What are the Yamas and Niyamas
The yamas (restraints) and niyamas (observances) are often presented as the first two limbs of yoga. These initiate a growing shift and understanding surrounding the way a practitioner engages with the world (yamas) and themselves personally (niyamas). The integration of
Meditation Made Easy
The benefit of yogic meditation is that through the knowledge we gain in pursuing that state we purify, release or overcome conditioned patterns of behavior which impeded our capabilities, not just in meditation but throughout our lives as a whole;
Yogadandasana- Asana Highlight
Caught mid-scratch! Sometime there's an itch you can only get with your foot in your armpit. Surprisingly, yogadandasana is easier to do than it looks and is incredibly useful for lengthening the external rotators of the hip, muscles of the low
Full Yogic Breathing
There are a multitude of ways to share this pranayama or yogic breathing practice and even smaller or larger ways that we can dissect this process to solicit different effects. There are many subtleties and considerations to pranayama or yogic
Natural Urges You Should Not Suppress
The texts of Ayurveda expound upon the daily practices that support the desire for long life. There are 13 Urges that should not be suppressed that can be considered in the support of this effort. Withholding of these natural urges
Ayurveda Travel Tips
We all love a good adventure to someplace new, but management of health on travel days can make or break your vacation. Both air and car travel can greatly increase Vata Dosha, create weak agni, slow the digestive process and
Surya Namaskar – Sun Salutation Basics
If our body is a crystallization of our thoughts words, deeds, diet and dna then we must recondition it regularly to continually align all layers of our Being. Yoga and Ayurveda offer many practices to address and harmonize our outer