OmStars – Page 42 – Online yoga classes for beginners and advanced yogis

June 16, 2020
Dismantling Racial Barriers in Wellness

Yoga studios in general have an open door policy. Anyone, of any size, background, ethnicity and sexual orientation is welcomed. Yet, the majority of students and teachers continue to be ...

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June 8, 2020
We’re listening and we are committed to learning

It is not business as usual for us here at Omstars. We are grateful to and for our community of teachers, staff and leaders within and outside of the Yoga ...

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June 3, 2020
Yoga Community, Your Love and Light is Not Working

Yoga community, that love and light you sent out, it’s not working. It didn’t make it to George Floyd as he fought to breathe with a White policeman’s knee on ...

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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 20, 2020
The Transformative Power of Yoga

Yoga transformed my life and my relationship with my body. Before yoga, I thought the only way to feel good in my body was through intense physical exercise. Finding yoga ...

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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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May 12, 2020
Encyclopedia of Yoga: Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)

This standing pose builds a sense of gravity, a sense of foundation through the center line. It tones up the legs, and energizes the whole spine. This is wonderfully therapeutic ...

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May 6, 2020
Your Own Experience

As a teacher and practitioner of yoga, I try to model that each of us is always learning and teaching those around us. There are no experts. When we begin ...

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May 5, 2020
Yoga Mythology Series: Krishna’s Flute

It was almost time for the dusk to set in, the sun had turned orange and the entire village was soaked in a calm that comes after a hard day’s ...

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April 28, 2020
How to Reduce Stress with Awareness

Stress, panic, anxiety and emotional breakdowns. Ever since we have been quarantined, many near and dear ones are complaining about all these emotions hitting them hard. Here’s my take and ...

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