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With a name like Mysore, this yoga class certainly intimidates first time students. And let’s not even mention the individual attention each student gets from their instructors. However, David Robson, director of Ashtanga Yoga Centre of Toronto, says this level of one-on-one instruction, makes it the ideal class for beginners. Mr. Robson and his team [...]
Having a hard time leaving work in the office and bringing it home with you? Are you always ticking off lists in your head no matter where you are or what you’re doing? Is your crazy neighbor’s loud music ruining your Zen? We all suffer from stress at some point, and sometimes, when it rains, [...]
Hunger, bumper to bumper traffic, being honked at, being cut off; there are thousands of stressors that trigger road rage. These factors are something out of our control, but what we can control is the way we cope up with it. Rather than drowing in anger, try this yoga breathing exercise to reduce road rage. [...]
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, in struts aerial yoga, with its fabric hammocks and upside down poses. With this new addition to the family of yoga, students not only find inner balance and harmony, they find their inner child as well. Reminiscent of those times you spent hanging from monkey bars during recess, [...]
Now that the 2012 Olympics are over, the anticipation for the next one begins. Some yoga enthusiasts think yoga should be a part of the Olympics, and held a regional competition in Austin, Texas last weekend. Although competitive yoga may seem like a strange new concept, it has actually been done in India for about [...]
What’s more relaxing than yoga, you ask? How about a Thai yoga massage? Phada O’Connell has brought this method that’s been used by Thailand hospitals for many years to Manchester. She hopes to introduce a different form of treatment for pain to the North-Westerners. Read on to learn more about the ancient healing techniques of [...]
If you’re interested but feeling a little intimidated by yoga, then perhaps restorative yoga is the key. Most people think of twisted, pretzel-shaped people when they imagine a yoga class and are put off by it. They immediately assume that they would not be able to do any of the poses. However, there are plenty [...]
Even when done in a hot room, yoga is said to have many benefits to our mind, body and spirit. Imagine when it’s done outside, with Mother Nature watching over you. Amy Squeglia has found a way to bring together the beauty of nature and the wondrous benefits of yoga. Her love of both yoga [...]
“Many things – such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly – are done worst when we try hardest to do them.” – C.S. Lewis It is pitch black and the room is quiet and cold. You lie sprawled across the bed, eyes wide open, peering into the darkness. Here it comes, sleep. Any [...]
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