Yoga is for everyone, and everyone can benefit from yoga. So yoga should be financially accessible for students. But financial stability (pardon the pun) is a must for the teachers as well as the students. When I first decided to complete a Yoga Teacher Training course I was convinced that I would never teach yoga; […]
Archives for October 2016
Blissful Balance
As yoga teachers and practitioners, we sometimes walk a fine line when balancing in our roles as teachers, students, and in our personal lives. My favorite definition of Yoga, shared with us by the late T.K.V Desikachar, is “to attain what was previously unattainable.” I’d like to offer this as a starting point in terms […]
Miraculous You
You are a child of the universe. of stardust + planets. of moonshine + rain. You are AMAZING! Beautiful. Miraculous. Light-filled. Loving + Lovable. You are wise. creative. generous. luminous. compassionate + kind. Do you remember? This is who you are. You came with a purpose for your life. an incredible PLAN. You are meant […]
I Choose This
I once wrote these words to my teacher: “I’m addicted to love.” “No,” she responded, “you’re addicted to pain.” And now, so clearly, I see it. I keep making the same choices. I have a type: the “unavailable jerk.” He’s not interested in a relationship. He doesn’t ever text me to say, “How was your […]
How Nature Summons The Void
Meditation begins as a micro experience of self-awareness before expanding toward a higher state of cosmic consciousness. When we are disconnected from nature, however, the expansion of our practice can become stagnant—it is often a struggle just to sit and breathe. The opportunity to marinate in fresh air and pristine surroundings creates a direct line […]
Six Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Held My First Retreat
Gearing up to lead your first yoga retreat? It’s an exciting process, but sometimes also an intimidating one. Luckily, there’s lots to learn from the seasoned retreat leaders who’ve trod this path before. We’ve gathered six experienced, knowledgeable yoga teachers to share some things they wish someone had told them before they held their first […]
Willing To Risk
We have to be willing to give it all up What we think it is supposed to look like What we think we are supposed to do Shifting back to how it is that we really want to feel What if You trusted yourself completely What if You knew you could not fail What if […]
Yogi on the Spectrum
Brian Aubin is a 24-year-old Long Island native, who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in his late teens. Prior to and immediately following his diagnosis, Brian struggled with anxiety and depression, as well as alcohol and drug addiction and suicidal tendencies. Brian is now sober and healthy. Over the last few years, Brian discovered yoga […]
5 Tips to Design your Personal Meditation Practice
We often discuss different ways to meditate as well as the numerous and varied benefits, but how do we take all of that useful information and apply it to our daily lives? The answer is going to be different for everyone, but here are 5 tips to get you moving in the right direction towards […]
Our Lineage
I look into the mirror and trace lines of my ancestry; my jaw holds words unspoken from the mouth of my mother and her mother and her mother before, words that are wild and reckless and mighty. I open my jaw as if to unearth, to shake and dust the dirt off used to bury […]
Two Voices
As I sit down to write I hear two voices. They are both mine but decidedly different. The first knows I have something to share. She is truth teller, the one with third-eye intuition who speaks so elegantly from her heart when she teaches, so precise and honest with what she says. She moves mountains, […]
Healed
I believe we will all be healed and made whole through love. Healing is the most beautiful thing we are capable of; watching a cut scab over and scar shows us the intelligence and resilience of this flesh we were born into. Yet we are never healed back to the same thing we once were. […]
Tony Giuliano
What’s your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of my work is that I get to share my passion for movement with people and empower them to make conscious choices in all aspects of their lives. What’s your least favorite part of your work? Owning and running a studio takes a lot of […]
Simple Spirituality
You may not know or you may have forgotten, but YOU get to design your life. Every aspect. No need to live on autopilot or in la-la land. So let’s go there. Let’s talk about spirituality. Not religion, not woo-woo magic, but about simple rituals that connect you to yourself. Remembering yourself. Bringing presence. Being […]
Your Brain // Neuroplasticity
Did you know that when you are awake you have enough energy buzzing in your brain to power a light bulb? That’s around 10 to 33 watts. Our body is an electrical miracle! It’s a delicate and complicated machine. Our brain is the intricate operating center for the nervous system, which is continually collecting data […]
On the Beauty of Time
As a child I followed my father around his land, memorizing the scientific names of the plants he catalogued like notes from a flute. He cultivated the earth to observe the tendencies of living things. He patiently waited for trees to develop into shade-giving giants, and experimented with leaves and a palette of flowers; fruit, […]
A Prayer for Guidance
Trust your heart, dear friend It will not lead you astray Open to the gentle guidance of your spirit and breathe into the courage that will allow you to follow the path it so gracefully offers With practice, your choices will fill with the ease and softness of deep, inner knowing and your actions will […]
Konstantinos Charantiniotis
What’s your favorite part of your work? Witnessing the transformation is a great joy. Watching my students evolving and making life choices that uplift themselves and the whole world. A favorite moment is always the closing ceremony in my Teacher Trainings where trainees are able to speak up and articulate in an emotional and intelligent […]