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May 3, 2021
Dharma

If we really want to discover which path we are to take on this mysterious journey, it is better we begin by letting go of any preconceptions about our route, ...

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March 8, 2021
Conscious Changes with Yoga

Yoga is the reconciliation of polarities and a deep understanding of our inherent wholeness. As we cultivate a personal practice, no part of us gets left behind. A re-membering of ...

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November 21, 2020
Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Virtue Signaling

Calling-in of practices and language that causes harm and separation. Virtue signaling is a form of glamorization. Virtue signaling is a way of telegraphing your hipness by referencing any of ...

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November 9, 2020
The Yamas: Ahimsa, Non-Violence

Ahimsa is the first of Patanjali’s Yamas, or the Yogis’s ethical and moral guidelines towards society. Directly translated as “non-violence”, we can also understand Ahimsa to mean non-harm, compassion, mercy, ...

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September 18, 2020
How Injury Brought Me Closer to the Purpose of Yoga

I attribute yoga taking over my life to the moment I started practicing Ashtanga yoga mysore style at Miami Life Center. It affected everything, not just the 90 minutes in ...

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September 14, 2020
Simple Ways to Teach Ashtanga Yoga with a Trauma-Informed Lens

There are many reasons you may choose to teach Ashtanga from a trauma-informed lens. The stories of sexual assault regarding the father of Ashtanga Yoga, Pattabhi Jois, has left many ...

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August 17, 2020
Top Three Yin Yoga Postures to Relieve Stress

Puppy Pose is perfect for stretching out tired shoulders and tight lower back muscles. Supta Baddha Konasana is a therapeutic pose that allows your mind and body to truly ...

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July 1, 2020
How To Do A Handstand: Your 30-Day Journey with Kino

It took me five years before I balanced in a handstand. That’s five years of failure where I tried with all my heart and soul only to come toppling down. ...

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May 26, 2020
Yoga Obstacles: Setbacks and Plateaus

Yoga is the effort full path, which entails a road with inescapable obstacles, plateaus, and setbacks. When we are facing a challenge, it is easy to disregard the valuable opportunity ...

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May 19, 2020
An Unmoving Mountain: Reflections from a 10 Day Vipassana Course

I felt the need to run away, away from the work they were asking me to put in. I was looking for distractions in conversations, emails, planning, doing. I quickly ...

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