Video | My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech
Losing someone close to your heart has got to be one of the hardest things we go through. Zach Sobiech is a 17 year old diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. With only months to live, Zach …
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4 Ways To Be Happy Right Now
We all want to be happy, right? Right. While doing research for my first book, I uncovered a formula to help people boost innate faith, increase confidence, + attain genuine happiness + satisfaction. After years of schooling, training, and working with a …
Meditation 101: How to Meditate & Why it Works | Ashley Turner
Meditation is one of the most crucial aspects to cultivate more peace and happiness in life. It is literally the first thing I recommend to all my students and clients to build self-esteem and intuition, hear your truth, make wise, …
10 Ways to find your Authentic Voice as a Yoga Teacher
They say “imitation is the highest form of flattery,” but when does “imitation” become a something you hide behind that covers up your true nature, voice and actions as a yoga teacher? These are the questions I’ve begun to ask …
Ayurveda 101 | Summer Daze: What to eat, How to Play + Rose Lassi Recipe
As the lush, green hills of Northern California turn brown once again, we are reminded that summer is here. There is no clearer sign to me that we are transitioning from vassant ritu [spring] to grishma ritu [summer] which lasts …
78,000 People Apply for a One Way Ticket to Mars
An ambitious project to establish a human colony on Mars has attracted applications from tens of thousands of would-be astronauts, just two weeks after applications opened. The mission, a private venture by the Dutch non-profit organization Mars One, aims to send …
YOGANONYMOUS Weekend Picks | Yoga & Wellness Events Across the Country!
Happy Weekend Everyone! We hope that you have had a wonderful week wherever you may be, and that you are gearing up for an even better weekend! We have selected a few of our favorite yoga and wellness events to …
Asana Baby One More Time | Britney Spears: the Latest Celeb to Hop on the Yoga Train
We can add Britney Spears’ name to the celebrities-doing-yoga list, joining the ranks with peeps like Russell Brand, Adam Levine, Demi Moore, Lady Gaga…the list goes on and on. “I’m doing 90 minutes of yoga twice a week in addition …
Yoga for Depression: Throw Open the Heart and Let Some Light In
By now we probably all know that we create our own suffering, right? I mean, we know that. We read it, we hear it, but just because we know something doesn’t mean that information does us a lick of good. …
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Yoga Playlist: Lost in Space
This playlist was inspired by the element of “space” and how it relates to the way we inhabit our bodies and minds. Often many of us are caught in a web of doubting, negative thoughts about our bodies and minds. …
13 Cute Words and Crotchy Phrases that We Yoga Teachers Need to Retire
I’m a yoga teacher, a full-timer. Teaching yoga is an easy gig. It’s a pleasure for both instructor and pupil because we all find nourishment in time we spend on our mats no matter how different we are. Asana is …
The Big Coconut Water Lie
Did you buy into all the hype about coconut water? In the past five years, the coconut water industry has exploded and found it’s way into the hands of many a yogi. I doubt you can walk into a studio, …
NY Times: ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’ | A Yogi’s Response
“How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” is an embarrassment of a headline for the venerable New York Times. The accompanying article deserves it though, as do the photos of non-yogis performing asanas comically poorly. The whole package smacks of sensationalism: disappointing in such a …
Yoga Airport: The Perfect Post Burning Man Practice (Video)
This is why we love social media. We found this little gem on Facebook and couldn’t wait to share it with you! Check out how yogini Meghan Currie passes time in an airport at 3 A.M. post Burning Man:
10 Things I Want My Yoga Students to Know
1. You’re capable of more than you realize. I see that look on your face when we do Crow or Handstand (or whatever) and I know the feeling. I’m here to tell you that with some effort, patience, and willingness, you …
Yoga Research: Five Proven Facts that Make Yoga Awesome
How many times have you tried to tell your friends about the energy body but you just can’t seem to convince it’s real? How many times have said friends stopped talking to you altogether, or at the very least mentally …
10 Signs You May Do Too Much Yoga (yes, it’s possible)
Closing my eyes, focusing on my Ajna chakra, working on my future NY Times bestseller for men Sit, Eat, Drink, I wonder why my fellow yogi’s look so angry working through those sun salutations. I thought a little humor integrated …
So You Want To Be A Yoga Teacher? Here Are 3 Essential Qualifications
The article below was originally published on The Huff Post. Krishnamacharya has three qualifications for a yoga teacher. As the source of much of modern day yoga, and the teacher of luminaries like B. K. S. Iyengar and Shri …
Red Alert: You Might Be a Yoga Whore If…
One Thursday, not long ago, I was scheduled to teach three classes at one studio. I felt it was okay to drive across town between dinner and my night gig to take class at another studio. My husband raised his …
10 Reasons to Keep Lemons in Stock
Saying that lemons are a superfood is an understatement. Not only do they add abundant flavor to a variety of dishes, but they also boast a ton of health benefits. The flavonoids within the juice are said to contain antioxidants, …
Interview | John Friend: Root the Dark, Branch the Light
Last weekend, I attended an all-day workshop taught by John Friend and Desi Springer, at my home studio, Inner Fire Yoga. They’re on a world tour, offering up their collaborative work; the Roots sequence and Sridaiva Yoga. Here are a …
What To Do When You Lose Your Connection To Your Yoga Practice
There are so many days when I wake up and feel wonderful. The sky is bright, my children are laughing, the world is alive and full of promise. Living my yoga is so easy on these days. I walk the …
Chakras 102: How Our Asana Practice Relates to Our Chakra System
Did you know that our physical yoga practice—our asana practice—directly relates to our Chakra system? If you practice this limb of yoga, you know that your asana practice allows for physical openness and, overall, invites more balance and harmony within …
Interview: Ian Somerhalder “We Are The New Endangered Species” | Origin Magazine
This interview with Ian Somerhalder by Maranda Pleasant originally appeared in this months ORIGIN Magazine: the new national Yoga+conscious Lifestyle mag. Ian Somerhalder: Star of The Vampire Diaries + formerly of Lost. Actor + Eco Powerhouse uses celebrity for change. …
Love Sadhana Part 1: Unconditional Love ~ Chris Courtney & Maya Devi Georg
Some people hear the term unconditional love and snicker. They think that its all the stuff of a teenage girl’s fantasy, with visions of Cinderella, 16 Candles, or Pretty Woman. Here the woman is rescued by the knight in shining …
Spring Clean Your Yoga Look: be present Launches New Spring Line + Hot New Website
be present inc—one of our go-to companies for hot yoga threads—has just released a fresh, new line of clothes perfect for revamping your yoga look this Spring. Not only that, but your online shopping experience with be present just got …
3 Smartphone Apps that Will Help you Meditate—Not Play Words with Friends
Well+Good Your Healthiest Relationship If you’re like us, you probably take advantage of your morning commute to do really meaningful things, like, um, obsess about your to-do list, catch up on the news (Page Six counts, right?), or play Words …
Top 10 Cities in the United States to Practice Yoga
Forbes.com recently published the below list of the top 10 cities in the U.S. for practicing yoga. You don’t have to look much further than the end of the block to see a yoga studio in many cities these days. …
Video: The Practice | Uddiyana What? Breaking Down Uddiyana Bandha
Uddiyana Bahdha is one of my favorite moves to soothe a sore low back. It lengthens and tractions the spine, tones the abdominal organs and exercises the diaphragm. Learning to do uddiyana keeps the mind supple—new, wild things to do …
