Yoga in America is booming. A 2016 report by Yoga Journal and Yoga Alliance reported that 36.7 million people practice yoga, up from 20.4 million in 2012, and 28 percent of all Americans having taken a yoga class at some point in their lives. As a result, the demand for yoga instructors has never been higher and increasing numbers of practitioners are becoming inspired to teach — a career that can be as challenging as it is fulfilling. In their new book The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga: … [Read more...] about Establishing a Home Yoga Practice
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7 Ways to Maintain a Home Yoga Practice
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lindsey Lewis, yoga teacher and life coach, founder of www.libreliving.com.] Getting going can be the hardest part. Some mornings, like today, I've been up late the night before, man oh man my mind is all over the place, and I'm convinced my body is telling me to go back to bed. "Don't you think another hour's sleep would benefit you more than meditation and asana?" On days like this, I can spend almost a quarter of my allotted morning practice time … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Maintain a Home Yoga Practice
Daily Yoga Practice — Sometimes Less Is More…
With life constantly on the move and not enough hours in the day, it can be tough to fit in an hour or more of yoga on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, a lot of us talk ourselves out of unrolling the mat if we don't think we have time for a "long" yoga session. Twenty minutes just doesn't seem like enough time to make much difference, does it? I'll concede that more yoga is usually better, but a lot of us forget that a little yoga every day can still have a dramatic impact on our lives. It's … [Read more...] about Daily Yoga Practice — Sometimes Less Is More…
A Yoga Sanctuary with the Five Elements
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Sarah Oxley, who shares some insight on how to create a sanctuary for your home yoga practice.] I’ve been doing yoga classes for a year now, and soon after I first started I also began a daily yoga practice at home. This wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be since I didn’t have the space to do some of the asanas I really wanted to try out. Most of the time I was worrying about knocking something over or being too close to items in the room. I tried … [Read more...] about A Yoga Sanctuary with the Five Elements
Yoga Challenge Day 12 ~ Have a Plan
I've realized over the last few weeks of daily yoga practice that my time on the mat is much more effective if I have a practice plan in mind when I begin. That's probably the largest difference between my current yoga challenge and the one I completed last year. Last year I seemed to have more of an idea what my daily yoga routine would consist of; this year, not so much, which means I sort of just improvise for a while on the mat before I decide to call it a day. Although my desire and … [Read more...] about Yoga Challenge Day 12 ~ Have a Plan
Yoga Challenge Day 7 ~ The Chatter Box
I have the cutest little daughter in the world named Kennedy. Even though she's only five years old, it's quite possible that she's said more words in her short life than I've said in my 30 or so years of human existence. Her mouth spits out sentences from the second she wakes up (way too early...) to the split second before her eyes shut and her brain turns off for the night. It's a fairly constant and rapid barrage. I bring this up only because Kennedy also likes to join me for yoga on … [Read more...] about Yoga Challenge Day 7 ~ The Chatter Box
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