The Yoga of Running
The smell of coffee awakens my senses. I slip out of bed and quietly shuffle to the bathroom. I get...
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What is Asana?
With so many options to an asana practice, asana may look and feel different to every practitioner. The third limb...
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Nourish Your Students With Guided Meditations
A simple but powerful guided meditation can be a transformative and nourishing tool to use in your yoga class, but...
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Turn Up Your Voice!
“Your voice is so low and melodious, I just kind of tuned out.” “I love what you’re saying, but I...
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What is the Energetic Highway?
You may be familiar with the chakras, but you may not know the complex and interconnected energetic system within us...
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Elevate Your Evolution With Yoga
Evolution is an exciting but often stressful process. When you change and grow, it requires letting go of past patterns...
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Reclaim Your Attention
We live in a world where human attention is a high-value commodity. Innumerable notifications, dings, and vibrations compete for our...
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Subtle Body Science Guided by Intuition
A little hand gently grabs mine, a subtle ask for guidance through the busy surrounding. As we thoughtfully move in...
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The Yoga Vitamins
The bad news: enlightenment does not come easy. The good news: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a step-by-step guidebook, can...
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Revolve to Evolve Practice
With both uplifting and grounding qualities, twisting practices are unique. They can help with our digestion and assimilation of not...
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Honoring Loss and the Holidays
December 20, 2024 in Yoga + Movement Late fall and early winter in the Midwest can be bleak with chilly, damp weather, diminished daylight hours, and gray, dreary skies. Holiday [...]
Beyond “All Levels” – The Case for Adaptive Yoga
December 16, 2024 in Yoga + Movement Amidst yoga’s enormous popularity, studios advertise classes for “all levels and all bodies.” But does a typical yoga instructor know how to provide [...]
Spotlight: Christa Fairbrother – Aqua Yoga
December 11, 2024 in Spotlight There is a way for people with arthritis, chronic pain, movement limitations, and other concerns to not only practice yoga, but to exercise a practice [...]
Hypermobility, Anxiety, and Yoga: Finding Balance and Healing
December 9, 2024 in Yoga + Movement Hypermobility, characterized by an extended range of joint motion beyond typical limits, has garnered attention not only for its physical implications but also [...]
Include Bees and Other Pollinators in your Fall Garden Cleanup
December 4, 2024 in Lifestyle A fall garden cleanup is part of the gardening tradition. Gardeners cut down plants and rake leaves to tidy up for winter. But times are [...]
Cultivating Serenity Amidst School Chaos: Elevating Staff Mindfulness for Inclusive Classrooms
December 2, 2024 in Health + Wellness As the bustle of back-to-school season ensues, it can become easy for educators to feel overwhelmed in the whirlwind of responsibilities. However, this [...]
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Holiday Gift Guide
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On the Cover
November 20, 2024 in Spotlight Name: Zaria James Pronouns: she/her Location: Iowa City, IA What gets you excited about Midwest YOGA + Life magazine? Yoga and life in the Midwest [...]
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