Yoga Q&A
What Is Hybrid Yoga? Goat Yoga, Weed Yoga, Bro-ga & More
Hybrid Yoga: Animals, Substances, Sports, and ReligionHybrid Yoga Hybrid yoga is my term for the styles of yoga that incorporate an activity that is typically not associated with yoga with asana or other aspects of yogic practice. This style of yoga is not really...
What Is Restorative Yoga? What to Expect & Types to Try
Restorative Yoga: Rest, Repair, Breathe FIND OUT MORE:Restorative Yoga For the purposes of understanding the different types of yoga asana, I categorize any style of yoga that essentially keeps you on the mat as a restorative yoga style. To be fair, all yoga asana is...
What Is Vinyasa Yoga? What It Is, How It Works & Styles to Try
Vinyasa Yoga: Flowing Breath with Movement Flow/ Vinyasa Yoga Pronounced “vin-yuh-suh” Almost every yoga studio offers vinyasa yoga classes, or classes that have the word “vinyasa” or “flow” in the title, and essentially this means that there is as much focus on the...
What Is Hatha Yoga? When It Started, Who Started It, & What to Expect
Hatha Yoga - The Original Asana Practice Hatha Yoga Pronounced “huh-tuh” The original asana yoga is Hatha Yoga, a style of yoga that takes each pose one at a time, thoughtfully, with a heavy focus on alignment and breath control while in the posture. One of the four...
4 Types of Yoga – Which One Is Right for Me?
Types of yoga including Hatha Yoga, Flow/ Vinyasa Style Yogas, Restorative Style Yoga practices, and hybrid yoga styles all offer different benefits as well as things to consider before diving in.
What Are the 8 Limbs of Yoga?
Yamas = Yogic practices of restraint Niyamas = Yogic practices of self-discipline Asana = Care for the body and physical preparation for the deep spiritual work ahead Pranayama = Breath control, or growing the ability to use the breath to control our bodies and brains...
5 Things You Need to Know to Activate Your Subtle Body On and Off the Mat
What’s So Subtle About the Subtle Body?Spoiler Alert: Not much! Actually, the Subtle Body isn’t as mystical as it sounds. In fact, some would argue that it’s really not that subtle at all (Like me! Right here!) Made up of five layers – or sheaths or koshas, not to be...
What Are the Kleshas? 5 Kleshas and How They Can Inform Your Yoga
What Are the Kleshas, Anyway?Kleshas, Not to Be Confused with Koshas Pronounced klay-shuhz Kleshas = poisons. Yogic tradition says that these are the root causes of suffering, the things that create the emotional blockages that can stop you from kicking ass on your...
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The Subtle Body is what connects our physical body to the Causal Body (AKA Universe, Spirit, God). The Subtle Body is always working to process sensory input from the physical body and advance our connection to the Universe, but when we intentionally activate it...
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