The famed and realized teacher who guides others toward liberation, named Sadhguru, calls it “the most dangerous form of yoga.” Others swear it transformed their entire lives. You have heard both sides, and now there is a tension inside you because you don’t know who to believe. Here is what twenty years of teaching [...]
Here you are, thinking about a yoga teacher training. You might feel called to teach or you might simply want a deeper practice, people feel called to do trainings for a variety of reasons. You have probably looked up the costs and found everything from $99 all the way to $11,000. The cost part [...]
Mastery of any teaching requires a level of expertise that can only be forged in steady dedication, practice, and time. Becoming a Reiki Master is no different. The system of Reiki is taught in three levels. Each level builds upon itself in order to support proper integration of the techniques. Upon completion of the [...]
There comes a moment when the surface is not enough. You want a deeper bond with your breath, mind and body. You may feel called to share yoga. Is yoga teacher training worth it? Training is not poses and a badge it is a season of lineage and philosophy, practice with feedback, anatomy for [...]
By Alexandra D. Crosswell, PhD Every student of yoga has felt it: you walk into a class where the energy feels calm and grounded, and your own body softens before you even roll out your mat. On the other hand, imagine if you were to step into a room where the teacher was running [...]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time that reminds us to take our health seriously and prioritize regular screenings, whether that means a mammogram or other early detection tests. As the granddaughter of a breast cancer survivor, I can still see the image of my grandmother riding away in the car, my mother [...]
(And should I practice Yin Yoga?) What Yin Yoga Actually Is Yin looks simple. You take mostly floor-based shapes, stay for time, and shift attention from movement to sensation. The practice invites a moderate, sustainable stress in deeper connective tissues such as fascia, ligaments, and joint capsules while the mind practices receptivity. This is [...]
As I was putting together our Breathwork Certification, I found myself drawn into an exploration of all things breath. Even though I have been working with the breath for nearly two decades, I quickly realized that this is a field so vast and so rich that it can never truly be finished. Thousands of [...]
Originally published on Harvard’s Medical blog. Since the 1970s, meditation and other stress-reduction techniques have been studied as possible treatments for depression and anxiety. One such practice, yoga, has received less attention in the medical literature, though it has become increasingly popular in recent decades. One 2012 national survey estimated, for example, that 8.7% [...]
