Yoga at work. Everyone’s doing it — including Forbes, Apple, Google, Nike, and probably every pro sports team you can think of. But why? And should you do yoga in your office? Studies show that yoga at work brings a number of really important benefits. Some are personal to each employee, improving their overall health …
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Of yoga’s many known benefits, one is particularly interesting to people who play sports or train in athletics. Physiological studies show that yoga can directly improve athletic performance; and it does this in a few different ways. Professional sports teams now often hire a yoga teacher to support their training; footballers, basketball players, climbers, …
Although many don’t consciously realize it, sound holds the key to soothing our souls. The best musicians take us from the peaks of elation to the depths of sorrow. They can fire us up to dance or exercise and lull us into deep states of meditation and healing. For that reason, a great soundtrack is …
The practice of Self Awakening Yoga (SAY) is a creative learning process and expansion of your consciousness. As with all yoga – bringing union, moving from darkness to light – this practice allows an “un- learning” of old habits and inefficient patterns our bodies may have adapted to from a past illness or injury (physical …
Although I began watching my parents practice with B.K.S. Iyengar when I was three, and joined them at age seven, it took me years to fully absorb the first step of yoga, going within. For the first 13 years of my yoga practice, my effort was directed at physically mastering pose after ever more difficult …
Iyengar yoga teacher Marla Apt shares a yoga routine to clear your sinuses. With the exception of chatush padasana (Four-Footed pose, which you can hold from 20 seconds to 1 minute), each pose in this sequence can be held for up to 5 minutes. 1. Adho Mukha Virasana (Downward-Facing Hero’s Pose or Child’s pose) Sit …
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Mastering the secrets of Yoga flow lends itself to the vision of a yoga practitioner moving seamlessly between yoga asana with awareness and fluid grace. This is definitely part of the definition of fluid vinyasa in yoga, and yet, the concept reaches far beyond, to include awareness in all aspects of life. This heightened …
Adam Frei interviews Dharma Yoga founding teacher Sri Dharma Mittra on spiritual transmission. Good vibrations Adam Frei: I am fortunate to have been your student for a while now. Something I noticed early on and continue to appreciate is that the very atmosphere in the room changes when you enter it. You have said when asked …
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Often we are asked what our children’s yoga classes actually look like. What are we teaching? Are we just practicing movement? Where does the mindfulness come in? Do kids actually calm down? Below is an overview of the five elements that we consider essential aspects of any child’s yoga experience. Activities that explore these five …
Most of us hate being a beginner. We dislike not being the “expert” let alone not knowing anything about a subject or practice. And yet ALL of us start as a beginner in any new endeavor. Yoga, for many of us, can feel particularly intimidating, especially if we follow any “famous” yogi on social media …
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