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November 26, 2025
Padāṅguṣṭhāsana: A Complete Guide to the Standing Big Toe Pose

By Kino MacGregor Padāṅguṣṭhāsana is one of the most unassuming shapes in the Ashtanga Yoga method, yet it holds the quiet power of a first teaching. The name joins pada, ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
November 14, 2025
Pārśvottānāsana: The Path of Precision and Surrender

By Kino MacGregor The Sanskrit name Pārśvottānāsana unfolds its meaning with quiet symmetry. Pārśva means “side,” ut evokes intensity or upward direction, and tāna comes from the root meaning “to stretch” or “extend.” Although often translated as “intense ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
October 16, 2025
The Sacred Staff: How to Practice Dandasana (Staff Pose) and Build the Spiritual and Physical Foundations of Yoga

By Kino MacGregor The word Daṇḍāsana (दण्डासन) is composed of two Sanskrit terms: daṇḍa, meaning “staff,” “rod,” or “stick,” and āsana, “seat” or “established posture.” The root of daṇḍa appears throughout Indian philosophical and scriptural literature. ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
September 18, 2025
Sarvāṅgāsana: The Posture of All Limbs

By Kino MacGregor The name Sarvāṅgāsana speaks its intention plainly. Sarva means “all” or “entire.” Aṅga is “limb” or “part.” Āsana is the “seat,” the posture of presence. When joined, ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
August 6, 2025
Navāsana: Floating in the Fire of Practice

When I first began practicing yoga, strength did not come naturally to me. Flexibility, perhaps—but not the kind of inner steadiness that reveals itself in moments of muscular challenge and ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
July 1, 2024
Creating a Yoga Space for Your Students: A Yoga Teacher’s Guide

Creating a dedicated yoga space is essential for both teachers and students. A well-designed yoga space fosters a sense of tranquility, focus, and connection, enhancing the overall wellness and yoga ...

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Category: Practice
January 10, 2022
An Interview with Tatiana Uprimny

Joyful, Heartfelt, Goofy Where are you from and/or where do you live? Born in Miami, grew up in Bolivia, living back in Miami How did yoga come into your life? ...

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Category: Culture
October 8, 2019
Interview with Marie Belle

Yoga is the understanding that there is no separation. As a practice, I use movement, asana, meditation, and breath to step into that current of just knowing, being, and allowing ...

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Category: Culture
August 20, 2019
Interview with Will Duprey

After my first memorable yoga class, I knew that I wanted to teach. I wanted to share. I felt right. Like all the pieces slid perfectly into place. It ...

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Category: Practice
August 6, 2019
Interview with Adrian Molina

I made my practice, piece-by-piece, learning here and there. The most effective practice is the one that is the most effective to the students that you have in front of ...

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Category: Culture