Yoga from the Heart Teacher Training Rocked My WorldWhen you begin any sort of learning experience, you naturally expect that you will change and grow. But you usually expect it will be confined to the relatively small subject area you’ve chosen to study.However, when the subject of study is yoga, that change can be both global AND …
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For people with Parkinson’s disease…YOGA WORKS!
For people with Parkinson’s disease…YOGA WORKS!According to Dr. Jill Marjama-Lyons, the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Parkinson's Disease, up to 225,000 of the 1.5 million Americans with PD were diagnosed when under the age of 50, a time of life when most people expect to remain active well into their senior years. Like …
‘Playing yoga by ear’ deepens your practice
3 reasons why ‘playing yoga by ear’ deepens your practiceWhen I first started coming to classes at Yoga from the Heart, it quickly became clear that this was a yoga studio unlike any other place I’d attended classes before. One of the first things I noticed was the interactive teaching style used there.Instead of having an instructor stuck …
Yoga Changed My Life and It Just Might Change Yours
The transformative power of yoga continues to amaze me. I love hearing personal stories of how "yoga changed my life." Recently I spoke with Kat Baumann, a student at Yoga from the Heart, to learn about her journey to greater health and happiness “all because of yoga.”What do you believe you delayed giving yoga a try?I had always wanted …
Type A-Ness on Your Yoga Mat
Type A-Ness works in the Olympics but not on your yoga mat. Read this Q & A with Lynn Burgess to learn more.Q: Even as an old guy who should know better I am way too competitive with others and especially with myself. Every day I should beat my personal best on my bike ride, I want to beat the Dow Jones every month and at first I wanted …
A Yoga Journal Can Enrich Your Practice
A yoga journal can be wonderful tool to detail your development and help you get more out of your practice. Here is a conversation between author Bruce Black and yoga teacher Lynn Burgess to help you get started.Bruce: I’m wondering how often you write in your journal?Lynn: When I first began journaling, I wrote in it after each yoga …