Open-Heart Meditation for self-love
The heart chakra is guided by sensation, feeling, and emotion. When we live with a negative mindset, the body contracts to protect itself.
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Nancy Gerstein
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Could ‘Being Happy’ Be Making You Miserable?
A yoga student discovered the root cause of all her emotional afflictions when her teacher said “Yoga is the elimination of clinging. Clingi
Nancy Gerstein
- Jan 3
- 4 min
Your Home Yoga Practice Needs a New Twist
They say, the more you practice yoga, the more you’ll want to practice yoga. In fact NOT doing it created much more suffering than doing it.
Nancy Gerstein
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
Sleep: The Most underrated Healing Tool
Getting a full night’s sleep - that's between 7 and 9 hours - is one of the most, if not the most important, yet underrated healing tools...
Nancy Gerstein
- Jun 26, 2022
- 2 min
Hold On To Your Precious Prana
Keeping your sh*t and your balance intact often involves stepping away from negative or draining situations, a discipline that’s vital...
Nancy Gerstein
- Feb 1, 2022
- 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
Nancy Gerstein
- Jan 12, 2022
- 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 )
Nancy Gerstein
- Jan 4, 2022
- 6 min
Senior Yoga: Adapting Yoga Poses to a Chair
How to adapt yoga poses to a chair for Seniors.
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....
Nancy Gerstein
- 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...
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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