Omstars – Page 46 – Online yoga classes for beginners and advanced yogis

December 31, 2019
Omstars Yoga Challenges of 2019

When you practice yoga, you can literally help change the world. Part of being a yogi means giving back to the community, and here at Omstars, our favorite way to ...

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Category: Practice
December 24, 2019
The Myth of the Pain-Free Practice

With your first heartbeat, you sign up for a ride called life. Life is a Self or God choreographed sequence sprinkled with crazy experiences, joyous events and untimely disasters you ...

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Category: Practice
December 17, 2019
Encyclopedia of Yoga: Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)

Yoga comes from India, and especially India’s historic past. If you have ever made the trip to India, one thing that is definitely ubiquitous on the streets of India are, ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
December 10, 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Yoga

So, you want to try yoga? As a beginner, it can be both overwhelming and intimidating to start. You don’t know where to begin and all the people practicing seem ...

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Category: Practice
December 3, 2019
Forrest Yoga: On the Value of Lineage

Here at Omstars, Kino has made a point of showcasing teachers from many different lineages, in addition to her home lineage of Ashtanga. In New York City at PURE Yoga, ...

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Category: Culture
November 26, 2019
Breath is Life

Breath is directly linked to life force energy. Yoga often uses the word prana which refers both to the breath and to the vital energies of our body. As we ...

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Category: Practice
November 20, 2019
Demystifying Eating Disorders

“Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses; they are not a lifestyle choice, or a diet gone ‘too far’.” -National Eating Disorders Collaboration When I was diagnosed with an eating disorder ...

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Category: Wellness
November 19, 2019
What is Bhakti Yoga?

With regards to a formal definition of bhakti, there were, naturally, a variety of overlapping definitions of bhakti in circulation in textual sources of ancient India, highlighting its various ingredients ...

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Category: Practice
November 12, 2019
Encyclopedia of Yoga: Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose)

This is the pose that is dedicated to the Sage known as, Matsyendranath. Sometimes people call this pose, Lord of the Half Fishes Pose. You can take those individual words, ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
November 5, 2019
Downward Dog: Reexamining What is Habitual

I teach a broad range of classes, from basics to hot vinyasa to honey flow (and if that intrigues you, check out my website!). Joining those classes on any day ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials