Body Image: We All Have It

On July 12 at Yoga Journal LIVE! San Diego, a panel of community leaders joined together in an open and honest conversation about body image – what does it mean, what is our role as conscious leaders, and how do we make yoga accessible and welcoming to every BODY. The conversation was a part of [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:37:58-07:00July 24th, 2014|Yoga Therapy|1 Comment

10 Reasons You Cannot Miss The Tadasana Festival

1. The two-hour Off the Mat, Into the World (pictured left) benefit class featuring Seane Corn and four top YogaWorks teachers--Lisa Walford, Kathryn Budig, Kia Miller and Joan Hyman--backed by Masood Ali Khan and a special performance by Jai Uttal. 2. Three full days of amazing speakers and unique presentations in The Daily Love Lounge [...]

By |2015-04-11T04:49:30-07:00April 14th, 2012|Festivals & Retreats|0 Comments

Comedy Benefits Yoga-Based Activism

As yoga becomes more mainstream by the day, partnerships between charitable organizations and Yoga-driven endeavors raise funds and consciousness, even with humor. On November 16, the newly formed organization, Transforming the World Through Comedy, will launch a multiplatform global event to raise funds through comedy performances. This year’s catalytic philanthropy partner is the yogi-founded charity [...]

By |2015-04-11T05:11:37-07:00December 15th, 2011|Cause & Activism|0 Comments

Science and The Sacred: Mirrors Of Compassion

While teaching a workshop recently, I tried something I had never done before: I demonstrated a sequence without speaking a word. In the hushed movement of our shared breath, the participants observed my modified sun salutation and organized themselves into pairs to take turns witnessing one another. I was hoping to engage a recently identified [...]

By |2017-02-22T15:50:16-08:00April 2nd, 2010|Spirituality|0 Comments

Yogis Are The Champions!

En Route To The Olympics By Editor   The USA Yoga Federation hosted the Annual International Yoga Championships, February, 2010, in Los Angeles. While Yoga Championships, demonstrations of the art of asana, are a feature of Yoga in India, the first championship was held on U.S. soil in 2003, in Los Angeles, where each of [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:18:13-07:00March 31st, 2010|Yoga in the World|0 Comments

Practice Makes Practice

A few days before my first yoga New Year, my teacher asked us to make yoga New Year’s resolutions. Instantly, and uncharacteristically not even taking the three dark days till New Year’s to mull it over, I resolved to get good at jump ups. And I have been resolving to get good at jump ups [...]

By |2015-04-11T12:24:39-07:00February 8th, 2009|Yoga|0 Comments

My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat

Someone’s in the Kitchen With Ahimsa In yoga class I caught myself beating myself up about beating myself up. I took it as a sign to start focusing on ahimsa (nonviolence). In classical yoga, ahimsa is generally given as the first yama (ethical precept), and defined as the non-harming of others by thought, [...]

By |2015-04-11T20:33:58-07:00August 24th, 2008|Yoga|0 Comments
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