Friday Q&A: Breath Practices for Anxiety

Statue and Bird by Melina Meza Q: I’ve been having bouts of anxiety lately, especially first thing in the morning after I wake up. Is there...

Anxiety, Yoga, and Brain Chemistry

by Ram Child with Dove by Picasso* There are so many scientific studies that indicate benefits of yoga (asanas, meditation and pranayama) in...

When Relaxing Isn't Relaxing

by Nina Cactus Flower by Melina Meza On Friday, Baxter wrote about how meditation and other forms of conscious relaxation, such as yoga nidr...

Yoga for Emotional Wellbeing: An Epiphany

by Nina Sand Dollar by Melina Meza I don’t have a particularly exciting story about why I started practicing yoga. (It’s kind of humorous ac...

Yoga for Performance Anxiety

by Baxter The Violin by Juan Gris On our blog we have espoused the benefits of yoga techniques for many health conditions. One the most comm...

Is hope the opium of the un-present masses? Pulling an Eckhart Tolle during practice (and also pulling something else)

I have a bad feeling that this is going to be one of those posts that contribute to the popular (mis?)conception of  Ashtangis as self-tortu...