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Bloom like a Flower: Embracing Personal Growth and Celebrating Uniqueness in May and beyond

As we enter the month of May, it’s a good time to reflect on the lessons we can learn from nature. One of the most inspiring examples is the way flowers grow and bloom. Unlike humans, they don’t compete with each other or compare themselves to others; they simply focus on their own growth. In … Read more

Expert Tips For Yoga Beginners: A Journey To Healthy Living

Like any other artistic discipline, learning and mastering yoga takes dedication and time. It is not your body size or fitness that matters, but the willingness to consistently work towards achieving your goals. These are incremental, dedicated steps towards improvement, not necessarily a specific posture (asana), although new mastery of these postures can be (and … Read more

Yin Yoga For the Sacral Chakra with Lesleigh Guinn

Yin yoga is the more relaxing, “counter” practice to the more Yang (or very active) versions of yoga classes. According to Yogiapproved.com yin offers amazing benefits for the connective tissue, bones, joints and other connective tissues. This is a deeply meditative yoga class, and requires you to practice stillness and breath work while maintaining the … Read more

Yoga for Low Back Pain: Wind Removing Pose or Pavanamuktasana a great stretch for stiffness & pain

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher for a quick tutorial on Wind Removing Pose or Pavanamuktasana. Yoga pose for Low Back Pain Wind Removing Pose (Pavanamuktasana) is the pose I found to be the single best pose in helping to relieve my low back pain back when I first started practicing … Read more

Yoga Philosophy: The 2nd Niyama, Santosha or Contentment

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Merritt Maloof Plumb Reiki Master and Energy Worker from The Energy Center as they discuss and explore the 8 limbs of yoga, or Ashtanga Yoga. Oftentimes, the physical yoga postures are what bring people to the practice of yoga. However, with a commited practice, … Read more

Yoga Trick for Stretching Your Hamstrings in a Seated Forward Fold

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and Expert Certified Personal Trainer for a quick tip on how you can increase the flexibility in your hamstrings during your yoga practice, or during any deep forward fold you may do before or after a workout. Static stretches should come after your workout Do … Read more