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Side Effects of Liberation
(Image: Dr. Liz in full camel in 2010.) Yoga is a practice of liberation. It is not a practice of reducing stress, easing pain, eating right, sleeping, or improving mental health. Yet, yoga does all these good things. They’re side effects of liberation. I spent the...
Read moreWhere physical flexibility ends, physical, mental, and emotional balance and peace of mind begins. Western yoga will survive the ebb from the first wave of popularity if it matures and evolves by returning to its roots in the East.
Has Yoga Reached Its Natural Flexibility Edge?
by Heather Indu Arena Where physical flexibility ends, physical, mental, and emotional balance and peace of mind begins. Western yoga will survive the ebb from the first wave of popularity if it matures and evolves by returning to its roots in the East. There has been...
Make Your New Year’s Resolution – Minus the Guilt
How many of us have told ourselves year after year, “Starting Jan 2nd I’m going to lose that extra 10 lbs.,” or “I’ll stop eating sugar.” Maybe we even succeed – for a month or two. Then perhaps we have to work overtime and miss a few days at the gym. We go to a party...
Balance Your Energy With Hatha Yoga
Anatomy of Energy The energy system of the body consists of the chakras and in the center of the chakras there is a central channel called the Shushumna. There are 2 sides of this energy system called Pingala and Ida and when they are in balance the energy moves to...
3 Yoga Poses for Anxiety Relief
Yoga is not just good for your body. Every time you practice yoga, you are building your immunity to anxiety and stress. Here are the 3 best yoga poses for anxiety relief.
Yoga Therapy: A “Sensation-al” Experience
Yoga Therapy: Working with the Psychology of the Body Often, when we think of Yoga, we envision people contorting their bodies into crazy pretzel-like positions or hot, sweaty stamina building classes. While this kind of Yoga has become popular in Western society,...
Love Is No Different Than the Presence
When you are with your beloved, you really want to be with them. “Am I with you? Are you with me?” It’s better to ask than to wonder. Yet when you think about them, you move away from them. How then can you be with them? Only when you are present and feel their...
Stress Reduction through Yoga
When you are fully present, the simple joy of living and interacting with life arises spontaneously from moment to moment. Your ability to be fully present and experience a deep sense of health, happiness, and wellbeing depends upon the homeostatic, co-creative...
Experience the Healing Miracles of Yoga Nidra
Can this ancient meditation technique neutralize the epidemic of stress? Stress has ballooned to an incredible $1 trillion health epidemic, according to Peter Schnall’s book Unhealthy Work. That’s more expensive than the combined cost of cancer, smoking, diabetes, and...
Rest, Reset and Recharge
Wouldn’t you like to give yourself the gift of a recharge- so that you feel better and have more to give to the people in your life that you love? Stress created illnesses are at an all-time high! Our modern-day society places a lot of emphasis on our mental...
Prana Awakening: Experience the Power of Energetic Transmission
For the past fifty-three years, Yogi Amrit Desai has been totally dedicated to awakening the power of spirit and the flowering of divinity that dwells within all beings. He embodies the rare capacity to impart the ancient secrets of energetic...
Practice this quick,easy Yoga Nidra meditation twice a day. Whether at work, home or on the train or bus, this meditation will help keep you balanced through out the day and reset the busy mind so you can be more focused, effective and at ease in your daily life....
I AM Yoga Nidra™: The Relaxation Response with Kamini Desai
We Are Here To Be An Expression of Source – Kamini Desai at Sedona Yoga Festival
Full Video Transcript: So, I want to continue on this theme that we were talking about - which is - Why are we here? And I want you to imagine I usually like to draw pictures, but you can draw a picture in your head. I want you to imagine...
Self-Discovery as the Essential Focus of a Yoga Practice
I AM YOGA: Integrative Amrit Method Yoga: An approach to the practice of yoga that uses self-discovery as its essential focus. The practice of I AM Yoga is shifting from your head to your heart, from your mind to prana, from thinking to feeling, from doing to being,...
Enjoy this 90 minute gentle yoga class! All you need is: Comfortable place to sit – Chair or Cross-Legged Floor space in front of you The intention to allow yourself this time for you This practice draws your focused attention to body, breath and mind, using seated...
A 20-Minute I AM Yoga Nidra Practice with Veda Lewis Take a break from stress, worry and fear. Yoga Nidra allows you to move below the mind, into stillness. From this deeply relaxed place, it is possible to begin to release all that is troubling you. And PS: 20...
Gentle 60-minute Yoga Class Anyone Can Do (Chair Yoga)
Welcome Veda’s Gentle 60-minute class! Please sit in a comfortable chair, without arms, to begin your practice. We will move from seated relaxations and seated warm-up stretches to carefully guided gentle Amrit Yoga postures. If you plan to stand up for these, you may...
