All in Consciousness
By M Ryan Saldiver
In our Yoga mat practice, it’s important to remember we’re not pushing for perfection, but excellence. Aristotle said “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly...
By Courtney Aldor
Ok, so I’m in NYC right now, missing the Bay Area every minute of every day. Which is why, when I heard about Devaa Haley Mitchell’s free online Inspiring Women with Soul event on the Shift Network, I jumped at the opportunity to connect with that NorCal yogi spirit and inspiring women everywhere. My alarm went off for Shiva Rea’s talk...
By Colleen Crowley
Tucked away in one of those unassuming single-story white wooden Presidio buildings is SenSpa, one of SF’s hidden gems. Recently, Monica Parks, a Lead Massage Therapist at SenSpa, gave a talk on how to incorporate spa-like treatments and therapies into our daily lives to maintain health and wellness between visits through a feeling of abundance...
By Courtney Aldor
When I asked Tarika Lovegarden - author, meditation coach, nutritionist, and all-around badass chick - if I could interview her, I was going to write about her profoundly deep Heart Meditation classes. That is, guided meditation specific to strengthening the energy of the heart chakra: that which relates to love, confidence, compassion, hope and healing...
By Colleen Crowley
Overall, Sat Nam Fest was a rich experience of divine music, delicious food, and all the Kundalini Yoga you could hope for. It was one potent workshop after another packed into 5 days in the beautiful desert of Joshua Tree. From Wha Kundalini Dance classes to holding space with Jai Dev Singh, there seemed to be a common theme for this year’s festival: how to heal trauma.
By M Ryan Saldivar
With so many conclusive studies about the positive aspects of meditation - strengthened immune response, increase in grey matter density in the brain, more even emotions and better memory - the practice is gaining popularity. In my own classes, a question I get often is: how to clear the mind of stress? The answer is simple: Don't.
By Courtney Aldor
When Lisa Rueff, who leads those beautiful yoga hikes you can read about here, told me she’d created a game, I was intrigued. A game? I wondered why anyone would need games in a city like SF with endless things to do indoors and out, but as soon as she told me how it came about, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one...
By Leyla Ahmet
When I open my eyes the morning seems brighter, clearer. I roll out my mat and move into my yin practice. I am starting the practice centered, focused and relaxed. It is blissful. The practice floats on a new found energy of calm. As I emerge from savasana I set an intention to remain relaxed as I go about my day. To be able to be efficient but still relaxed.
By Courtney Aldor
The first time I met Rachael Breeze, we didn’t technically meet at all. In line at the grocery one afternoon, I was in awe of an absolutely radiant woman in front of me. I said to myself, ‘I want to feel the way she looks.’ A few weeks later, at EarthSpa for my first Ayurvedic consultation, I almost jumped when Rachael came to the door - she was the woman from the store...
By Nick Krieger
There were six of us (plus two facilitators) in the room for the Diversity Training for Yoga Teachers workshop at Yoga Tree. Six. A tiny number, minute for a city that boasts progressive values and a fervent yoga community of avid practitioners,
By Colleen Crowley
She said that when people feel despair, the best thing to do is take action. Getting locked into despair is not helpful. To give our vote away, she noted, is to give our power away, and to give in to despair...
By Peter Walters
I live a zen life of immense happiness, health and, quite frankly, bliss. And you can have it too -- today. It took me about 8 months to learn, but I found that the skills below only take commitment to be successful and are easily repeatable...
By Sachi Doctor
Wandering the neighborhoods and parks of San Francisco it's abundantly clear that yoga clothing has officially replace our favorite pair of jeans as our day-to-day staple. Often times the sea of tanks you see when holding Warrior II pose...
