7 Reasons to Go on a Yoga Retreat
Ever considered getting away to practice yoga? We want to help! Here are 7 reasons to go on a yoga retreat: You’ll see a progression in your practice over a very short period of time. Practicing yoga...
View ArticleI’ve Been Busy
So sorry, I’ve been busy.” “I’m just so busy with…” “I’ve been too busy too…” As Kris Galea pointed out in her dharma talk last Sunday, we’ve all made this apology. This post by Danielle LaPorte...
View ArticleHow Meditation Can Lead to Acceptance
Meditation can lead to radical acceptance. In 2010, I went to a 10-day meditation retreat in Thailand where I learned how meditation can lead to acceptance. The introductory meditation was held outside...
View ArticleRise N’ Shine Yoga
Rise n’ shine yoga? YES! Let the mug of hot coffee and bowl of cheerios wait. Yoga is my favorite day-starter. And lucky for me, Janie Gibson at Yoga from the Heart offers two 7 a.m. classes per week...
View Article5 Ways Yoga Helps Meet New Year’s Fitness Goals
Tree Pose Did your New Year’s Resolution list include ‘getting more healthy and fit’? If so, learn 5 ways yoga helps meet New Year’s fitness goals : Yoga strengthens your body from the inside out....
View ArticleBenefits of Yoga for Kids
As a both a mother and a yoga instructor, I see the benefits of yoga for kids firsthand. I am constantly pulling “tools” from my yoga bag to help smooth out the many bumps in the path of parenting....
View ArticleToo Much Desk Time? Here’s How Yoga Helps Muscular Imbalances
Too Much Desk Time? This article, written by an editor at Yoga Journal, explains how yoga helps muscular imbalance. Our high-tech culture is great for innovating, sharing information—and triggering...
View ArticleA Wandering Mind
A wandering mind . . .In a world filled to the brim with over scheduling and over committing, it’s not unusual to have a wandering mind in yoga class. In his website, Bruce Black, posts an insightful...
View ArticleThe Power of a Relaxed Face
B.K.S. Iyengar In Kris Galea‘s Yoga and Restoratives this week, she talked about the power of a relaxed face. Reading from Dr. Yoga Momma’s blog post, Kris spoke about how we tend to over effort in...
View ArticlePut More ‘Aah’ into Your Yoga Practice
Upward Bow Pose You can put more ‘aah’ into your yoga practice with a little pre-class planning. Give one of these three simple ideas a try before the next time you come to practice. Hydrate in...
View ArticleHarvard Neuroscientist: Meditation can literally change your brain
Meditation’s effect on the brain shows up in scan Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first scientists to take the anecdotal claims...
View ArticleHow to Stay Motivated with Your Yoga Practice
Whether a yoga teacher or student, a beginner or an advanced practitioner, everyone at some point becomes “bored” with his or her yoga practice. If you are worried that yoga has been reduced to a to-do...
View ArticleConversation About Keeping A Yoga Practice Journal
Journaling about yoga promotes mindfulness. A Yoga Conversation About Keeping A Practice Journal with Lynn Burgess, owner and director of Yoga From the Heart in Sarasota, FL, and Bruce Black, author of...
View ArticleWatching What Is and Staying Present with Feelings
Watching what is and staying present with feelings isn’t always easy. Early in her yoga teacher training journey, Nina Bernardin journaled about a class she’d just taken, “I was triggered like crazy...
View Article‘Playing yoga by ear’ deepens your practice
3 reasons why ‘playing yoga by ear’ deepens your practice When I first started coming to classes at Yoga from the Heart, it quickly became clear that this was a yoga studio unlike any other place I’d...
View ArticleFor people with Parkinson’s disease…YOGA WORKS!
For people with Parkinson’s disease…YOGA WORKS! According to Dr. Jill Marjama-Lyons, the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Parkinson’s Disease, up to 225,000 of the 1.5 million...
View ArticleYoga from the Heart Teacher Training Rocked My World
Yoga from the Heart Teacher Training Rocked My World When you begin any sort of learning experience, you naturally expect that you will change and grow. But you usually expect it will be confined to...
View ArticleLessons from the mat: “Mindful Movement” starts Jan., 8th
Developing a Sustainable Yoga Practice When I first came to the yoga mat in 2001, I wanted to learn how to develop a safe, comfortable, sustainable yoga practice. I’d spent most of my 20’s, 30’s and...
View ArticleYOGA FOR BALANCE, ON AND OFF THE MAT
“Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one’s being, from bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union – the union of...
View ArticleYoga and Men…Men and Yoga
In 2012, less than one in five people in any given yoga class in the United States was male, according to Yoga Journal’s Yoga in America survey of the same year. However, the number of men in yoga...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....