The best Yoga teachers are also students

Paula Van Alstine Yogini,certified Kripalu
teacher,
She is a mentor and friend to many.
 

In life, we never stop learning.

I do consider myself a good Yoga teacher, and I feel this way becasue I am able to keep being a student.

Brand new students in my Yoga classes teach me new perspectives and new ideas all the time, and I am grateful to them as I am grateful to the excellent teachers who trained me.

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Ahimsa-How to define it for yourself

Yogi Vincent Gerbino

The Yogic principle of Ahimsa says do no harm to others or to the self. Loosely translated, it means, no killing, no torture and no abuse. It also is the premise for why many Yogis refrain from eating animal products, and prompts the asking of the question: must Yogis go vegan? The results of this controversial question remain mixed, and the only certainty on this issue is uncertainty.

Yogini Sarah Lowenstein

Yogi and yoga teacher Sarah Lowenstein of Denver, CO considers it her obligation. She is an outspoken advocate for animal rights and emphasizes compassion between all beings in her teachings

“I became a vegetarian (or Pescatarian) at the age of 5 after my grandfather made the connection for me between the cow and the burger I was eating. 

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Shanti Om!

Easy Restorative Yoga for Every Body..............

Restorative Yoga is good for everyone, and good on lazy days too!

This easy pose called Vaparita Karani does an incredible job to help restore your energy levels as well as help balance out your different energies to reduce stress.

Restorative yoga focuses on getting into relatively easy poses and staying there to chill. Focus less on looking perfect and keep your attention on what you can do to feel more relaxed in the position.

What can you release, or move just a tiny bit to make the pisotion more relaxing and nourishing?

Try it and you'll soon be able to find more than one right answer!

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Many Blessings...Namaste

Why Yoga Is Liked By Superstar Runners......

Running barefoot opens a whole new world.


Barefoot fitness's oldest surviving discipline is Yoga.

You will quickly find that barefoot running and Yoga are inherently connected.



Coach Michael Sandler

The world's most-famous barefoot runner and barefoot running coach agrees-so does the president of the Runbare Company.



Runbare president Jessica Lee

That's why they asked me to write this.........









"Stretch before a big workout. It’s the oldest advice in the athletic world. So it shouldn’t be a secret that the science of Yoga, an ancient discipline that’s all about stretching would have a connection with running. But why?
"It’s true that running is the only traditional sport in today’s world that rivals Yoga in terms of age. Competitive running is as old as the Olympics, which date back to pre-700 BC.

Yoga as we know it today has been practiced for just as long. To find the connection, we have to ask a question: Just how did people run back in the days of ancient Greece, where competitive running was born?
The answer: They ran barefoot...."

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Blessings!

NOT FLEXIBLE? Good! It makes you a BETTER yoga student? But How? Read on......

NOT FLEXIBLE? Good! It makes you a BETTER yoga student? But How? Read on......

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