Start by practicing deep, internal listening Yoga Resolution #2: Listen to Your Inner Voice Congratulations! You’ve made it to installment number two of our nine part series on new year’s resolutions or, in the language of yoga our sankalpa, our devout resolve. If you are just joining the conversation, welcome, you are just in time to […]
Ironically, the first resolution is get rid of resolutions! Yoga Resolution #1: Break the Mold of “Resolutions” Welcome to the beginning of our series 9 Yoga Resolutions for 2017! To begin, let’s loose the word “resolution”. Many people equate “resolution” with trying to change some behavior for a while, only to be met with inevitable egoic […]
The top resolutions that every yogi should bring into the New Year! Greetings Yogi! Welcome to our ongoing series to help you get your new year resolve started on the right note. In this series we will be going over how to develop a mindset for success and various practical tips for shaping your aspirations into […]
Don’t let your yoga practice suffer in the holidays. Binge drinking eggnog? Cookie O.D.? Late night raucous caroling? Has your yoga taken a hit over the holidays? It’s not uncommon for one’s commitment to yoga to waiver this time of year as outward activities subvert one’s inner peace. Whatever your particular vice, consider these practical steps […]
Become a better yoga student with these 5 mottos Yoga can be very inspiring and yet we may find ourselves resisting or delaying practicing regularly. We may have the best intentions, however get stuck in the actual application. Here are five practice empowering perspectives and principles to help you make yoga a regular part […]
The Importance and Benefits of Ujjai Pranayama The audible rhythm of ujjai pranayama or ujjai breath serves to give feedback as to the quality of our effort and, more importantly, provide a thread of concentration that carried us all the way to the end of class. Attentively listening to the sound of the breath is enough […]
What makes a yoga pose an authentic yoga pose? Here are several answers to this question. Can you guess which one it is? A.You look like, and are able to smile like, the model on the cover of Yoga Journal B.You are one of the elite few who can do handstand in the center of […]
Catch a glimpse into an experiment in progress by one of the Axis Yoga Teacher Training students. The following posts describe how this student adopted some new habits and changed some old ones in an effort to finally deal with chronic allergies and asthma. With the help of Ayurveda and Yoga this student, like many […]
For my Ayurvedic experiment, I chose to attempt to alleviate something more physically immediate that was plaguing my existence: allergies. I have struggled with allergies, asthma, and eczema my whole life. I was always trying to figure out what was causing it but with very little effort into truly trying to understand the why’s and […]
As I mentioned before, I have been more able to discover more about my condition, what exacerbates it, and what I may do to calm it or control it. I am a huge proponent for the positive effects of using marijuana. As a CrossFit athlete, I put my body under intense bouts of stress. I […]