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This playlist was inspired both by the amazing musicians at last weekend’s Tadasana Festival, and my preparations for a Pink Floyd Yoga class I am creating. At Tadasana, I picked up DJ Drez’s latest release Jahta Beat: The Lotus Memories, …
I am returning home from a a week spent studying yoga at Blue Spirit Reatreat Center with Sianna, Amy Ipolitti, Theo Kyrakios and Douglas Brooks. Immersed in sunset ocean swims, asana, myoskeletal massage, new friendships and the spaces in between a variety of …
This one goes out to the stunning autumn weather that has graced Portland, Oregon during October. David Byrne and Brian Eno’s magical album “Everything that Happens Will Happen Today” is represented by the playlist title track late in class. It’s …
Sianna Sherman talks yoga history, her first meeting with John Friend, and how she utilizes the subtle body in her teaching. In this very personal interview, Sianna Sherman, one of modern yoga’s most inspiring teachers, shares the unconventional path she walked …
This free yoga playlist is inspired after a track by DJ Krush, an absolute maestro on the turntables, who I will be seeing live here in Portland next week. The mix follows the trajectory of being frontloaded with a little …
The first Wanderlust event in Las Vegas dropped into the strip’s newest hotel, The Cosmopolitan, this past weekend. Teaming Anusara Yoga’s John Friend and Kula Yoga Project’s Schuyler Grant with the downtempo world-groove-dub of Washington D.C.’s Thievery Corporation, the original …
Yoga and Technology, partners in expanding consciousness. Check out what John Friend had to say about the partnership between the two below. With the upcoming opening of the new Anusara Center in Encinitas, CA John Friend plans to us the …
Recently, I had a chance to sit with Anusara Teacher Sianna Sherman to talk about her Rock The Bhakti tour! I had the chance to sit down with Certified Anusara teacher Sianna Sherman in Berkeley, California last month. Sianna has …
“…Don’t try to control [the] energy experience, we’re free to surrender to the wave of sensation, of feeling, and of energy. In these remarkable moments of freedom, we can let life touch us as it is, because at our core …
I had a chance to talk with John Friend about Spanda and the connection between yoga and music at the Wanderlust Festival! Recently at Wanderlust California, I sat down for a few interviews with John Friend (founder of Anusara Yoga) …
First, please allow me to answer the most common question I’ve received since becoming a “Burner” two years ago. – “No, it’s not a concert, it’s Burning Man – so no one is headlining”. And the answer to the second …
Vyana Yoga Products & Accessories was founded in 2006 by Helena Zera, R.N., an avid yoga practitioner and instructor. The Hasta Pada Yoga Belt was devised by Helena for dhanurasana (bow pose) after an enlightened sadhana with her primary teacher – …
With another snow storm looming across the east coast and beyond, I thought you might enjoy a snowball you can make indoors. This recipe is compliments of OmGal.com with a little inspiration from Ani Phyo’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe. You don’t …
Tanya B. Clothing is excited to announce the launch of their Ambassador Program! About Tanya B. Clothing Tanya Boulton’s passionate desire and devoted preparation to design her own clothing line met with the expertise of Karin Ulmander, a textile goddess.of …
Colorado Yogis! Take your practice to the next level this summer with Om Time Yoga’s 200 hour Teacher Training Program! More information below, from their website: Tillai University: Om Time Yoga Teacher Training A Yogic Wisdom Training for Heart, Mind …
The ebb and flow of life is not always comfortable, especially with the sensitivities that a yoga practice instills in its’ practitioners. It seems the more time I spend on the mat the more there is to excavate and digest. …
“When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. – Dalai Lama “Spring is in the air”, “spring cleaning”, “spring forward” – spring is on everyone’s mind, especially since it came early this …
Do twisting postures make you want to revolt? By now, most of us have found ourselves holding our breath, gritting our teeth and mentally counting down the moments until we can release poses such as revolved triangle, right? Smurf yoga—or, …
Happy Friday!!!! Yippee!!! We love how in the fall, the energy just LIFTS you up, suddenly there is so much to do wherever you are – check out our favorite events going on around the world on this first weekend …
Yoga practice has the potential to change our reality. We step onto our mats feeling one way (tired, stressed, inflexible, sad), only to discover that reality can shift drastically through asana, pranayama, and/or meditation. Quicker than one can say “namaste,” …
