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Inner Yin and Prana

Inner Yin and Prana

Inner Yin and Prana Inner Yin and Prana For every set of legs walking, jogging, sitting, bending, moving into and out of position there are invisible inner legs; the legs of prana (life force). This is also true of the arms, torso, hips and head; the inner self is more fluid and variable than the solid outer form. If prana is not in balance there is struggle, resistance, weakness, even pain. If…

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Ocean Breathing Yoga Toronto “Breath is Life” Series Ocean Breathing     If you live near an ocean then practicing Ocean Breathing may come naturally for you.

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Easy Spinal Twist Yoga Pose

Easy Spinal Twist Yoga Pose

Easy Spinal Twist Yoga Pose Benefits of practicing Easy Spinal Twist Pose include increased blood circulation of the spine, which is very vascular. The rotation of the spine stretches and strengthens the intrinsic muscles of the spinal column while improving lubrication of the spinal-rib joints of the back & sternal-rib articulations at the front of the body. The internal organs are massaged; the…

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Tree Breath Meditation

Tree Breath Meditation Every being alive and breathing has been born into this world with a majestically symbiotic connection with plants. Trees, shrubs, grasses and other green plants such as green algae absorb carbon dioxide from various sources reducing greenhouse effects and in the process they release oxygen, oxygen we breathe in. We use oxygen as a catalyst for different biological…

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Corpse Pose (Savasana)

Corpse Pose (Savasana) It is traditional practice to lay in corpse pose between postures when winded as well as at the end of a full Yoga poses (asana) practice. The technique is virtually the same across the globe as to how to come in and out of the posture with the added bonus in some lineages or styles of Yoga of clenching the entire body first in order to release completely into this pose.…

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Setting Intention

Setting Intention What makes the day an epic day for you? Do you believe only certain environmental conditions allow you to feel peace right now? Are you adaptable and creative when new situations arise? Are you a steamroller to your day and people around you? Are you functioning as a skittish hare dodging people and problems? Have you been a Venus Fly Trap devouring passing ideas and behaviors…

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Downward Facing Dog Pose

Downward Facing Dog Pose

Downward Facing Dog Pose Under an open summer sky the heat of the sun warms my muscles. Floating out of Cobra Pose, gently rolling over my toes; my hips rise like a stately mountain peek into Downward Facing Dog Pose. My third eye searches softly for a view my navel, nudging my lower front ribs backwards towards my spine; keeping them tucked in. I’m breathing into my back ribs, releasing tension…

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Lion in the Lotus Pose

Lion in the Lotus Pose

Lion in the Lotus Pose See the summer foliage as a background? You wouldn’t know that that is my front driveway view, but it is summer and the greenery is lush. I hear birds chattering, the occasional bee or dragonfly dropping by. I light my candles before every 1 hour plus practice. This is my watermelon mat; I practically live on watermelon each morning during the hot season. Lion Pose…

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Five Causes of Suffering - Pancha Kleshas

Five Causes of Suffering – Pancha Kleshas

Five Causes of Suffering – Pancha Kleshas The Five Causes of Suffering (Kleshas) have been written on and taught for thousands of years. The five causes of suffering are considered to be propagators of obstruction to enlightenment and peace while living. How important is it to identify these obstacles? Very. The Five causes of suffering (Kleshas) can be studied one at a time in order of root…

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US Consciousness

 US Consciousness It is common for Yoga aspirants to be introduced to Universal Consciousness as ”God;” a God to which each individual is encouraged to aspire to & unify with in order to transcend various states of suffering while living. This idea sounds much like a child clinging to a parent for security. Fine perhaps for a child, but less useful for a mature adult. So many of us are left…

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I am - Affirmations

I am – Affirmations

“I am” – Affirmations   Have you heard in the back of your mind or out of the mouth of a friend “I’m not enough” or “I don’t have enough?” This chatter is a mask over the question, and it’s a beautiful question, “Can I do it?” The real question in most scenarios is “Will I do it? Within the loving and realistic perimeters of time and space “you can” if “you will.” Using daily affirmations to…

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Eye Of The Needle Pose – Sucriandhrasana

Eye Of The Needle Pose – Sucriandhrasana

Eye Of The Needle Pose – Sucriandhrasana Eye of the Needle Pose (Sucriandhrasana) is a hip opening posture and for those who are challenged with mobility in Half Legged Pigeon Pose, Eye of the Needle Pose is a good place to start the yoga practice to protect the back and learn where the “opening” and stretch is to come from; the hips and thighs. Practice Eye of the needle pose regularly so the…

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Permission To Play

Permission To Play Who you are in this moment is all you need to start a Yoga Practice. Simply surrendering to the practice for 20, 30, 60, 90 minutes or more guarantees you will not be the same when you step off the mat; whether this is the first day or every day after. Lighting a flame for life through Yoga burns brighter with practice giving back great light on your personal peace, courage and…

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Breathing Through the Kidneys

Breathing Through the Kidneys

Breathing Through the Kidneys While in the throes of an asana Yoga class the teacher’s solid voice rings out “breath into your lower back.” Huh? What does that feel like exactly? What does it do for me? Take a closer look at the muscle structure of the back on an anatomical chart, the Latin words “Quadratus Lumborum” or QL for short, can be clearly seen printed with an line drawing the eyes to a…

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Seven Chakra Bija Mantra

Seven Chakra Bija Mantra

Seven Chakra Bija Mantra The “Seven Chakra Bija Mantra” is designed to shift listeners and chanters to deeper and higher vibrations within the authentic self. How wondrous and subtle are the vital energies that animate the human body. Each Bija or petal sound accesses & tunes into one’s own main channel Chakras system, which…

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Lizard Pose – Utthan Pristhasana

Lizard Pose – Utthan Pristhasana

Lizard Pose – Utthan Pristhasana Hip opening Lizard Pose can counteract the effects of running, biking, and sitting to bring back the love to tight hips. Gravity helps to improve hip flexibility while the forearms rest on the ground in Lizard Pose until ready for a deeper immersion into the pose with hands bound behind back near the forward leg. Lizard Pose is a wonderfully relaxing pose to…

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Four Aims of Life

Four Aims of Life

Four Aims of Life Some time in one’s life the question arises “What am I doing here?” meaning why am I alive? Doing this job? Living here? This often occurs during a cataclysmic event such as a death of a loved one, a sudden intense responsibility such as birth of a child, a sudden loss of employment or at the end of a romantic relationship. This inquiry can simply arise at the time of leaving a…

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