The purpose of a yoga retreat, workshop, or intensive is to allow yogis to deepen their practice without the pull of everyday distractions and responsibilities. Retreats give participants an experience of connecting to something bigger than themselves and building community. Here are five reasons why a yoga retreat could be just the refresher you need!…
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The Divine Feminine: The Wisdom of Women in Yogic History
Have you ever noticed that women are often absent from the beginnings of yoga and yogic teachings and that the ancient yogis/teachers were all men? March is Women’s History Month, so let’s take a look at when this shifted, why, and how yoga changed as a result. The Vedic Brahmans, Patanjali. Shri Aurobindo, and many…
Meet Your Community: An Interview with YogaToday Yogi Erykah St. Louis
At YogaToday, we are so proud to have longtime members who practice with us from all over the world. Erykah St. Louis is one of these yogis: she is originally from Montreal and has been residing in the DC area for the past 11 years. She first started practicing yoga when she moved from Ottowa…
Cultivate Stability by Balancing Your Chakras
When your sense of stability is threatened, anxiety and a general sense of imbalance can follow and persist. Moving, changing careers, a break-up, losing a loved one – these are normal parts of life that we all go through which can destabilize us, and they are unavoidable to some extent. However, as yogis, we have…
Kundalini For Stuck Emotions
Old emotions and energetic blockages may begin to shift when you start practicing Kundalini yoga. This style of yoga is best suited to people who are ready to experience profound shifts within themselves. When that energy at the base of your spine activates and begins to move, places in you that have been blocked with…
To Find Contentment, Take Action
How can we overcome the afflictions of the mind that get in the way of our contentment? First, we must understand what the obstacles to our contentment are, get to know how they affect us, and find the self-discipline to improve ourselves. Then, we must realize that what we cannot change, we need to let…
Surrender, Let Go and Accept What Is
The idea of surrender can have a negative connotation in Western culture and can even be synonymous with defeat, failure, or giving up your power. Standard English dictionary definitions of the word surrender reinforce this idea by describing it as something done “by demand” and “under duress.” Thankfully, yoga philosophy offers a more positive version…
What Are Kundalini Kriyas & How Can I Use Them?
If you’ve been feeling stuck, angry or anxious, Kundalini kriyas can help you release negative emotions and move forward in your life. For thousands of years, the teachings of Kundalini were kept secret because yogic masters felt the public was not prepared to absorb such powerful knowledge. Kundalini came to the West in the 1970s, but…
The Voice of Your Soul versus the Voice of Your Ego
The Sufi poet Rumi once wrote, “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” We are faced with choices everywhere, and the modern world operates at an ever-increasing pace, offering us more and more options while applying more and more pressure to choose well. Did you know you are exposed to more information in…
Massage Ball: The Yoga Prop You Need Now
Have you ever noticed that sometimes yoga just cannot help you with those hard, knotted-up places in the body as well as massage can? But, going out and getting a massage every time you experience adhesion of the muscles and fascia isn’t really feasible for a lot of people. Self-massage is a great way to…