Yoga

The Spiritual Benefits Of A Non-Religious Practice

Although often associated with different religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism or Taoism, they are not religions or even religious practices. They are philosophies. Teachings. Practices that work not only on the body or the mind but open the practitioner...

Understanding The True Purpose Of Yoga

The true purpose of this 5,000+ year old practice was never about contorting into the perfect pose…wearing cute yoga outfits, or building instagram followers with sexy backbend photos. These days, it seems like everyone is a “yogi.” Whether on social media, big pharma-sponsored TV commercials,...

Yoga Speak - The Ultimate Guide!

From "om" to "namaste," yoga enthusiasts practically speak their own language. Here’s our guide to all things yoga to make reaching savasana (don’t worry, we’ve defined it below) much less intimidating. The Methods One look at a yoga studio’s schedule, and it’s time...

7 Ways To Stop Leaking & Losing Your Spiritual Energy

In the yoga tradition we encounter a fascinating metaphor: it is said that the milk of a lioness is so potent that no container can hold it except for pure gold. If the golden vessel has impurities, the milk will eat through the vessel...

Meet Jean Dawson, a 100-year-old Yogi

Health magazines around the world claim that yoga is for everybody… That’s because it really is. Another proof is Jean Dawson from England who has turned a hundred years old this month and is still going to her yoga class every Monday morning! Newspapers wrote about...

How Yoga Changed My Life: A Journey Into the Soul of Nature

I’ve long been a disciple of yoga. But a year ago a Tarot card reading told me my what I’d come to suspect – that working with nature was my soul work now. Arriving to this place took years. As yoga brought me back into...

3 Benefits of a Consistent Yoga Practice

“Yoga tourism” is a term that I use to describe how most of us start practicing yoga. You go to a studio by your office with a great teacher, then you find a studio near your home and another wonderful teacher. Pretty soon, you are...

Drishti — Focused Gaze For Spirituality And Healing

The power of focus in igniting the chakras. Learn how to control and hold your stores of focus using Drishti. Meditation, self-reflection, and self-discovery have two things in common: All of them are the introspective roads towards knowing one’s self, and hence achieving balance...

7 Mudras To Unlock Your 7 Chakras

Mudra is an ancient Sanskrit term meaning, “gesture.” We use mudras in yoga to cultivate a greater sense of awareness to certain energetic fields within the subtle body. In other words, we can use them to help us meditate and open up our chakras. And there...

5 Ways Yoga Can Heal Your Soul

Yoga is a tremendously ancient art, used for centuries not only to strengthen and improve the body, but also to help the soul. Our modern understanding of yoga is very far removed from the all-encompassing philosophy which used to be the basis of yogic practice, and...

3 Quick Yoga Poses to Relieve Insomnia

Trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. It seems the more people I talk to, the more I realize insomnia is becoming sort of an epidemic. Especially for those on the awakening journey. A recent study reported that people who suffer with insomnia are much more...

10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Yoga

Rebecca Butler When you teach yoga for a living, you see and hear many things that kind of blow your mind. So I've been inspired to create a list to share with the world in hopes of making yoga less intimidating for the beginner and...

Yoga - A Primer

Yoga, derived from the Sanskrit word meaning "union," is a philosophy that connects the body, breath, and mind to energize and balance the whole person. This mind-body therapy involves physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation to improve overall well-being. Today, millions of Americans of all ages...