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“I’d Like to Look Toned, But Dear God, Please Don’t Give Me Muscles!” If I had a dime for every time I hear a woman say those words (or variations of it) . . . . The reality is that I’m often perplexed by this comment. What’s wrong with muscles anyway? They are an essential … Read more
Follow Up: Yoga Webinar on Nervous System In our webinar on the topic of Resilience, I shared about how important it is to understand the meaning of co-regulation and nervous system management. How does one cultivate a more empowered relationship with our body through simple stress management and Neuro regulation practices. I also introduced the … Read more
Follow Up: Yoga Webinar with Gernot Huber We interviewed Gernot Huber as part of a launch for his Yoga Anatomy Toolkit Course on Urban Yogis Academy. Gernot offered insight into a perspective of yoga and wellbeing that is slowly being embraced, although still not as appreciated as the “go hard or go home” or “yoga … Read more
Follow Up: Yoga Webinar and COVID Learnings Our webinar on the key lessons that we learned from this period of Covid as yoga teachers, entrepreneurs, and business partners was held on July 26. This day marked approximately five weeks of Phase 2, of a staggered re-opening of the economy, following approximately 10 weeks of stricter … Read more
Follow Up: Yoga Webinar on Creativity in Businesses To ring in our month of creativity, we held a webinar on July 5thto discuss creativity as an innate quality not only for survival, but as a tool to thrive in ever-changing environments. The pandemic era has thrown much of what we knew and how we lived … Read more
The practice of Pranayama dates back to ancient India and the origins of yoga. The Sanskrit word Pranayama can be broken down into Prana, which is often known as life or energy, and Ayama, which means to extend or draw out. Pranayama practice is therefore the invitation to move and flow energy throughout our body … Read more
Full Moon Eclipse Special: The Story of Ganesh There’s a story about Ganesh and how the moon got its big crater. As the story goes, Ganesh was walking home from a big party where he overate and fell then everything around him went awry. The big full moon that Ganesh had previously been admiring for its … Read more
“We Need To Exhale In Order To Inhale” I first heard that line during my Yin teacher training, and I was blown away. It was one of those moments where something so simple felt so profound. It was exactly what my anxious body needed to hear in that moment. We were asked to do a … Read more
Follow Up: Yoga Webinar on Resilience This month’s topic with Urban Yogis has been all about Resilience. We kicked off this topic with one of our FREE bi-monthly webinars tilted “Building Reservoirs of Resilience” last Sunday, 7th June. If you missed it, here’s a little summary of what we went through. What is Resilience? We … Read more
What Went Down During Our Yoga Webinar Our first in a series of free yoga webinars took place on May 24, and was a gentle reminder that this practice of yoga, which has been embraced by millions of people globally, is massively relevant to our lives not only for its positive influences on our physical … Read more
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