Yoga - Heal Yourself Yoga

Ultimate Guide: Yoga for Beginners

Yoga has exploded onto the 21st century scene in a big way. What was once a practice reserved for Indian…
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Sama Vritti Pranayama (Box Breathing)

Since Sama Vritti Pranayama is entirely equal in all parts, it allows the body to feel both relaxed and focused simultaneously. During my Yoga Teacher training in India, trainers stressed the importance of developing equal breathing. Most of us simply cannot inhale as long as our exhale. So, we need to practice to develop the lung capacity as well as strengthen the accessorial breathing muscles.

Why is sitting meditation so uncomfortable, and how to make it comfortable?

Sitting meditation can be surprisingly hard. The benefits are numerous, yes, but let’s all feel free to say out loud that it’s sometimes challenging as well. So, let’s talk about it. What makes meditation inherently difficult, for everyone (even if they don’t admit it!), and what practical tools can we use to make meditation a sustainable and long-term endeavor?

Yoga for Better Posture

I have a confession – I’ve bad posture for most of my life. I was really tall from a young…
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Why is Heal Yourself Yoga so different than other Yogic practices?

Anywhere you look these days you can find Yoga websites and videos. In fact, I would say that the market…
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Practical Yogic tools for Stress Relief

Oh stress. Such an integral part of life, yet such a tough reality to accept! There is the type of…
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The only 5 spices needed to cook authentic Indian food

When I first started cooking Indian dishes, I felt so overwhelmed by the sheer number of spices in each recipe….
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5 helpful tips for cooking Indian food

Diving into the culinary world of Indian cooking can be scary for many Americans. The spices! The smells! The ingredients! It can be very overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be.

Yogic practices to help during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

One of the hardest parts of the Coronavirus pandemic is the huge amount of stress and anxiety many feel. Most of us haven’t grown up under constant threat to our welfare and livelihood. Thankfully, Yoga is a 5,000 year old tradition that has stood the test of time, and will most certainly get us through the Coronavirus.

6 ways to practice yoga on a budget

Long before I was a Yoga teacher, I needed to find ways to sustain my Yoga practice on a budget. Not only couldn’t I afford $100/mo memberships, but I also fundamentally didn’t agree with it. So, for years I searched for the highest quality alternatives to joining a Yoga studio.

1st Chakra Muladhara) Introduction

The basics of the 1st Chakra help us understand how instability in this very first energy center can cause an…
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Restoring Steadiness: when everything seems out of control

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light. Earth teach me suffering ~ as old…
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Restoring Balance: holding yourself up when life is tilted

“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they…
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Restoring Reverence: remembering I am a drop in the ocean

Thanksgiving Prayer We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and…
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2 week wait IVF Yoga Video

During this time in your IVF journey, let’s become very still and calm.

The goal here is to completely withdraw from stress. To create a safe and loving space for conception to occur.

There is no reason to not feel hopeful right now. Even if you’ve been unsuccessful in the past, today is a new day. This moment is alive with fresh possibility.

Anything can happen.

It only takes 1.