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Author: OmerShapira
Posted on 10/8/14Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
The reason why we practice, in the west, fast and vigorous yoga, is because we have lost the ability to slow down or be still. We go fast internally as well as externally. On a daily basis we move fast and we think fast. We get up in the morning with the feeling that we are already behind. We sit in front of our computers bombarded by demands to reply NOW. We are constantly catching our breath...
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Posted on 10/6/14Yoga Style: Kundalini Yoga
It has been a while since I have been on this site and I hope to be here more- to see all the wonderful things it has to offer as well as stay more activr myself.
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Author: OmerShapira
Posted on 9/21/14Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
At the age of 10 I made a clear decision to never age. As a young sweet little girl whose main concern was to get as much attention as possible from the boys, at school I was terrified by the thought that I will ever have wrinkles, so I made a clear decision to kill my self at the age of 30.
At the age of 30 I couldn’t wait to be 50 years old. I was already deep into the spiritual path...
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Author: OmerShapira
Posted on 9/18/14Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
In Yoga, shoulder stand is known as the queen of all asanas while headstand is the king of all asanas. Thus, subtly suggesting that headstand is superior to shoulder stand
But we all know that behind every powerful king there is an even more powerful queen…J
The question remains: is headstand stand actually ‘better’ or more powerful than shoulder stand?
1. Many people that...
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Posted on 9/15/14
AHIMSA is a a two-day festival celebrating yoga and music. AHIMSA will promote traditional and emerging yoga styles, provide beautiful music in a green setting while providing you with access to emerging conscious companies and innovations in yoga. October 4-5, 2014!
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Posted on 7/15/14Yoga Style: Iyengar
What's Your Favorite Thing About Summer?
Every morning, I read some inspiration from a book on Discovering the Five Elements. It reminds me that we are part of nature and not separate from it. Not that I really need a reminder, especially where we live and especially NOT in the summer. Most of nature ends up overrunning our home and certainly our property...
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Posted on 7/14/14Yoga Style: Ashtanga, Hatha Yoga, Iyengar
It's Hanuman's Birthday!
Hanuman is a Deity of Love, Service, Devotion and Yoga. So great was his Love and Devotion and dedicated Service for his God, Rama, that he built a monkey bridge from India to Sri Lanka to save Rama's wife, Sita. iHanuman's mission is to provide the highest quality MEDIA on the AUTHENTIC teachings of yoga AND to be the bridge upon which these...
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Posted on 5/27/14Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
Sauca santosa tapah svadhyaya isvarapranidhanani niyamah
Cleanliness, contentment, religious zeal, self-study and surrender of the self to the supreme Self or God are the niyamas.”(II.32, iyengar)
Sauca – cleanliness - I tend to be regular and routine about showering, practicing yoga, meditation and...
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Posted on 5/12/14Yoga Style: Kriya Yoga
“In his search he discovers the three noble ways of word (jnana), work (karma), and worship (bhakti), which teach him that his inner light is the only guide leading to mastery over his own life.”
- BKS Iyengar, Light on PranayamaThe three great paths of Yoga are Jnana Yoga - the Yoga of Wisdom, Bhakti Yoga - The Yoga of Devotion...
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Posted on 5/12/14Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
ahimsa satya asteya brahmacarya aparigrahah yamah
Non-violence, truth, abstention from stealing, continence, and absence of greed for possessions beyond one’s need are the five pillars of yama.
sutra II.30, light on the yoga sutras, bks iyengar“The yamas are the great, mighty...
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Posted on 3/20/14Yoga Style: Iyengar
Spring Session 2013
When I traveled to SE Asia to work for the US Peace Corps, I had only recently found yoga. I was determined, however, to travel to India after I completed my two years of service. On my way to India, I visited a dear friend in northern Thailand and unexpectedly fell in love with Traditional Thai Massage and Meridian Theory. I still wanted to go to...
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Posted on 1/20/14Yoga Style: Women's Yoga
Happy New Year!
Is it already the last week of January?! It's not TOO late! The Chinese New Year happens this weekend beginning with the New Moon on January 30th! Time to REALLY make those New Year's resolutions and re-evaluate what is working in your life and what you need to change with this New Year. Sources tell us that this New Year of the Wood Horse...
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Posted on 12/13/13Yoga Style: Iyengar
We mentioned in our last newsletter that Fall is the season of letting go. It is the time to turn inwards and take stock of what has happened this year. About the time we turned inward, we received the sad news about the destruction in the central Philippines. I, personally, spent 27 months in these gorgeous islands as a US Peace Corps volunteer. As part of...
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Posted on 10/20/13Yoga Style: Iyengar
In the southeast, it has been relatively dry and the air just turned cooler this weekend. It is officially Fall, one of the most beautiful seasons of the year. It is the time of year to let go. Interestingly enough, the fall represents the lungs and the large intestine, two of our largest organs of letting go. This season is a perfect time to start or reinvigorate your pranayama practice...
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Posted on 10/8/13Yoga Style: Iyengar
“Yoga is a science which liberates one's mind from the bondage of the body and leads it towards the soul." – BKS Iyengar, Tree of Yoga
Many scholars have searched for the date of the first reference to yoga, but BKS Iyengar reminds us in The Tree of Yoga, that Yoga, like Ayurveda, is apauruseya, not given by man. "Brahma is the Founder of Yoga...
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Posted on 8/8/13
Where Did the Summer Go!?
In addition to enjoying some delicious time outside connecting with nature (VITALLY IMPORTANT!) we have spent the heat of the day inside, adding hundreds of new downloads to our NEW download store ( Kino MacGregor, Cora Wen, Elise Miller, David Garrigues, & Andrey Lappa, to name a few). We have updated hundreds of yoga studios in our yoga studio index. We...
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