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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
July 9, 2019
Interview with Erica Mather

Yoga changed EVERYTHING. I was looking for answers through thinking my way through every challenge. Yoga connected me to my body, spirit, and beyond, and has supplied frameworks for understanding ...

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Category: Culture
July 2, 2019
Interview with Ahmed Soliman

I practice because yoga has become part of who I am – physically, spiritually, emotionally. I could no more easily stop being a yogi than I could stop having ...

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Category: Culture