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Goat or Ashtangi – How Yogi Are You?

On a scale of goat to ashtangi, how yogi are you? There's yoga out there that just isn't my flavor, but I don't have to declare it "not yoga" for everyone el...

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I Gave Up Coffee for 30 Days – Here’s Why I Went Back to It

Jordan Reed

Coffee might just be my favorite drink. A crisp Sauvignon Blanc is a close second. I started drinking coffee when I was 16. I vividly remember waking up each...

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Patanjali’s Advice to Overcome Distraction

Ashley Zuberi

If you’re reading this on your desktop computer, iPad, or laptop, I have a short exercise for you. Pause for a moment and count how many tabs you have open in y...

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Meet Dana Falsetti @nolatrees, Educator and Fatphobia Fighter

Shut Up & Yoga

@nolatrees We were delighted to interview Dana Falsetti @nolatrees; she is a yoga teacher, speaker, educator, writer, and we absolutely love how bold, vuln...

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But Is That Even Yoga?

Laurel Beversdorf

I recently hosted a five-day online challenge, sharing with students various ways to combine resistance bands and yoga. I got tons of encouraging feedback, but ...

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Confessions of a Yoga Teacher

Jasmine Sara

Yoga teachers have got it all together, right? We’re perfectly at peace living our harmonious and healthy lives. Well, not as much as you might think. The highl...

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8 Slices of Gratitude

Paul McQuillan

The science behind the benefits of daily gratitude is becoming too hard to ignore. In his book, Super Genes, Deepak Chopra lists the five most valuable componen...

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How the Yoga Sutras Define Stress

Ashley Zuberi

It’s hard to imagine what “stressed out” would have looked like back in the day. Today, stress is basically a badge of honor. The busier we are, the better w...

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#momlife Yoga Part 2: Nursing

Jacquie Bullard

The latch There’s a subset of the population that knows how words like latch and plugged ducts relate to breastfeeding. Such words make a woman’s body seem lik...

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When the Yoga Honeymoon Is Over: Keeping the Spark in Practice and Teaching

Stephanie Tencer

When I practice Yoga, I feel like I literally tap into a new language. This ‘language of asana’ helps me to embody the physical vessel in which I reside...wait ...

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Lost in Transitions: Airplane Yoga

Your Brain on Yoga. Part I: Motor Control

But Is That Even Yoga?

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Confessions of a Yoga Teacher

Modern yoga: Rethinking Outdated Cues

The Evolution of the Yoga Teacher: from Brahmin to Yogalebrity

#ideas

Goat or Ashtangi – How Yogi Are You?

December Horrorscopes: Look Inside Yourself

I Gave Up Coffee for 30 Days – Here’s Why I Went Back to It

#heroes

Meet Nicole Monente, the Observation-ist & Artist Behind @scribblesbynicole

Meet Prudence Geerts, the artist behind @planetprudence

Meet Adam Carney, the Co-founder of East+West

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The Modern Yogi’s Gift Guide to a Conscious Christmas

Hawk’s Folly: Studio Reviews & Snark From A Migratory Bird of ‘Pray’. Yoga in Yelapa, Mexico

Rogue Yogi on the Road: Yoga and Wild Cats in Istanbul, Turkey

#read+watch

Meet Stephanie Spence, Traveling Yogini & Author of Yoga Wisdom

10 Modern Films Every Yogi Should See

The Yogi’s Bookshelf: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

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Goat or Ashtangi – How Yogi Are You?

I Gave Up Coffee for 30 Days – Here’s Why I Went Back to It

Patanjali’s Advice to Overcome Distraction

Meet Dana Falsetti @nolatrees, Educator and Fatphobia Fighter

But Is That Even Yoga?

Confessions of a Yoga Teacher

8 Slices of Gratitude

How the Yoga Sutras Define Stress

#momlife Yoga Part 2: Nursing

When the Yoga Honeymoon Is Over: Keeping the Spark in Practice and Teaching