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Yoga for Self-Compassion

When I used to think of self-compassion, I used to think it meant letting myself off the hook, lowering my standards, engaging in overindulgence, or throwing myself an undeserved pity party. Any of that sound familiar?

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Protecting Your Health

Hello to our lovely tribe! With the recent health crisis that the world is facing I have brainstormed on how to continue to promote health and wellness to our community…

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The Mysterious Mala

The Mala has been around for thousands of years and can be traced back to 800 B.C. These necklaces have become popular with people interested in healthy/mindful living…

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The View From Upside Down

Ahimsa is one of my favorite yamas or "laws" of yoga. The Yamas and Niyamas are what a true Yogi strives to live by. Ahimsa translates to nonviolence, and the beauty…

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Connecting Your Chakras

The chakra system originated in the Vedas, one of the oldest yogic texts, between 1500 and 500 BC. There are seven chakras that line your spine…

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Yoga For Good

When I first thought about doing my yoga teacher training, I always knew that I wanted to do an immersion program. I dreamt of going to some far off land…

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Motivation vs. Discipline

New year, new me, blah blah blah. Is anyone else over the talk about resolutions and how this year is the year they’re going to make a million dollars, save the whales…

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New Year’s Intentions

2020 Here we come! How cliché is it to say that the last year was a year of transformation? I quit my corporate job, began teaching yoga, broke up with a live-in boyfriend, moved…

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Sun Salutations To Welcome The Winter Solstice

Ah, the winter solstice. The darkest day of the year, and an introduction to the cold winter season ahead. Yet somehow, the winter solstice is also the start of the days getting longer…

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Mindfully Managing the Chaos

Everyone knows that with the holidays fast approaching that along with all the seasonal joy comes a lot of stressors. The truth of the matter is you can’t have one without the other…

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Yoga & Service

The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “yuj”, meaning to yoke or bind. We often talk about this binding as the purpose of our yoga practice- to yoke our awareness with our current reality…

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Yoga & Personal Intentions

Setting an intention for your practice is commonplace in many yoga classes. The act of setting an intention allows time to check in with your mind, body, and spirit and…

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Strong Curves

Imagine this: You see your coworker, friend, boyfriend, whoever standing and looking down at their phone. Their shoulders are slumped over, their low back curved…

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