The Yamas – one of the eight limbs of yoga – are viewed as ethical guidelines for living one’s life. If the Niyamas focused on the inner, the Yamas offer guidance for the external or outer, how we interact with others and the world. The first of which to explore…
I have exciting news to share. This summer, The Mat Yoga Studio expands with a second location in Plano! Many of us love more than just class offerings at our studios – the rooms, the classes, the community, and teachers, but we don’t often see what it takes to create…
Last month, there was one week that started off with the news that Paris’ Cathedrale Notre Dame was on fire. The news of the cathedral – for which construction began over 850 years ago – sparked such an outpouring of headlines and stories, shock and notes of admiration. For me…
I’ve previously written about the five Niyamas in a series of posts, with just a short note on what the Niyamas are, but before beginning a look at the Yamas, I thought it might be a good time to look at these two limbs of the eight limbs of yoga.…
Attending a workshop is an incredible way to deepen and grow your practice. A workshop can be on the physical asana – from a beginner series to get started or deepening your own understanding of personal alignment to an advanced inversion series – or on the philosophical, history, or spiritual.…
The first weekend of this month, I attended a mindfulness weekend workshop at The Mat Yoga Studio, a part of which was hours of a short, silent retreat. Which I’m not going to lie, seemed a bit daunting to me when I saw that on the agenda. Sure, I can…