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Jade’s Story: The Gift of Now and How Yoga Helped Me Receive It

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by Jade Garratt Yoga has given me the gift of now, but I wasn’t always able to be present. Someone once asked me how often I thought I was in the present moment. At the time, my best guess was about five per cent of the time. I was practicing yoga regularly, and that was … [Read more…]

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Yoga Styles: Which Have You Tried, And Which Do You Love?

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I’m curious. What’s your favorite yoga style? And has it changed since you started practicing? With so many yoga styles and even variations within styles, finding your groove may take some time. It’s not even clear what counts as a yoga style and what is more of a whim. At a studio where I practice, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Yoga Circles Tagged: yoga brands, yoga styles

Yoga Pants Dream: Here’s Why It’s Good To Know Where Your Pants Are

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Last week, I had a dream about yoga pants that turned out to be the sign I was looking for—the sign it was time to publish Yoga Circles. In my yoga pants dream, it was early morning, and I was chatting with a client about a project. After a while, my client suggested we stop talking about … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Mind, Body, Spirit Tagged: dreams, the sign I was looking for, Yoga Circles

Hanuman and Devotion: Life Changes When Commitment Becomes Love

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One of my favorite images is of the Hindu deity Hanuman embracing Lord Rama. The story of Hanuman and his devotion is a powerful legend. As the story goes, Hanuman, son of a monkey (his mom) and Vayu, the Lord of the Winds (his dad), had an impressive skill. As a boy, he could lift the … [Read more…]

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Energy Healing: An Invitation to Connect and Tune In

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On Inauguration Day, just as the new president was about to take the oath of office, I switched off my car radio and entered a wonderful new healing center down the road from my new home. I visited the center this day because my dear yoga teacher, Marla, had invited me to experience her unique … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Mind, Body, Spirit Tagged: energy healing, reiki, Sat Nam Rasayan

Get Grounded and Branch Out: How Yoga Can Help

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Among the many ways yoga can change your life is by teaching you how to stay grounded when life tries to topple you over. Like anything worth achieving, it takes trial and error, failure and practice to master this skill. Why is it important to get grounded? Things change all the time. The unexpected happens … [Read more…]

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Trust the Universe: Why It’s Usually Best to Choose Hope

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Recently, my yoga teacher gave me a book titled The Universe Has Your Back. It came at a particularly interesting time—a time when I felt the Universe might be conspiring to make me miserable. I wanted to trust the Universe, but sometimes it’s just so difficult! A few days before I received the book, which appeared … [Read more…]

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Fearless Yogis and the Practice of Building Personal Power

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Paramahansa Yogananda, whose life is chronicled in the yoga classic Autobiography of a Yogi, said, “To be fit for self-realization, man must be fearless.” Yoga can make you fearless. It can also give you personal power. Fearlessness often comes up in yoga, particularly when students are learning challenging poses. But what does it mean to be … [Read more…]

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Finding Your Dharma: The Truth About Being Who You Are

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You cannot be anyone you want to be. I read that sentence recently in a book about finding your dharma and it surprised me. The Great Work of Your Life, by Stephen Cope begins with an inspiring pep talk for anyone not quite sure what he or she is meant to do in this life. It’s also … [Read more…]

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How the Mind Works and Why It Really Matters to Yogis

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A central purpose of yoga is to yoke the mind, to control it rather than let it control us. Before we can do this, we need to understand how the mind works. Once we understand what the yoga sutras call the five modifications of the mind, we’ll know how to approach working with our minds. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Yoga Circles Tagged: how the mind works, yoga sutras
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