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The Lessons Behind Injuries

Posted at February 21, 2017 | 22:27h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health, Physical Care & Nutrition, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Whenever we encounter an injury either during our yoga practice or during our everyday activities, the tendency is to interpret the unexpected and unfortunate event as something detrimental; and certainly the first reaction is to label it as: “not good.” However, many of the greatest lessons in life don’t arrive in the 'friendliest of packages.'

The Nature of The Mind

Posted at February 10, 2017 | 19:04h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Yoga teaches us to fully recognize and embrace all the elements and components of our existence at all levels. Among those many things to fully acknowledge is the mind.

Energizing Rainbow Visualization

Posted at January 25, 2017 | 21:44h in Articles, Daily Practice, Kids, Mental and Spiritual Health, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Occasionally we get up in the morning only to realize that the gorgeous invigorating sunshine just happens not to be out there to shine on us either externally or internally; in spite of the fact that we all know the sun is “always hiding behind the clouds.”

We Are Mirrors To Each Other

Posted at January 21, 2017 | 19:36h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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We are all mirrors to each other and life offers us many ways to learn about ourselves. Often we think of going inwards to find ourselves and our essence. That is of course very true; however, the practice of yoga doesn't leave us just trapped inside but the relationship is vertical first with the spirit within and then from there we each must connect horizontally and journey outwards to connect and learn from and with others not just about them but also about our own selves.

Rethinking 2017 Goals & Resolutions

Posted at January 20, 2017 | 17:25h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health, Physical Care & Nutrition, Resources, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Aligning our dreams, aspiration and goals: Many of us tend to make most of our choices on automatic pilot. Few of us realize that we can choose at any given point in our lives to step in by deciding to give a different spin to our automatic responses by adopting a more positive and well-planned approach to the way we feel, think and act.

The Science of Deep Breathing

Posted at November 17, 2016 | 22:14h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health, Physical Care & Nutrition, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Those of you who’ve attended my classes know very well that I always like to mention that if you take home only one main thing from my instruction, that one thing should be 'the deep yogi breathing' due to its many benefits to our overall physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual health.

The Personal Vote

Posted at November 10, 2016 | 21:50h in Articles, Daily Practice, Mental and Spiritual Health by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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The democratic process gives each citizen the opportunity to partake in electing a leader among the available choices during an election; but also, any democracy grants us the right to be fully ourselves and gives us the opportunity to cast a personal vote each day of our lives with the choices we make.

My Personal Nutritional Path

Posted at November 1, 2016 | 18:57h in Daily Practice, Physical Care & Nutrition by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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The following is my own personal experience and my transition and evolution towards a low-impact diet on the environment and planet and a high impact diet on my health and hopefully a more wholesome well-being for our environment which took me from being raised on a meat-based diet throughout my childhood to a plant-based living food lifestyle in my adulthood.

General Benefits of Going Raw

Posted at October 11, 2016 | 16:49h in Physical Care & Nutrition by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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The raw diet can contribute immensely to your overall health because it brings so many benefits to your daily life through its living life-force delivered in the most efficient way to your body. Here you will have a summary outline of those benefits.

Thanksgiving

Posted at October 10, 2016 | 15:50h in Mental and Spiritual Health, Yoga by yoga-wpadm 0 Comments

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Yoga reminds us of the very essence of the Thanksgiving spirit, one of opening our hearts to experience and feel the gratefulness for all the seeds which we have planted and which have grown in our fields and in our inner garden. An opportunity to enjoy and to celebrate while feeling thankful for our full harvest!