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    5 ways to ease upper back pain
    Nancy G
    • Feb 1
    • 3 min

    5 ways to ease upper back pain

    Living with chronic upper back pain can be debilitating. Try these 5 yoga tips to relieve and eliminate your pain
    Yoga Philosophy: How Yoga's Niyamas Can Guide Your Life
    Nancy G
    • Jan 12
    • 6 min

    Yoga Philosophy: How Yoga's Niyamas Can Guide Your Life

    One of the most important yogic teachings is that the path to personal liberation (moksha) includes living the five Niyamas (nee-yuh-muhs )
    Senior Yoga: Adapting Yoga Poses to a Chair
    Nancy Gerstein
    • Jan 4
    • 6 min

    Senior Yoga: Adapting Yoga Poses to a Chair

    How to adapt yoga poses to a chair for Seniors.
    How seniors can  live their best life
    Jason Lewis
    • Nov 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    How seniors can live their best life

    By Jason Lewis (Guest Blogger) When seniors retire from their lifelong careers, they’re often said to be living in their Golden Years....
    Obstacles on the path
    Nancy G
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Obstacles on the path

    Life is not always a clear path. If it were, we would learn very little. One day, the peasants from an ancient village discovered a large...
    5 Practices for Busting Through Anxiety
    Nancy G
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    5 Practices for Busting Through Anxiety

    Excerpted from "Motivational Yoga: 100 Practices for Strength, Energy, and Transformation" by Nancy Gerstein Intention: To accept,...
    Feeling Great From the inside Out
    Dana Brown
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Feeling Great From the inside Out

    Guest Blog by Dana Brown If you struggle with growing older – either looking or feeling older than you are – then it’s time to get back...
    WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE STUDENT WILL READ THE YOGA SUTRAS
    Nancy G
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE STUDENT WILL READ THE YOGA SUTRAS

    If you’re ready to learn more about the roots of yoga, The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali is the essential text.
    The Only Constant  is change
    Nancy G
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Only Constant is change

    Whether you lose a job, fall in love, or get a flat tire, eventually, you learn that life can change in an instant.
    Obstacles to  Practice
    Nancy G
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Obstacles to Practice

    We all find excuses for not practicing yoga. The Yoga Sutras offer time-tested guidelines to help you see all the obstacles in your way.
    12 Reasons to Take a Yoga Retreat.
    Nancy G
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    12 Reasons to Take a Yoga Retreat.

    A yoga retreat is like getting two for the price of one: a vacation in a beautiful place combined with a complete yoga immersion experience.
    Yoga Practices for your Immune System
    Nancy G
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Yoga Practices for your Immune System

    Yoga practices to boost the immune system are linked to the adrenals which often get depleted during times of extreme stress.
    Avoiding Distractions at Work
    Nancy G
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Avoiding Distractions at Work

    The modern context in which most of us work has made us experts in distraction. We're faced with droves of constant dinging...
    Change Can Happen In an Instant
    Nancy G
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 4 min

    Change Can Happen In an Instant

    Most of us don’t follow through on the things we truly want. We think it takes too much preparation, knowledge, time, and resources.
    Taking Control of Your Energy State
    Nancy G
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Taking Control of Your Energy State

    On any given day, the choices you make can be significantly altered when you live in an active state of energy.
    Your Energy Is Your Current Identity
    Nancy G
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Your Energy Is Your Current Identity

    Your current energy state is a connector to help you move forward in life. Or not. How does your energy level feel right now?
    Sleep Exercises to Turn Off Your Brain
    Nancy G
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Sleep Exercises to Turn Off Your Brain

    The key to falling sleep is in surrendering, not trying harder. Once you’re in bed, focus on your breath, clear your mind, and check out one
    Building Your emotional muscles
    Nancy G
    • Jul 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    Building Your emotional muscles

    What we think, we become. —Buddha Ah, yoga asana, the position that's steady and comfortable; the place where you can feel completely...

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