What is Vinyasa Yoga?
Reading through the list of available yoga classes in any one studio can be confusing for those new to yoga. Even more, experienced students may have trouble deciphering all the...
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Which Pose Are You Neglecting?
If you have a home yoga practice, it’s important to consider what poses you are doing on a regular basis. There should be a balance in your home practice, a...
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Yoga and Physical Wellness
It is a given that flexibility is an important aspect of yoga. Many people have mental images of yogis with their arms and legs wrapped around them like pretzels. While...
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Are Yogi’s Vegetarian?
There is no particular requirement that anyone practicing yoga become vegetarian. While there are expectations regarding a vegetarian diet in some yoga circles, including many yoga centers and schools in...
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Same Yoga Pose, Different Day
If you have a regular home yoga practice, you probably pick a yoga sequence on how you feel that day – or at that time of day. It might be...
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Living by Yogic Principles
How far does yoga follow you off the mat? We usually leave yoga class feeling good – calm, serene, happy, focused and energized, all at the same time. As we...
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Yoga for the Core
Yoga is an effective way to strengthen your core muscles without neglecting other parts of your body or mind. Yoga tones our physical core from the pelvic floor to the...
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How to Start a Home Yoga Practice
The best way to go deeper and further in yoga is to begin practicing at home. Going to yoga class once or twice a week is the best way to...
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Yoga: Breaking the Body’s Bad Habits
Yoga teachers and students are often asked what makes yoga different from other forms of exercise. The answer usually has to do with the mind – body connection. But what...
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Is Yoga for the Journey or the Destination?
Do you enjoy the experience of traveling or would you rather just arrive at your destination without having seen the sights along the way? You might ask the same question...
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The Use of Mantras in Yoga Practice
You may have taken a yoga class in which the instructor uses the sound of “Om” to signal the beginning of the practice. This is just one of many mantras...
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Our Emotional Response to Yoga Poses
We know that yoga asanas are intended to have particular effects on the physical body. Muscles, ligaments and tendons are all stretched and strengthened by individual asanas and sequences of...
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A Guide to Yoga Props
With the ever increasing popularity of yoga, it is only natural that more and more yoga related products and accessories have become available in the commercial marketplace. Yoga devotees can...
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