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Just Show Up!
We all go through periods in our lives (including yogis!) when we feel a little "blah" - unmotivated perhaps, blocked, uncreative, maybe...
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Yellow Dock: Bitters & Blood Purifier
*Disclaimer: None of the following is meant to be medical advice! Please seek the advice of a naturopath or trained herbalist for...
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Conscious Living
"Ho, Mitakuye Oyasin", "We are all related" - We say in the Native American tradition, specifically Lakota language...And indeed we...
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Supta Baddha Konasana
(Photo taken by Wakia Hayward at Body in Motion Fitness studio in Crownsville, MD) *Note: None of the below advice is intended as medical...
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Brahmacarya - A feminist perspective
Brahmacarya (pronounced: Brahmacharya) - celibacy/continence (self control/restraint) - right use of energy (conservation). I saved the...
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We are Stardust! (Healing the Individual)
Our bodies are incredible. Each holds our individual story of who we are. Modern Western Medicine has only barely begun to tap this...
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Asteya: "Non-stealing"
Today we examine the 3rd Yama in yoga philosophy: Asteya or "Non-stealing". On the surface, this one may sound simple. The...
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Animals: Our Sacred Connection
This week's blog post was inspired by a series of synchronistic events that happened last week. First of all, one of my yoga students...
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Satya: "Truthfulness"
Today we explore the 2nd Yama of the Yoga Sutras: Satya or "Truthfulness". "Sat" in Sanskrit means more than Truth; it also means...
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Ahimsa: Practicing Non-violence
Yoga Sutra 2.35: "In the presence of one firmly established in non-violence, all hostilities cease." Today we examine the first Yama in...