Culture – Page 4

September 6, 2021
Customizing Poses Opens Yoga to Everyone

Having physical challenges doesn’t mean traditional yoga poses are out of reach. Accessible/Adaptive Yoga Teachers like myself strive to make any pose possible. We see poses with new eyes and ...

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August 30, 2021
Hinduphobia in Yoga World

“If you’re trying to ‘social justice’ yoga without addressing, acknowledging, or disrupting the Christian/Western onto- epistemological hegemonic framework of social justice, you’re literally, actually advancing colonization.” – Indu Viswanathan Hinduphobia manifests ...

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August 23, 2021
An Interview with Melanie C Klein

Joyful, loving, determined Where are you from? Santa Monica, CA How did yoga come into your life and what has that journey been like for you? My sister introduced me ...

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August 9, 2021
How to Stress Less (Hint: Trust Your Body More)

Leaning into trust can shape your life for the better. Where do you feel stress in your body? Have you ever noticed? Is it a tightness in your chest, or ...

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August 2, 2021
Muted to Empowered….Journey To Finding My Voice

This practice saved my life. I began to connect with my body in ways I had been unable to previously. My relationships with my family and others began to heal. ...

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July 30, 2021
What is Iyengar Yoga?

“Yoga is like music. The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul creates the symphony of life.” B.K.S. Iyengar Iyengar Yoga is ...

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July 19, 2021
An Interview with Jesus Caballero

Flexible, Funny, Quiet Where are you from? I was born in Spain but I have been living in Miami since 2000. How did yoga come into your life and what ...

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June 28, 2021
Tadasana – A Mountain in Solitude with Passivity of a Palm Tree

Lord Bhrama asked Narada to go back and practice Tadasana which is the base of all yogic postures to gain an insight about one’s self. Bhrama told him that the ...

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June 15, 2021
Yoga Beyond the Binary

The binary thrives in a colonial patriarchal collective consciousness and ultimately contributes to a vision of the world where feminine people are expected to be a certain way, and masculine ...

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June 14, 2021
An Interview with Allaine Stricklen

HEART WIDE OPEN Where are you from? ORIGINALLY FROM LONDON ENGLAND LIVING IN MIAMI CURRENTLY. How did yoga come into your life and what has that journey been like for ...

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