Monthly Archives: December 2011

Ayurveda for Daily Life: Help for the Holidays

By Angie Inglis Regardless of the traditions you celebrate, this holiday season you undoubtedly found yourself exercising less, eating more and… shopping. Sure, you’ve been mobile, but in a rather frenetic way – and most of that activity probably occurred inside …

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Yoga Books to Inspire the Heart and Mind

Reviews by Carolyn Ann Budgell New Year’s resolutions are a recommitment to personal growth that add to your value as a friend, lover, and parent. Why not start a 2012 New Year’s reading list to help your resolutions along? The …

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Have a Funky Christmas: Wesley’s X-Mas Playlist

By Wesley Salter Vegan turducken. Gluten-free Pumpkin pie. Yoga mats unrolled beneath an environmentally friendly Yule Log burning bright on your T.V. The only thing missing from this west-coast holiday scene is a personalized X-mas soundtrack from Semperviva teacher Wesley …

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Naad Yoga: The Union with Sound

by Trevor Grant Naad Yoga is the Yoga of Sound. Naad means sound, and Yoga means union, so we can think of this as the Union with Sound. Sound is all around us. It is a form of energy, just …

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Om for the Holidays: 5 Tools for Relieving Holiday Stress with Yoga

By Jacci Collins As we barrel full speed ahead towards the holiday season, I can feel the stress and frantic energy mounting; not only in myself, but in my students. Too much to do, too little time. Gift buying, holiday …

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Practice Outside the Lines: Helen’s Yoga Story

Being new to yoga, it’s a safe bet (at least it was in my case) to stick with classes like hatha and yin. You get to keep a nice slow pace and don’t often find yourself standing on your hands …

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Lesson off the Mat: Megan’s Yoga Story

by Megan Bruneau The first dozen times I practiced Yoga, I hated it. I’d dragged myself to class based on my physio’s recommendation, after yet another over exercising-induced injury. I didn’t fit the profile of a “yogi”—I was a gym-rat, …

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