Yoga as a complement to your desk job
The tale goes…long, long ago, before asana was a thing, Yogis meditated for hours and hours and as they complained to their teachers about aches and pains from sitting so[…]
Category: teacher’s stories
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Insta-yoga-studio: practice wherever possible
Recently I had the opportunity to teach Yoga in a studio. Like, in a room that’s made for Yoga…where the floors are clean…the blankets are folded and plenty…the temperature is[…]
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How to sequence classes for Office Yoga (use the gunas!)
I remember one of my first Yoga classes – I had raced to the studio from work. Frantic and running late, the whole drive I was creating to-do lists in[…]
Who benefits from yoga at the workplace?
Sometimes Yoga is for those who practice it…and for us, we know that familiar feeling of arriving on the mat. It changes us. We instantly breathe a little better and[…]
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What you think while balancing matters
We don’t know why a particular class or practice stays with us. I think of it as being part of the big mystery. One, in particular, that stays with me[…]
Should yoga teachers be concerned about “cultural appropriation” of yoga?
In the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of talk about a controversial decision made by University of Ottawa to cancel a popular ongoing yoga class because[…]
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Leaning into the sharp points: How yoga can help with the grief process
“Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.” – Pema Chödrön: The Places that Scare[…]
Check out these yoga articles
Every day many articles are written on the subject of yoga. Here is a selection of several articles that caught my eye in the past few weeks that I think[…]
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The dance of the Royal Serpent – symbolism of the Cobra pose
As a small child, I was often haunted by snakes. I remember running wildly through the rugged terrain near my home in the Los Angeles hills with the raw anticipation[…]
Discovering the yoga of writing, Part 2
Part 1 of Aggie’s post Discovering the Common Ground between Yoga Practice and the Writing Process Shortly after my relationship to writing begand to mend, I found another yoga teacher[…]
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