DIY Skin Care Products for At-Home Self-Care
As we move into the colder weather, our skin tends to become drier and flakier. Even if you’re great at...
Reading About Yoga in Non-Yoga Works
Yoga lit tends to be predictable. Most lists of recommendations, whether YTT (yoga teacher training) or thematic book club, will...
Transcending Balance
Many of us, when we think about practicing yoga, immediately feel a sense of intimidation. Thoughts of arm balances, complex...
Yoga and Swimming: A Powerful Combination
As a child, I watched musical extravaganza films made in the 1940s. Busby Berkeley was well known at the time...
Creating Your Yoga Business
What is your passion in life? If your answer is “yoga,” then you are in the right place. Perhaps you...
Minnesota Native
Upon returning to Minnesota after a decade of living in the mountains of Colorado, I began to reconsider what it...
Hearing the Whispers of Your Soul
I am a dreamer, and just as John Lennon said, I know I’m not the only one. Since I was...
How Yoga Saved Me … and Still Does
Like most, I came to yoga because I needed to lose weight, and yoga seemed less harsh (and less work)...
Balance Is a Myth
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine who is a Doula created some parenting classes for new moms....
Bringing Meditation to the (Corporate) Masses
Meditation is not a new practice, but is completely revolutionary in seemingly conflicting contexts, like the corporate world. In a...
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Shiva, Shakti, and the Divine Non-binary: Viewing Queerness Through the Eyes of Yoga
March 14, 2025 in Yoga + Movement The original yoga teachings say we all contain divine masculine and divine feminine aspects within ourselves. One cannot exist without the other. Shiva [...]
Strengthen Your Karma Yoga Practice
March 13, 2025 in Yoga + Movement As much as I love yoga, one thing bothers me. Westernized modern yoga focuses far too much on our bodies rather than our [...]
An excerpt from Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
March 12, 2025 in Lifestyle This excerpt is from the team’s prolonged trek to base camp in Tibet which should have taken five days but was stretching on endlessly because [...]
Blossoming Wellness: The Story of the Minnesota Institute of Ayurveda
March 11, 2025 in Spotlight In the picturesque suburb of Eden Prairie stands a beacon of holistic healing - the Minnesota Institute of Ayurveda (MNIA). The genesis of MNIA is [...]
An excerpt from: Mindful Practice: A Beginner’s Guide To Vibrant Living
March 10, 2025 in Lifestyle Mantra: Just be you. “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.” Rumi After my car accident, I had [...]
JunoActive: Redefining Fitness and Fashion in the Twin Cities
March 7, 2025 in Spotlight, Uncategorized In the heart of the Twin Cities, where the spirit of innovation and inclusivity thrives, there's a brand that's revolutionizing the way we think [...]
An excerpt from Mental Health Matters: How Ten Psychological Principles Will Enhance Your Mental Health
March 6, 2025 in Lifestyle I am at the ER. Man, I hate this place. I spent too much time here with my husband. For four months, cancer burrowed into [...]
Open Heart Flow
March 5, 2025 in Yoga + Movement ThIs flow, called Open Heart Flow, lasts about 60 minutes. The idea behind it is that if we want to live inclusively, then [...]
Including All of Me: An interview with Dionne Ingram & Shelley Pagitt
March 4, 2025 in Spotlight During this past year Shelley Pagitt and Tracy Vacura had the remarkable opportunity to become friends with Dionna Ingram, or Dee, through Holistic Yoga Teacher [...]
Why Yoga is Incomplete without Āyurveda
March 3, 2025 in Health + Wellness We may know hundreds of āsanas, tens of kramas (sequences), variations of poses from various lineages, and the usage of ample props for [...]