Welcome to Ask a Yoga Teacher, my monthly post about a particular pose that you are struggling with. This month, since I didn’t get any specific requests, I decided to talk about forward bending poses as a category. If you have a question about
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I feel a gnawing inside so I go to the cabinet. I find popcorn or chips and start eating, mindlessly putting my hand into the bag and shoving fistfuls into my mouth. I feel so hungry, yet even as I swallow down the whole bag, my hunger doesn’t recede. I still feel the emptiness, like
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You may know about the benefits of stretching, but do you know the right time to stretch? It’s NOT before your walk, it’s after. You never want to stretch your body when your muscles are cold. It doesn’t matter if it’s 90 degrees outside, if you haven’t moved your body yet, your muscles aren’t ready to move
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Of course I am a little biased… I started practicing yoga when I was 23. Little did I know that 30 years later, it would still be my favorite way to move. As I age, I have been so grateful for my yoga practice, keeping me strong, mobile, and giving me incredible balance. I have
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Why do you move your body? This might be an unpopular belief, but I believe that health is far more important than weight loss. While being overweight sometimes comes with health problems, they are not a 1:1 correlation. There are many people with larger bodies who are healthy, as well as many people with smaller
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