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BRAHMACHARYA: The Practice of Moderating Moderation
Moderation serves as a personal safeguard against the chaos that can result in the absence of rules.

Nancy G
Apr 29, 20243 min read


Open-Heart Meditation for self-love
The heart chakra is guided by sensation, feeling, and emotion. When we live with a negative mindset, the body contracts to protect itself.

Nancy G
Feb 6, 20231 min read


Could ‘Being Happy’ Be Making You Miserable?
A yoga student discovered the root cause of all her emotional afflictions when her teacher said “Yoga is the elimination of clinging. Clingi

Nancy Gerstein
Jan 12, 20233 min read


Your Home Yoga Practice Needs a New Twist
They say, the more you practice yoga, the more you’ll want to practice yoga. In fact NOT doing it created much more suffering than doing it.

Nancy Gerstein
Jan 3, 20234 min read


Sleep: The Most underrated Healing Tool
Getting a full night’s sleep - that's between 7 and 9 hours - is one of the most, if not the most important, yet underrated healing tools...

Nancy Gerstein
Aug 23, 20222 min read


Hold On To Your Precious Prana
Keeping your sh*t and your balance intact often involves stepping away from negative or draining situations, a discipline that’s vital...

Nancy Gerstein
Jun 26, 20222 min read


5 ways to ease upper back pain
Living with chronic upper back pain can be debilitating. Try these 5 yoga tips to relieve and eliminate your pain

Nancy Gerstein
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Yoga Philosophy: How Yoga's Niyamas Can Guide Your Life
One of the most important yogic teachings is that the path to personal liberation (moksha) includes living the five Niyamas (nee-yuh-muhs )

Nancy Gerstein
Jan 12, 20226 min read


Senior Yoga: Adapting Yoga Poses to a Chair
How to adapt yoga poses to a chair for Seniors.

Nancy Gerstein
Jan 4, 20226 min read


How seniors can live their best life
By Jason Lewis (Guest Blogger) When seniors retire from their lifelong careers, they’re often said to be living in their Golden Years....
Jason Lewis
Nov 18, 20212 min read


Obstacles on the path
Life is not always a clear path. If it were, we would learn very little. One day, the peasants from an ancient village discovered a large...

Nancy Gerstein
Apr 19, 20212 min read


5 Practices for Busting Through Anxiety
Excerpted from "Motivational Yoga: 100 Practices for Strength, Energy, and Transformation" by Nancy Gerstein Intention: To accept,...

Nancy G
Feb 7, 20213 min read


Feeling Great From the inside Out
Guest Blog by Dana Brown If you struggle with growing older – either looking or feeling older than you are – then it’s time to get back...

Dana Brown
Nov 2, 20203 min read


WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE STUDENT WILL READ THE YOGA SUTRAS
If you’re ready to learn more about the roots of yoga, The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali is the essential text.

Nancy G
Oct 19, 20202 min read


The Only Constant is change
Whether you lose a job, fall in love, or get a flat tire, eventually, you learn that life can
change in an instant.

Nancy G
Sep 29, 20202 min read


Obstacles to Practice
We all find excuses for not practicing yoga. The Yoga Sutras offer time-tested guidelines to help you see all the obstacles in your way.

Nancy G
Jan 20, 20201 min read


12 Reasons to Take a Yoga Retreat.
A yoga retreat is like getting two for the price of one: a vacation in a beautiful place combined with a complete yoga immersion experience.

Nancy G
Dec 10, 20193 min read


Yoga Practices for your Immune System
Yoga practices to boost the immune system are linked to the adrenals which often get depleted during times of extreme stress.

Nancy G
Nov 26, 20193 min read


Avoiding Distractions at Work
The modern context in which most of us work has made us experts in distraction. We're faced with droves of constant dinging...

Nancy G
Nov 1, 20192 min read


Change Can Happen In an Instant
Most of us don’t follow through on the things we truly want. We think it takes too much preparation, knowledge, time, and resources.

Nancy G
Sep 26, 20194 min read
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