Thanks to a new friend, I’ve come across this video…isn’t it amazing?! I imagine this would feel so blissful! But really, I love this because it reminds me that even when I am on the ground, yoga can make me feel like I am flying. How does your yoga make you feel?
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Happy Friday! My love is heading south this weekend to Joshua Tree so it’ll just be me and Ranger holding down the fort. I’m sure we can stir up some kind of trouble! Have a beautiful weekend!
via: hiisunshine
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This is the Zobha mantra – every movement, every moment. If you aren’t familiar with Zobha, it’s a yoga apparel company that launched in 2008 with a mission to inspire and foster the grace that lives within each human heart. Well, ever since I brought home my first pair of Zobha yoga leggings, I’ve been singing this same mantra – every movement, every moment – because I want to be wearing this perfect pair of stretchies all the time!
So, hoping to add to my 1 piece collection, I am participating in the Zobha yoga package giveaway. To win would be incredible, a reminder to be thankful for all of the peace and joy that I have found in my life through yoga. Not to mention, I am a new yoga teacher, living and breathing yoga every minute that I can . . .always in need of new yoga clothes. And in the spirit of karma and paying it forward, I will plan to offer up one item that I win as a giveaway on my blog if I am the lucky winner!
Here’s my wishlist:
1. The Greta Tank, because I love the simplicity and lines of this perfect cami.
2. Straight Leg Capri, because I can’t get enough of the original pair of Zobha leggings that I purchased last year.
3. Asymmetrical Ruched Pullover, because this color is so beautiful and ruching gets me every time.
4. Essential Mat Carrier, because i love the splash of pink on the inside.
5. Eye Pillow, because this might be the only thing that can make savasana better than it already is.
So keep your fingers crossed for me and send me good energy and thoughts! And if you want to learn how to enter the giveaway for your chance to win, visit the Zobha blog.
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
-Henry David Thoreau
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The New York Times published an article over the weekend, titled “Yoga Rebel“, highlighting Tara Stiles – the NYC model turned yogi, known for her book, “Slim, Calm, Sexy,” promising to get you a slim yoga body in just 15 minutes a day and her online instructional videos with titles like “Yoga for a Hangover” and “Couch Yoga.” The article reveals Tara’s celebration of the physical aspect of the practice – because you’ll never hear her chant, talk about intentions or chakras or read ancient Hindu texts. And consequently, it also describes the criticism Tara faces in the yoga community. Because as you might suspect, many yogis are getting their downward dogs in a twist over what they feel is a lack of respect for the practice.
Well…can’t we all just get along? Along my way, I’ve heard many definitions of yoga. Some will tell you it is a spiritual journey, some will say it is a path to transformation, or they’ll say it is meditation, or stress relief, or a way to pursue balance. But to others, it is purely exercise, a way to sweat, get the heart rate up, burn calories, stretch it out. But should this really matter? It’s still yoga, and whether we practice for spirituality, stress-relief or for a more beautiful body, it makes us all happier. And the benefits of happiness and better balanced people spread far and wide every day.
And for those on a more spiritual path, doesn’t yoga teach us to quiet our ego and to let go of judgement? So, isn’t it time we make peace and see the light within the yoga rebel?
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