Swing Arms to Disperse the Clouds: Qi Gong Exercise 4

You can build your immune system, increase your personal energy and release your stress by practicing Swing Arms to Disperse the Clouds, Qi Gong Exercise 4. Watch the FREE video on my website at this link or on my Youtube channel at this link. Here’s how you practice this fabulous exercise: Stand with your feet a […]

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Share the Yoga

In this week’s Overheard in Yoga Class, Steven Espinosa encourages us to share your love of yoga with family, friends or a loved one to bring you closer together. Yoga can be one of the most enjoyable mutual experiences you can have!

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7 Signs That Tell You When It’s Time To Move On

Is there anything in this world that can make you feel as good as you feel having a laugh with a dear friend, a loved one or even a stranger? Money, power, success, and wealth mean almost nothing when you have no one to share them with, does it? What a splendid news that is!

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9 Reasons Why Your Worst Enemy is Yourself

A person can have others in their life they call enemies, but what if the enemy is their own self? People might not be aware that they can make them self their worst enemy to happiness or success. There are different reasons that one can examine to determine whether they are doing this or not.

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Partner Yoga with Claudine & Honza

We have some exciting news! We’ve just added six new Partner Yoga classes to the site with Claudine & Honza from Yoga Beyond with more classes on the way. Grab a partner and enjoy!

• Down Dog Assist: Give your partner a juicy assist in down dog while you work on building stamina in the upper body. Enjoy this quick exploration into an equal give and take experience. Strengthen your solo down dog, and use as prep for a solid handstand practice. A fun way to connect and build trust with your partner. Power up your arms and shoulders and invite more even more spaciousness in your back body.
• Deepen Your Forward Fold: Working on forward folds, explore a few poses to help you go deeper than you would normally go practicing solo. Develop a powerful practice that you can do with your loved ones, friends and family any time of day. As this practice is based on forward folds, your hamstrings and back body will experience some newfound space. Enjoy the fun and rejuvenating aspects of this creative and hands on practice.
• Partner Hatha Harmony: Connection is an essential part of human existence. Take a pause from all the modern day forms of connection to drop in with another. Begin class back to back with your partner and breathing together before taking a supported partner twist. Royal dancer is your peak pose. Savor each breath and mindful moment as you move through a nourishing and balanced partner practice with your mate, family member or loved one. Props Needed: A blanket and a strap.
• Slow Down: Establish connection and a unique experience between you and another. Sitting down face to face, first drop in and begin to focus on the space around you. With your hands resting on your partner and theirs resting on you, begin to engage in sensory withdrawal as you breath in and out together. Enjoy this wonderful and powerful meditation with a friend, family member, loved one or anyone you wish to encourage a solid relationship with. Props Suggested: Two blocks and two blankets.
• Feel Trapped? Work with your partner on releasing muscles in your traps, back and neck. You do need a bit of shoulder mobility for this class. Come with an open mind and a desire to give as well as receive. Use this class after a long stressful day at work or anytime you or your partner feel your shoulders creeping up to your ears. Reconnect, release and rejuvenate together. If you like, take savasana on your own. Props Needed: Two blankets.
• Plank to Front Bird: This class will introduce you to the beauty of working with partner asanas on the earth and in the air as you fly. Begin with a vinyasa-inspired warm up before heading into your group. Practice partner planks and flying locust in the air. As you learn to communicate clearly with others, your own needs come into light. Use a blanket under base’s hips to assist tight hamstrings. For safety, always fly in groups of three. Props Needed: A blanket.

 

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Pose of the Week: Dolphin

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Jo Tastula demonstrates Dolphin Pose or Ardha Pincha Mayurasana. A great prepatory posture for arm balances and inversions, practice this excellent pose to open your hamstrings, strengthen your shoulders and chest, and build some heat throughout your whole body. No matter what your level, learn ways to make this pose part of your daily practice!

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10 Reasons Why You Should Stop Smoking

Three quarters of today’s smokers trying to shed the habit are heavily hooked on nicotine. This number is up 32 percent from almost two decades ago. According to research presented at the American College of Chest Physicians’ annual meeting in October. Left alone, smoking could kill more than a billion people this century, according to

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20 Reasons to Quit Playing So Many Video Games

Gaming is one of the most lovable pastimes in the modern world. In America, it’s estimated that 4 out of every 5 households own some type of video game console. That’s a whole lot of gamers. With the Pokemon Go phenomenon (and others like it), this number will only skyrocket. That’s all well and good…but

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6 Yoga Classes for Cardio, Strength & Endurance

Whoever says yoga isn’t a workout probably has never taken a non-stop, fast-paced, heart pumping flow. These classes can be more strenuous than an hour on the treadmill, plus using your own body-weight is a great way to get and stay toned. Adding a yoga practice to your exercise regimen will not only make you work up a sweat, but it will strengthen and stretch your muscles, improve your posture, and prevent workout injuries.

This week’s featured classes are fantastic for cardiovascular work, building strength, and cultivating endurance.

• Rev Up Your Metabolism with Tiffany: Get moving right away and work through several intervals of asana to rev up your metabolism. Flow through variations of sun salutations, twists, and inversions to get your heart pumping with less talking. Then, relengthen your major muscle groups. Finish feeling balanced and revitalized.
• Stoke Your Fire with Claudine Lafond: Build strength and tone your entire body with this dynamic class designed to make you sweat. A flowing sequence intended to open up the body, build strength and detoxify your system. Do as much or as little as you can without judgements or expectations. The intention of this class is to ignite your inner spark. Plenty of handstand options to help you stoke your fire. Props Needed: A block and wall space.
• Bootcampasana with Darren Rhodes: Rock the house and clean the house in this sequence that packs maximum poses into each minute. The poses themselves are all doable. What makes them difficult is the relentless pacing; pose after pose, asana-after pose.
• Strong, Non-Stop Flow with Jason Crandell: I don’t teach fast classes, but this one is strong and continuous. Minimal instruction, continuous motion punctuated by a few longer holds and several key arm-balances. Class includes starting in handstand, plenty of standing posture transitions, inversion variations and a savasana that you’ll never want to end. Optional Prop: a Wall.
• Keep It Moving with Dice: This practice is all about keeping it moving. Using Surya A and a mixed Surya C, we open our front body and incorporate some hip strengthening via squats and some variations. We finish with some hip opening, forward folding and savasana. Enjoy my fellow yogis! Props Needed: Two blocks.
• Fast-Paced Full Primary Series with Jodi Blumstein: This is a fast paced full primary series. This class is not using the traditional Sanskrit counting, but rather is focusing strongly in the breath to initiate the energy and movement of the class.

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Chakrasana: Yoga Wheel Pose, 14 Ways

The most important pose in my personal asana practice is chakrasana, yoga wheel pose. Why is this deep backbend so important for you? Heals kyphosis, a.k.a. schlumping Corrects postural problems caused by excessive sitting Opens and balances all the chakras, increasing the flow of healing energy through your whole body Opens your heart and releases […]

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Why Travelling is a Healthy Form of Self-Medication

Every now and then, a change of scenery does the mind, body and spirit good. When you feel down or stuck in a rut, travelling is the self-medication you need and are authorized to prescribe yourself. You don’t need an excuse – other than your own self-care needs—to get up and go explore the world.

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6 Tips for People Struggling to Deal With Rejection

You cannot have approval without its opposite: rejection. It’s just like hot and cold and love and hate. Without one, you can’t have the other. Whether it’s on your career path or in your love life, rejection is a part of the equation — it can’t be avoided. The key is to accept the inevitability

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How to Stop Beating Yourself Up All the Time

“You can’t do this!” “You just keep making the wrong decisions over and over.” “Everyone else knows what they’re doing, what’s wrong with you?” Does this voice sound familiar? It’s your own — the words you might say in your head when you’re down on yourself. Self-criticism can often be healthy, as it is a

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11 Reasons to Stop Worrying About Negative Opinions

“Those who spend time looking for faults in others, usually make no time to correct their own.” – Art Jonak Fighting a naysayer is like fighting a lion bare handed. You’re destined to lose no matter how much you struggle. That’s why caring about what people think about you is a losers game. It serves

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Pose of the Week: Happy Baby

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Giselle Mari demonstrates Happy Baby or Ananda Balasana. Tap into your inner baby as you learn this wonderful way to bring ease into your hips and lower back. Learn a few fun leg variations to get you deeper into the pose or just hang out and breath in whatever variation feels best for you.

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5 Yoga Classes to Welcome Fall

Fall is a great time to reboot and refocus the mind and body. The summer days have come to a close and new habits and routines are being formed, so this is the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and start new. Whether we’re letting go, recovering from a cold, starting a new chapter in our lives, starting a new season or a new relationship, cleansing is an important part of honoring what came before and preparing for what’s next.

• Autumn Practice for Vata Season with Alex van Frank: According to Ayurveda, Fall brings about the dry and windy elements of your body. Grounding poses, coupled with movements that can also support your lungs and ears, help ease the seasonal transition. Focus on slowly and steadily warming your body with standing poses and joint rotations, then ease onto the ground for stability and strengthening. Practice this gentle flow to help support both your mind and body throughout the season. Props Needed: A strap.
• Autumn Nourishment with Marc Holzman: In Ayurveda, Rasayana means nourishment. This Rasayana practice prepares body and mind as you transition into the colder, windier months of Fall. After sitting with pranayama exercises, move into a rhythmic Hatha flow of repeated standing poses to build warmth. Continue with surya A’s, some core work and backbends. Conclude with two delicious restoratives and a sweet savasana. Props Needed: Two blankets, a block, a bolster and a strap.
• Fall Season Sequence with Darren Rhodes: A fall focused sequence to help you slow down. Enjoy a slow sun salute that segues into a supine sequence that opens your hamstrings, quads, hips and entire spine. Practice “autumn asanas” like standing forward bend, lunge variations and locust with slightly longer holds and less instruction. Use this practice to connect and become introspective, while staying active and engaged.
• Fall Away to Consolidate with Jo Tastula: Align with the natural world and initiate your own seasonal change, connecting to the energy of Fall. Be guided through a meditation to identify all extraneous factors that no longer serve you, lightening your load both mentally and physically. Warm up with a sequence of abdominal toning with sun salutations and a down tempo flow of standing poses, hip openers, back bends and forward bends. Conserve energy, consolidate and celebrate the fruits of your labor. Props Suggested: A strap.
• Decrease Internal Dryness and Lubricate the Joints with Felicia: In the Fall season, you can easily feel dry or depleted. According to Ayurveda, this is characterized by an increase of the energy of wind, the vata dosha. Soothe the vata dosha by encouraging internal lubrication. Move your joints in long holds providing more energy to your fascia (connective tissue) while focusing on circular movements and nourishing breath. Props Needed: A blanket.

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10 Important Things You Should Do to Simplify Your Life

Our life can be awe-inspiring. We have tablets, smartphones, TV and desktop computers all around us. This leads to mental dispersion and creates a kind of chaos to our minds. Of course, we are connected 24/7, but there are disadvantages. Most often we always spend time checking out the screen rather than real people and

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How to Speed up Recovery After an Injury

The journey to recovery can be a tough one to endure after a serious injury. At times it may even seem impossible. The situation is aggravated even more when surgery is involved in the treatment. Even with the right medication, a recovery process may take quite a while, and some people can get impatient.  

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How to Keep Friendships For Life & Beyond

Who was your first love? That boy in 5th grade who stole your heart? Well, you may have lived that year with the sole motive of trying to catch his eye (flunked math didn’t you?), but, that wasn’t your first love. It was the freckled girl in pigtails who spent hours hearing about your true

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