When DEIA Training is Problematic
When Catherine (who is Black) told the leaders of her TT-500 program Molly and Ann (who are white) that aspects...
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Honoring Loss and the Holidays
Late fall and early winter in the Midwest can be bleak with chilly, damp weather, diminished daylight hours, and gray,...
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Beyond “All Levels” – The Case for Adaptive Yoga
Amidst yoga’s enormous popularity, studios advertise classes for “all levels and all bodies.” But does a typical yoga instructor know...
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Hypermobility, Anxiety, and Yoga: Finding Balance and Healing
Hypermobility, characterized by an extended range of joint motion beyond typical limits, has garnered attention not only for its physical...
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How to Find Balance and Harmony in Your Yoga Practice
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory the seasons of spring and summer are yang energies. Yang energies represent energetic, fast,...
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Find Inner Serenity and Balance Through Restorative Poses from the Comfort of your Bed
Restorative yoga is a gentle and therapeutic style of yoga that focuses on relaxation and rejuvenation. It involves the use...
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Swole & Whole: How Strength Training Made Me a Better Yogi
My doctor scrutinized the looping family history I'd hastily filled out in the waiting room. I was there, ostensibly, to...
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Cultivating Inner Harmony and Compassion: A Meditation Practice for Self-Love
Love, the most essential need in our world, serves as the pathway to peace, empathy, and compassion — the very...
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Witnessing Transformation Through Holistic Yoga
You know those moments in your practice where you find your body and breath harmonizing, you move with more and...
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Brahmacharya: The Practice of Moderating Moderation
At its core, the very act of moderation serves as a personal safeguard against the chaos resulting in the absence...
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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 [...]
Psychologically Sensitive Yoga is For Everyone
February 28, 2025 in Yoga + Movement What is Psychologically Sensitive Yoga? Before you start reading, ask yourself, what would make you 10% more comfortable? Would it be a big [...]