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September 12, 2025
What Is Yin Yoga?

By Vanessa Coomans Why it’s unique, and why it matters in today’s world Yin Yoga is a slow, meditative style of yoga where postures are held for longer time, 3 ...

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Category: Practice
August 13, 2025
Vṛkṣāsana (Tree Pose): History, Myth, and Mastery of Yoga’s Most Iconic Balance

At first glance, Vṛkṣāsana -the Tree Pose – looks deceptively simple. A single leg roots into the ground, the other folds into the standing thigh, the arms rise, join together ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
July 24, 2025
How to Practice Trikoṇāsana: (Triangle Pose): A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Trikoṇāsana: Entering the Triangle of Truth By Kino MacGregor In the sacred geometry of yoga, every posture is more than mere shape, it is a threshold. A portal. And among ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
July 10, 2025
How to Practice Janu Sirsasana B (Head-to-Knee Pose, Variation B): A Step by Step Tutorial

Janu Sirsasana B is a seated forward fold that supports deep inner awareness and creates a strong, rooted connection through the base of the body. In this variation, the heel ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
April 3, 2025
Mastering your Locust Pose (Shalabasana): Power, Posture, and Grace

Shalabasana, or in English, Locust Pose, is a powerful yoga asana that engages and strengthens the entire back body, including the spine, glutes, hamstrings, and core. This pose, which resembles ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
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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April 21, 2020
Yoga Pose Tips: Upward Facing Dog

Upward facing dog is the first posture where you start to establish the patterns for back bending. It’s the patterns that are going to eventually help you get into the ...

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October 29, 2019
Be Strong Yoga Challenge with Kino MacGregor

Increase your strength with Omstars Members Be Strong Yoga Challenge. In this 13-Day challenge, Kino MacGregor will share her personal experience from years of practice and exploration, passing on the ...

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Category: Practice
June 4, 2019
Yoga, Journaling, and the Healing Power of Self-Discovery

The human experience on this Earth is one that often comes with discomfort, pain, confusion and suffering. Our job, as human beings, is to navigate our way through the challenges ...

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Category: Wellness
May 16, 2019
Ayurvedic Potion: Adaptogenic Golden Mylk

This is my favorite tea to drink. I drink this multiple times a day, especially when I’m writing, and it’s adaptogenic golden mylk. So, what are adaptogens? Adaptogens are a ...

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Category: Wellness