By Stephanie Santos
During one of the best meditations of her life, Shawna Schenk had an epiphany; she wanted to start a yoga festival in San Diego. A few months and hundreds of emails, lists and preparations later, her vision is becoming a reality...
By Dana Lee
Entrepreneurial life enlivens me! Having something that is mine, where I’m driving the train is invigorating. Being able to make the choices, to have the responsibility and to know that I’ll get to see the clear results of my own decisions is the absolute best...
By Rachel Nichols
"The hope is to really be able to modernize the perception of [eastern practices] in people's eyes,” Jeff said. “I wanted to create something that would make these topics accessible for beginners, and that would give people affordable tools...
By Autumn Feldmeier
I see a lot of hope in these times. I see many people in my workshops, teacher trainings and retreats working really hard to overcome their negative patterns and to be a light to those around them...
By Courtney Aldor
Many of you may be familiar with the adorable Lesley Desaulniers, whose classes are so popular, I was once sworn to secrecy about them (before she expanded her offerings). With her masterful teaching style - leading a practice just physically challenging enough to sneak in a tidbit of yoga philosophy cloaked in a hilarious story - it came as no surprise she'd be leading the upcoming Yoga Journal Live workshop, Vinyasa for Inner Awakening...
By Megan Warren-Henderson
Know Brainer is beyond creamer. It is liquid a superpower. For real. It contains both pasture raised ghee and MCT oil. Both are nutrition super heroes. MCT oil, which is short for Medium Chain Triglycerides, is present in Coconut oil, and known for its energy, immune and metabolism boosting abilities...
By Courtney Aldor
Ok so while it's true that I write about yoga, I sometimes forget to actually do yoga....as I'm writing about yoga, that is. But no more! Because the Pono Ola multi-use standing board and exercise board not only serves more than one purpose,..
By Ashley Shires
Seane Corn is a renowned yoga instructor and activist who teaches vinyasa as a tool for self-empowerment. She brings awareness to global humanitarian issues and trains yogis to be activists through her co-founded organization, Off the Mat, Into the World. She will be a featured Presenter at Yoga Journal LIVE San Francisco, January 13-16, 2017...
By Courtney Aldor
Leave it up to the industrious ladies of Open Eye in San Rafael to come up with the most creative ways to get centered! For the next two weeks, the Mandala Mondays workshop will consist of learning how to build and making your own little Mini Zen Garden to take home!
PRESS RELEASE
Ladies of the Bay, come find your flow & bare your soul. Remove masks both literally & figuratively, join ritual supporting the Divine Feminine in all bodies...
Purium Health Products
The majority of the Purium products are vegan, gluten free, kosher, non-GMO and organic. All products are made from whole food supplements that are comprised of superfoods and herbs naturally found on our beautiful mother earth...
By Carley Hauck
How do we perceive stress in our lives: as major setbacks or moments of growth? Perception plays a major role in resilience. When something challenging happens, how well do you recover? Resilience is the ability to get back up after adversity...
By Bruce Davis, Ph. D.
Throughout history there are countless stories of people stepping away from the routine of life to seek deeper meaning and purpose. A life working, pursuing entertainment and comfort, and staying physically fit only takes us so far. More education, travel and being busy are a few of the countless ways to pass time, challenge time, or dull time. Nevertheless something inside of us wants deeper meaning and purpose. Life is passing us by...
By Courtney Aldor
When I first met the guys at RAD Roller, I thought ok, here's another sales guy trying to sell me another fancy looking foam roller...until a friend ambushed me out of nowhere and got to work on my shoulder with their RAD Rod. Not a minute later, my stubborn hard-to-reach knot had softened significantly and I was SOLD...
By Courtney Aldor
When I first discovered Aline Wachsmuth's Rolfing practice, True Balance Rolfing, in Sausalito, I knew I'd come across a gifted healer. With her passion for anatomy and intuitive sense of the body, she got straight to the issue at hand...
By Dana Lee
These words rang true in my ears for not only my life on the mat but my entire life off the mat as well: “you are not really unhappy. You are impatient, and your trust is not infinite enough. . . ever deepening, ever expanding. . . happiness is a fleeting state. It is there and then it is gone.” Wow! It is worth re-reading again and again..
By Health Perch
What takes a normal yoga pose and makes it a bind? Yogic binds involve rotating the torso and shoulders and clasping the hands together. They require both intense focus to help stay in the pose, and flexibility to actually get into the pose...
By SF Yoga Mag
There is a class for everyone! The festival is inviting all beings-- regardless of yoga experience or style preference to come to the festival. The festival is offering over 90 classes led by the top 50 teachers in San Diego and Southern California...
By Courtney Aldor
Let’s face it, much of the country is in a state of fear right now. Whether it be fear of the future led by a candidate they didn’t believe in for this election or the one prior, many of us are feeling off-kilter. But, with hard lessons comes positive change, especially with an open mind and the right attitude. So let’s look at 4 uplifting messages, and what we can do RIGHT NOW to help bring about positive change. Each of us has the power to make this happen...
By Courtney Aldor
Leave it up to a yoga festival just outside of NYC to bring the culture. Ahimsa Festival which happened this past weekend at Hunter Mountain, NY - just 2 hours north of the city - featured Jai Uttal, Donna De Lory, Aya + Tyler, Yoga DJ workshops with Taz Rashid and even photo classes with Robert Sturman...
