Yoga Book Review: Yoga Cures by Tara Stiles

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Is Yoga really a panacea?

Yoga Cures is a new book by New York yoga instructor Tara Stiles that is hitting the stands with a loud boom. Throughout the book, Stiles offers yogic cures for all types of ailments; from anxiety to fatigue, wrinkles to a hangover, shin splints to car ride anxiety. Stiles seems to have a yogic remedy for whatever ails ya. [Read more...]

Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up…

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“Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.” ~ James Allen [Read more...]

What Are You Doing to Deepen Your Yoga Practice?

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What have you done for “ME” lately?

Sometimes we yogis miss very clear opportunities during our daily lives to take our practice off of the mat and place it firmly and prominently into our every day existence. It can be all too easy to become comfortable with how we view our practice and the world around us. Yoga provides a wonderful toolbox for us to use to continually hone the physical asana aspects of our practice, but even more importantly, the mental (mind) and spiritual aspects as well. [Read more...]

I think every person has the ability to effect change

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“I think every person has the ability to effect change… Every one of us affects the world constantly through our actions… through our every thought, our every word, the way that we interact with other people we’re constantly affecting the world.” – Adam Yauch [Read more...]

JUST DO IT!

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I want…I wish…When will I…

These words hold us back. They hold us back from being the person we see our TRUE selves as. How many times have you said, “I want to be….” “I wish I had….” “When will I….” So what’s stopping you? What’s stopping you from going back to school? What’s stopping you from learning to play the keyboard? What’s stopping you from spreading peace through out the world? What’s stopping you from being you? [Read more...]

Thanks for trying out YfM the social network but…

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Or, more Yoga? Yes, please.

I just wanted to thank every one of you who tried out the social network I set up during the past weekend. I sent out some beta invitations (about 25 or so) to try out a Ning network I set up dedicated to…well…yoga for men. I got some very positive feedback from you about it and I absolutely consider the idea to be viable, but I’ve decided not to follow through with the idea. At least not right now.

Here’s why. [Read more...]

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