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two-week reset

Having been lifting weights for a few years, doing yoga for a bit less, and switching from a vegetarian to vegan diet last year, things weren't going so well with the workouts. I figured it was time to rethink the diet and program - almost start from scratch. So, I'm taking it by steps:

Morning:

dropped soy & wheat as much as possible, I think my gut has become sensitive to the stuff;
rare cup of coffee;
fruit and protein (rice & hemp) shake…

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Added by Joshua Sloan on May 7, 2010 at 6:24am — No Comments

Yoga Core Sequence

Here is a 20 minute yoga core sequence you can save to your computer.

Added by Tania Frechette on May 3, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

"Be a warrior and arise, great warrior arise." - Bhagavad Gita

Everyone has an inner warrior. It’s the part of us that gives us courage, strength, stamina and vitality. This energy resides in our third chakra, at the navel. This centre is sometimes called the solar plexus because it is governed by the fire element. This fire represents transformation and releases its engery for vitality and inspiration. It is this fire that gives our inner warrior the strength and will to:

• stand up for what we believe

• persevere in the face… Continue

Added by Tania Frechette on January 11, 2010 at 11:09am — No Comments

New Year, New Challenges, New Friends!

There is such a sense of hope in the new year. 2010! How did we get here so fast!? Well here it is, new year, new decade, new chances to start and more energy to continue.

Unlike many of the people in this world, I really don't like to run. Because of this my waist line has slowly increased over the years, I'm sure some of you can relate. I was blessed in 2009 to find yoga. I live in California, and had always seen the studios, and had never really been in them. I never imagined how… Continue

Added by Andrea Martyn on January 7, 2010 at 4:18pm — 1 Comment

Yoga for the Holidays - Part 2

Give yourself the gift of yoga. Start your day with this 10 minute yoga sequence and enjoy the benefits all day!

1. Breath of fire

Sit with a straight spine. Breathing though your nose exhale as you pull the navel in and relax your stomach muscles on the inhale. Pump you stomach in and out with your breath. Continue for about a minute. Breath of fire isn't recommended if you are pregnant or menstruating.

Detoxifies and energizes.

2. Neck… Continue

Added by Tania Frechette on December 14, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Yoga is like Yogurt?

A yoga teacher once said that Yoga is like yogurt. To make yogurt you take warm milk then you add a bit of yogurt to the milk, after a while the culture expands and the milk and yogurt become One. Yoga means union, union of the mind, body and spirit. Yoga and meditation help us expand who we are into the world and thrive.

Our practice on the mat serves us well off the mat. What we practice we become.

Yoga teaches us that we work from the inside out. What we feel inside reflects… Continue

Added by Tania Frechette on August 25, 2009 at 12:19pm — 2 Comments

So You Want To Get Strong

We use the word strength in some fashion or another almost daily. We use it to define our states of health, our emotional well being, in fact our entire sensory environment is usually described as having strong odors, strong flavors, and strong feelings. We really love using this word, yet we really have a rather surface if not over simplified definition of it.

Strength, when used to describe an emotion is often defined as our ability to resist force or pressure. When we are faced… Continue

Added by cameron shayne on August 3, 2009 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments