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Ahhh, the comfort of my mat
I’ve been out of the comfort of my routine as of late. Got hit with a nasty bug that had me out for almost a week, traveling to Miami for…
Read MoreFinding more space on our mats
One of my favorite yogic concepts is that of creating space. In the body, in the mind, in our lives. Pausing between postures, noticing the breath, staying without reacting, at…
Read MoreYoga and Peace
It’s a pretty messed up world. Terrorism’s been on my mind this week, as I’m sure it has for all of us. Given the Russian plane, bombings in Beirut, and…
Read MoreWhat are you practicing?
We call yoga a “practice.” But what exactly are we practicing? As YR teacher Annie Siegel said in class today, “if we rush through our practice, we are simply practicing…
Read MoreSometimes more is more
We hear all the time that “less is more.” It’s so often true. But there are times when we need to apply more effort, more heat, more discipline. This is…
Read More“The only way to meditate badly is not to meditate at all”
By Sindy Warren So says Rebecca Pacheco, author of the fabulous Do Your Om Thing (which you can pick up at YR, with a personalized book plate from Pacheco herself).…
Read MoreThe lesser known of the 8 limbs of yoga: Pratyhara
Pratyhara is the 5th limb of the 8-limbed path of yoga. It means withdrawal of our five senses. Back in the day (or even today in some parts of the…
Read MoreMoving from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset
The idea of us all having either a fixed or a growth mindset was first articulated by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. She conducted a study whereby she assigned two groups…
Read MoreHappiness is an inside job
By Sindy Warren Santosha (contentment) is one of the niyamas, or attitudes toward the self, laid out in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. The yoga texts tell us that happiness is a…
Read MoreThe awe of the dolphins
By Sindy Warren Last week I was in Pawleys Island, South Carolina for a week. The family got a big house on the ocean and 11 of us settled in…
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