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December 3, 2021
23 Yoga Gift Ideas

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” – Maya Angelou The time for gift giving is here. Sometimes it can be a struggle to find the perfect ...

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October 25, 2021
Embracing the Body Experiencing Invisible Disability Through Yoga

Yoga helped the light in me never go out. And without the path of yoga letting my soul speak to me, guiding my way forward, I would not be here, ...

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October 18, 2021
An Interview with Kateřina Hilerova

enthusiastist, stubborn, loving Where are you from? Prague and I’ve lived here my whole life. How did yoga come into your life and what has that journey been like for ...

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October 11, 2021
Mindful Practices for Whole-Body Self-Acceptance

We can push and strive against our challenges but my key to moving forward began with deep self-reflection and learning to make friends with life. Though challenging and unsettling, my ...

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October 1, 2021
My Thoughts on Hispanic Heritage Month

We are Latine. We are Afro-Latine. We are Indigenous. We are Hispano. We are Chicanx. We are Garifuna. We are multicultural. To be asked to write for “Hispanic Heritage Month” ...

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September 27, 2021
Healing The Wounded Black Gay Kid In Me

But, coming out of the closet was just the first step. It would take nearly two decades for me to get to a place where I could deal with the ...

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September 20, 2021
Find Out Why These Omstars Teachers Practice Yoga

“I feel blessed every time I teach that I can be a conduit for the teachings of yoga. I can get out of the way knowing that any transformation that ...

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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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