All posts tagged "yoga practice"

Equanimity

One area where the philosophy of yoga can definitely be applied to mental health is that yoga stresses equanimity, meaning calm and...

Make Stretches Feel Really Good

It’s tempting to look around the room during poses that require a lot of stretching, comparing your flexibility to that of other...

As Long As You Are Still In Your Breathing You Are Still In Your Yoga Practice

Your breathing is the wave that carries you through a session, and it’s also your portal to the meditative state, which is...

Capitalize On Your Natural Gifts

If we were to make a very general list of the essential elements for a successful yoga practice, these elements would be...

Your Practice Does Not Have To Be Perfect To Be Wonderful

Psychologically speaking, you’re going to bring the same patterns of thinking and behaving to your yoga practice that you bring to the...

Let Go Of Where You Want Your Practice To Be And Focus On Where It Is

Practicing in a studio is great because you get to feed off of the positive energy of your fellow yogis and you...

Sunny Says: Celebrate Falling Out of a Pose

Surround Yourself With Positive Energy

Energy, positive or negative, is contagious. The neuroscientific explanation for why is mirror cells, which are the neurons thought to be responsible...

Working On Yourself

Although yoga comes out of the East it fits nicely within a humanistic existential framework. You can think of humanism as the...

Vinyasa Yoga and Fluidity During Life Changes

Vinyasa yoga is all about flow, about fluidity of movement as you make your way through the sequence. Although every class is...