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Increasing VO2 Max with Yoga
Increasing your VO2 max with yoga is a great way to improve your cardiovascular health, boost your performance, and reduce your risk for injury and age-related health issues. By selecting poses that open the chest and engaging Ujjayi breath, you can achieve your peak aerobic potential – with regular practice, your cardiovascular system and endurance will improve.
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Uncovering the Power of Patience: Maximizing Yoga Benefits with a Slow and Steady Pace
When it comes to yoga, the benefits it provides are numerous, complex, and often seem unattainable. Power, flexibility, and mental clarity are among a few of a yogi’s desired outcomes. In the West, we are so used to the fast-paced society that we live in, that the thought of slowing down to maximize the benefits […]
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The Meditation Benefits of Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Vinyasa Flow is a powerful and dynamic practice, that offers both physical and mental benefits. It encourages mindful attention, creates calm and clarity, strengthens the connection between body and mind, and builds discipline and patience.
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Connect to Nature’s Energy Through Outdoor Sun Salutations
An outdoor sun salutation practice can provide yogis of all level with an incredibly powerful and transformative experience.
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You Are Billions of Years Old: Reconnecting to Our Origins
As vast, complex, and intricate as the universe is, our deepest selves are not disconnected from the cosmos. Our bodies contain the raw material of time and space, a unique combination of elements that are ancient, and yet ever-changing. Our ancient origins provide us with a powerful perspective on our place in the universe and […]
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Navigate Negative Emotions with Restorative Poses
restorative yoga is not designed to physically challenge the body — it is designed to restore and relax the mind and body. This gentle practice helps to create a sense of peace and calm, allowing practitioners to navigate negative emotions, reduce stress and improve overall mental health.
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Deepening Your Experience With Mantra
Using mantra in your yoga practice is a powerful way to cultivate a deeper connection to your true nature. The practice of mantra can help to improve concentration, increase focus, and inspire personal growth. With devotion and practice, you can unlock the power of mantra to enhance and deepen your yoga experience.
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Compassion Mantra: How Sending Love to Others Opens Your Heart
Introduction What is a compassion mantra? It is an intentional practice of sending love, kindness and compassion to others through various mantras or meditations. This practice is rooted in the Buddhist tradition of metta (loving kindness), but is applicable to many other traditions and cultures. When sincere, it has the ability to activate a deep […]
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Cultivating Compassion in Every Sun Salutation
In this article, we have explored how yoga, and more specifically sun salutations, can offer us the opportunity to cultivate and express compassion. This practice is not only beneficial to ourselves, but also to others as it helps to open
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Discovering Deeper Benefits of Yin Yoga
At first glance, inversion poses, difficult arm balances and dynamic Vinyasa flow might come to mind when thinking of yoga. While these elements do have many benefits, being a practitioner of yoga means going beyond the physical poses. Yoga is an ancient science that has been used to explore the depths of the mind and […]
