One of my favorite quotes about love -about saying I love you – is from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. It’s a quote that is about the self, when her character says one “must first know how to say the ‘I’”. Now I realize quoting Rand in a post about yoga may…
January. The start of a new year and the start of so many resolutions or goals, as I like to look at them. And for many, one of these may be beginning a yoga practice, or at the very least, trying yoga for the first time. There are many health…
Life can get crazy. Especially now at the holidays and the end of the year. Now, I love the holidays. I love the music, the decorations, the spirit and feelings of goodwill. But I also know that even with all the joy, stress arises from shopping for that perfect gift,…
My classmates and I begin on our backs, and I’m trying to bring my consciousness to my mat and letting the day slink away. My teacher guides us to constrict the back of our throat and initiate our Ujjayi breath. I start breathing deeply, listening to the sound it generates…
Over the last year I’ve actively looked to take my yoga practice deeper. I’ve been drawn in by mentions of the 8 Limbs of Yoga (of which, asana, the physical practice, is number three of the eight), the Yoga Sutras, breath work and the idea of living a more “yogic…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared September as National Yoga Month in 2008, drawing awareness to the incredible health benefits that yoga provides. And this year, as I have actively become more in tune with the local community, I am loving seeing so many events and studios…