Yoga develops awareness. We often think of this as self-awareness, which is true- but yoga also develops environmental awareness. Our ability to tune into ourselves requires a connection with the outer world. Without it, how do we understand how we … Read More
Using Yoga to Help with Depression
How does yoga affect depression? More studies are using randomized controlled trials to look at the relationship between yoga and depression. Randomized controlled trials are the best ways to verify study results. According to the Harvard Mental Health Letter, recent studies … Read More
Animal Wisdom on the Yoga Mat
Animals and yoga are interconnected, though people don’t often think about it unless a cat is rubbing their face on them in an inversion, or a dog takes a sniff while in savasana. Whether you are in the barnyard practicing with goats, … Read More
What is Mindful Yoga?
Mindful Yoga is different than many traditional yoga practices in that there is less of a focus on the exact posture achieved and more focus on body/mind awareness rather than the ‘perfect’ pose. Bringing mindfulness to any form of activity … Read More
Gyana Mudra
What is Gyan Mudra? Gyan Mudra is a powerful mudra (or hand position) practiced for thousands of years by yogis that brings peace, calm, and spiritual progress. It relates to the planet Jupiter. Artistic depictions of great spiritual masters such … Read More
The Power of Mudras
Do you incorporate mudras into your personal yoga practice? Or are you a tad bit unfamiliar as to what they even are? If you know they have something to do with your hands, but beyond that they remain a mystery—this article is … Read More
8 Questions from Yoga Beginners
When new students come to yoga class, they have a number of questions. The experience can be overwhelming for a new student and often, they have overcome significant obstacles to get to that first experience. Even in the first few … Read More
Sivananda Yoga
Sivananda Yoga comes from the lineage of Swami Sivananda, as brought to the west by his disciple Swami Vishnudevananda in the late 1950s, making this style of practice an important part of yoga’s first wave of popularity outside India Sivananda (1887-1963) … Read More
Brief History of Yoga
The practice of yoga can be traced back nearly 5,000 years, with some researchers suggesting it actually extends as far back as 10,000 years. Yogic teachings were mentioned in the Rigveda, an ancient spiritual text. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj, which loosely translates … Read More
8 Ways Kids Can Benefit From Yoga
As more schools include children’s yoga in their classrooms, we wanted to talk about some of the benefits of kids’ yoga, from physical health to wellbeing. Yoga has been long used by adults who’ve found a range of positive results, from improved posture to … Read More