YOGA

i did hot yoga for one week and this is what i learned
practice hot bigram yoga challenge experienceHot yoga has always intimidated me. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to handle the high heat and humidity,...

an interview with andrea lutz
ashtanga yoga – letting the breath carry you through the practiceIn the heart of Berlin, up on the Prenzlauer hill, there is Ashtanga Studio Berlin....

Seane Corn exclusive interview on being part of the – I am “doing it” YOGI TIMES’ campaign
What an honor it is to connect with Seane Corn and interview her for the YOGI TIMES I AM DOING IT CAMPAIGN!Seane Corn is an...

interview with annie carpenter
about yoga as a refuge, kindness and SmartFLOWDedicated to yoga and to inspiring and making her students grow, Annie has an immense knowledge of the...

how yoga helps you to do an inversion pose
dare to dive into the sea“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” You’ve probably heard this quote many times before. Maybe it sounds...

finding my path to yoga
Yoga has and will always be a practice that has introduced me to an incredible assortment of people. A large majority of the people I’ve...

5 Simple Tips for Teaching Yoga to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Teaching deaf yoga or adapting your practice to support students with hearing loss can be a deeply enriching experience. As someone living with sensorineural hearing...

the poetry of the yoga sutras of patanjali 1.3 & 1.4
The first 16 sutras are considered the sweet sixteen of the Yoga Philosophy. I truly feel you can taste the essence in the first four....

hot yoga teacher training
the changes to expect and acceptBeep – Beep – Beep – Beep… That’s my alarm going off at 6:15am. It’s Wednesday of week 3 (out...

Haṭha Pronunciation
In my experience in the yoga world, the word ‘haṭha’ is routinely mispronounced as if the first syllable was like the first syllable in ‘mathematics’; with the...

overcoming the fear of teaching yoga
tips on teaching your first yoga classI’m sitting at a local tea shop, Zen Zoo enjoying my green boba tea as my cell phone rings....

bakasana is not the crow!
A little while ago I found out that I was regularly mistranslating a yoga pose in my classes. You know what crow pose is, don’t...

The consequences of being myself
Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.” – Bhagavad GitaThe consequences of being myself, huh? Sounds pretty damning if you ask me. Self-ReflectionMy stream-of-thought reaction...

warrior 3 – virabhadrasana 3 pose
the warrior takes flight – asanaAs a yoga practitioner for thirty-seven years, my yoga practice and understanding has evolved. It is this evolution and experience...

is yoga becoming a grind?
tips on a safe, sustainable practiceOn a panel at a recent Midwest Yoga Festival, Mas Vidal from Dancing Shiva Studio in Los Angeles and I were...

the magic of sanskrit
the nature of the sanskrit language logic and magic In the western yoga movement, it has become common to find people chanting, singing and praising...

10 tips to strengthen your yoga practice
Improve Strengthen Yoga Practice TipsAfter years of practicing yoga, we’re bound to pick up a few tips along the way to help us in our practice, whether from teachers...

sri dharma mittra – conversation with a guru
an intimate discussion with the spiritual masterA sense of calm and loving kindness washes over you as you walk through the doors of Dharma Yoga...