Deep Thoughts
Yoga isn't just an "on the mat" physical activity. We have the opportunity to practice yoga all the time, no matter where we go (or what we are wearing) by maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, actions, interactions and the perfectly imperfect world around us.
Embracing the Fall
I spent my entire life trying to be strong. I tried to be enough; I tried to be someone else....
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10 Reasons Yoga Teacher Training WILL Change Your Life
When I signed up for Yoga Teacher Training in the Ishta lineage over 15 years ago in NYC, I had...
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5 Ways to Find Your Tribe and Love Them Hard
We meet new people in all phases of our lives, from the grammar school playground to the office boardroom. Not...
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New Yogis, This Letter Is For YOU | Yoga Beginners
Dear New Yogi or Yogini, This letter is to any new student who thought: I am not flexible enough to...
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7 Practices to Put the OM in hOMe Over the Holidays | Yoga Holiday
As we move into the holiday season, we can easily be swept up by the many obligations of the season....
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10 Poems for Savasana
You’ve made it to the end of class. It’s time for savasana. Your students are winding down and settling in...
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How to Allow for “Now”
“Is now a good time?” In our crowded, cluttered, overscheduled modern American life, it seems like the answer to this...
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Why You Need To Stop Hating Your Job and Start Loving Your Life | NJ Yoga
I used to wake up every morning dreading the day ahead - the long hours of commuting, being squashed like...
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Letting Go Of the Physical
Because It Can't - And It Won't - Always Be About a Tight Asana I was searching through my music...
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More “OM”work: The Case for Yoga in Schools
When I was 16 years old, I developed an eating disorder. I was a junior in high school, though...
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