Join us on March 8th and 9th to: •Awaken your senses through a Gourmet Indian-Inspired cooking class filled with healing spices and delicious, nourishing dishes. •Relax, restore, and connect through yoga, sound healing, meditation, and nature walks. •Take time for yourself in a peaceful retreat setting, where you can unwind, reflect, and feel renewed. This […]
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 and Shakti Many modern yogis understand the divine masculine as Shiva energy. Shiva is most known as the destroying energy clearing the way for creation [...]
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 lives or lifestyle practices. While all yoga teachers learn about the yamas and the niyamas, yoga teacher trainings don’t delve deep into the vedas. In [...]
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 we were beset by snowstorms and our yaks could not cross a high mountain pass in the deep snow. Instead, local people agreed to become [...]
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 a story woven with threads of passion, dedication, and a deep-rooted commitment to Ayurveda. Dr. (Vaidya) Asavari Manvikar, a visionary healer and educator, envisioned a [...]
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 no idea how to live with a spinal cord injury. I felt like my life was split in two: my body before and after the [...]
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 about activewear. JunoActive, headquartered in Burnsville, has emerged as a trailblazer in the realm of size-inclusive fitness apparel, empowering women of all shapes and sizes [...]
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 his bones, causing him excruciating pain until he died. Now, five years later, I’m back. This time, it is even worse. My teenage son is [...]
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 we must open our hearts and remain open to other ways of life. The flow starts with a warm-up and gradually prepares the practitioner for [...]
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 Training at Yoga Sanctuary. She shared about her extraordinary life as she trained with us for the next chapter in her life as a yoga [...]
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 practice, but if we lack a clear vision and purpose for why and what we practice – as well as how to gauge progress – [...]
