Are You a Phony Yogi?
Today is like any other Saturday for Kansas City-based yoga instructor Magen Casterline-Hayes. Preparing for class, she unrolls her mat,
How Yoga Helps Empower Women
Live Your Truth For today’s woman, becoming truly empowered is as much about loving who she is as it is
Want Honesty and Loyalty? Your Mat – A Yogi’s Best Friend
Yoga, often private and deeply personal, is a practice you can only share with others to a limited extent. They
When Good Yoga Goes Bad
Asana Junkies – An Intervention For You! The scars on my left wrist form a perfect square; four incision points
Finding Compassion: Why it’s Hard, and How Yoga Can Help
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Wise words from the Dalai Lama. I could
The attitude you need to achieve your yoga goals
The Yoga of Setting Goals Setting goals is a topic we’re all too familiar with. When you combine this idea
You are Exactly where you are meant to be
The reality of being human Do you feel alone and left out in the dark sometimes? Or scared you’re not
Why Some People Almost Always Want Control
Great reasons to Trust Life The building is burning. You’ve rolled up a sheet which you tied to the foot of
Make “I am a Unicorn” Your New Mantra
Unexpected Lessons of the Stiff Cow Are you looking in the right places for your life’s purpose to reveal itself?
Am I Chanting Too Loud? And Other Anxieties
Are You Self-Conscious in An Accepting Environment? Yoga class functions as a sanctuary, a time to gather with others in
Surrender to the Eternal Positive
Letting yourself go into a yoga pose, even relaxation pose (Savasana) is an active way to surrender, consciously, to the
How to Do Yoga with Your Thoughts
So you are in Paschimottanasana and your instructor tells you to focus on your inner peace. You feel good in
Step Away from the Granny Knickers – Gentle Yoga for New Moms
If you resemble the new moms on baby food adverts – reclining and relaxed supermodel material, with spotless, cooing baby
When Introverts and Yoga Meet
Shyness and Pliableness Is talking to yourself preferable to talking with another? Would you rather be slapped across the face
A Kick in Your Root Chakra – Dealing with Accident-Prone Days.
Do you ever get out of bed in the morning and stub your toe on the leg of the bed,
The Myth of the Perfect Yoga Body – Get Real and Love Yourself
Be Yourself The bombardment of images in the media of celebrities and models doing asanas on the beaches of Bali
From Karate To Yoga – My Real and Personal Story
The short story is that I trained in Kenpo Karate for about 10 years, maybe more. I loved it, but
Clear Some of Your Old, Limiting Beliefs in 5 Minutes #1
Pragmatic Meditations & Exercises #1 – The Past Recedes Firstly, we’re going to clear our minds with some belly breathing.