Women come to yoga already carrying more than their fair share of guilt and shame. And when the Ashtanga Yoga method is practiced and taught in the way that honors the individual, it is amazingly empowering and healing. Unfortunately, that is not the way it’s always handed down.
Deepika Mehta speaks to the COVID crisis in India, motherhood + the yoga practice, and why hope plays such an essential role in times of despair.
“When we come to that last breath in our life – what’s most important? How you stretched out your hamstrings? How deep you went in a backbend? Or how you lived your life as a person.” Eileen Hall
Our practice is one rooted in this beautiful broken mess we call humanity. It’s all we have and it’s everything we need. Nothing matters but our own blessed prayer that summons us through the dark and into the sacred quiet of each new dawn. Here is where we find the grace and the courage forward.
Autumn brings with it a serene energy of release. The world is letting go and a good time for us to do the same.
The stories we loved as kids were like windows into our soul. For within those enchanting stories are the passions and dreams that continue to shape how we view the world around us.
In today’s episode, learn why Mary Taylor says, “I can’t be part of a world anymore where women can’t talk about abuses they feel and abuses they experienced anymore.”
Menopause is a feminine process that lasts for many years for most women and can be quite challenging and scary. Learn ways to ease into this transition through yoga, meditation, and other supportive measures that you may experience the softer strength that comes through this liberating phase of a woman’s life.
Life is full of contradictions. Some happen to be more glaring than others. In this moment, I am in the midst of one I know too well: leaving my family to cross the world and attend a yoga course. “Going to yoga” is, of course, an oxy-moron. But the idea that yoga can be “learned” better in one place than …
A short survey to be used for a Women’s Yoga Focus Group as well as In-Depth Study – dedicated to supporting women in both practice and life. Thank you for your interest and participation!