This Free Intro to Yoga Playshop will give you the information and confidence you need to start your own yoga practice, no matter what your age or fitness level.
We will start with a brief talk about the history of yoga and the different styles of yoga available. Then, you will be able to participate [...]
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As I start 2010 I find myself turning more and more to kundalini yoga in my home practice, with some hatha yoga as my warm-up. I do the hatha yoga to stretch and tone, and the kundalini yoga kicks it up a notch with the powerful breath and meditation techniques. Where kundalini yoga kicks hatha’s [...]
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I am happy to announce I am starting new public yoga classes on LA’s westside at the Gateway Portal for Health and Welness. These are all levels classes with a spiritual focus – one is an hour-long class where we focus on our intentions for the upcoming week. The other is a hatha yoga class [...]
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My number one problem area is my tight hamstrings. My number two problem area is my tight shoulders. Years of doing web design, plus a natural tendency to round my shoulders, has resulted in a lot of tension being held up there. Les Leventhal has put up a nice 30-minute free yoga video working on [...]
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I hate my hamstrings. Oh, I know, I should love all those parts of my body that frustrate me, but I can’t find much love for my very very tight hamstrings. There is hope though…after years of hard work, I can finally see that a day might exist sometime in the future (perhaps far, but [...]
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I feel a little guilty – I had jokingly posted on Facebook yesterday taking names on who the next big celebrity to go would be. The general consensus was that we’d like to see some sort of evil despot like Kim Jong Il die, but no, it had to be a luminary from the yoga [...]
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Yoga Journal has published an interesting article on yoga’s positive effects for chronic fatigue sufferers. They cited a study where yoga was found to be extremely beneficial for CFS sufferers:
Searching for solid scientific data on what works and what doesn’t, Hartz and his associate Suzanne Bentler launched a study four years ago. They asked about [...]
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Over the years I’ve heard a lot of people saying that yoga changed their lives, to the point where it seems to become a cliche. I find for myself, however, that yoga has been instrumental in helping me achieve a greater peace of mind and contentment. I believe it’s a combination of two things, the [...]
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So it may take Gaiam Yoga Club to finally get me to try handstand. Well, I am trying it, but up against the wall in my hallway. Rodney Yee suggests climbing your way up into handstand using a door jamb, but my doors must be super narrow because there is no way I can fit [...]
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Here’s a free video showing a simple chair yoga routine for people of varying yoga levels and abilities. Even if you think you don’t need the chair – try it. You may find you get some additional stretches in surprising ways.
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