Karen Ashby

Use these off-the-mat tips to strengthen your breath, allowing you to create a deeper connection to your yoga practice. Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246247 http://www.rssmix.com/

At the beginning of last year, I felt trapped in my own skin. As I described it to a close friend, I said I literally felt like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I could viscerally feel that I was ready for growth and change, but I had no idea what was needed . Was it my work? My physical location? My relationships? My routines? Nothing immediately jumped out at me as an answer.   And honestly, it kind of sucked. I told my closest people that nothing felt quite right — but nothing was quite wrong, either.   I realized recently that I’ve been on this body acceptance exploration for over ten years now. And I really think exploration is the best way to describe it: path or journey feel too much like something with an end point. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned about body acceptance, it’s that there’s no end point . There’s always more to explore.   When I first started my own tentative, usually resistant explorations with coming to a more peaceful relationship with my bo...

At the beginning of last year, I felt trapped in my own skin. As I described it to a close friend, I said I literally felt like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I could viscerally feel that I was ready for growth and change, but I had no idea what was needed . Was it my work? My physical location? My relationships? My routines? Nothing immediately jumped out at me as an answer.   And honestly, it kind of sucked. I told my closest people that nothing felt quite right — but nothing was quite wrong, either.   I realized recently that I’ve been on this body acceptance exploration for over ten years now. And I really think exploration is the best way to describe it: path or journey feel too much like something with an end point. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned about body acceptance, it’s that there’s no end point . There’s always more to explore.   When I first started my own tentative, usually resistant explorations with coming to a more peaceful relationship with my bo...

Cues, balance and mindfulness: Angela Allen talks about the three key lessons she learned on her yoga teacher training with Esther Ekhart. Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246247 http://www.rssmix.com/

EkhartYoga teacher, Tracey describes how being diagnosed with glaucoma changed her yoga practice and offers advice to those who are going through a similar experience.  Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246247 http://www.rssmix.com/

I’ve never been a New Year’s resolutions person. For most of my life, that wasn’t because I didn’t think they were a good idea. It’s because my whole dang life was a new resolution — I didn’t really need the new year. That was just icing on the sadness cake. My whole life was a resolution because all I did was hop from diet to diet to diet, always hoping and praying for when I’d lose weight and my life would instantaneously become perfect. Spoiler alert: didn’t happen. My life did get much better, though, but it wasn’t because I lost weight. Unless you count the weight of the diet industry’s BS, in which case I lost SO MUCH WEIGHT.   If you’re anything like me, you might bring some of this “let me transform my life completely and overnight” energy to many of the things you do — like, maybe your yoga practice? If you’ve ever thought to yourself that you “need” to “do better” with yoga, or that you can never get it together, or that you should be doing more of this (fast, inte...

If you have a serious case of the sniffles, nurture yourself with these 10 comforting yoga classes. Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246247 http://www.rssmix.com/