by Vanessa Ooms | May 5, 2017 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs, Yoga News
The Upanishad Mantra Meditation is one of my favourites in Letters from the Yoga Masters on page 165. It includes four mantras that are intended to help awaken our consciousness to the spirit within. Along with the mantras we visualize the flow of prana. I have...
by Vanessa Ooms | Mar 5, 2017 | Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News
The Vinyasa of Life – by Carla Wainwright, E-RYT500 “There is nothing permanent except change.” So goes the quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. In life things arise, they abide and then they dissolve. Our asana practice also mirrors this cycle...
by Vanessa Ooms | Jan 31, 2017 | Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News
What is Breath of Bliss™? Saturday night at the SOYA Annual Retreat, everyone will be invited to experience the Breath of Bliss with Carla Wainwright, SOYA Lead Trainer. Breathwork is a ancient practice. Since the dawn of humanity, peoples across the planet have used...
by Vanessa Ooms | Oct 30, 2016 | Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
The Chakra Energy system is a concept used by many different modalities and disciplines. These energetic portals or vortices are often thought of as access points to life energy in the body. Working with the Chakras is found in healing work around the world including,...
by Mugs McConnell | May 20, 2016 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Pushpaputa mudra is a gesture of offering a handful of flowers to the Divine. You are the offering – you are the flowers, when you are open to what the Divine lays before you. A great time to try this mudra is after opening yourself up with back-bends. Combine...
by SOYA admin | May 5, 2016 | 200 hour Training, 300 hour Training, Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Original article by Helen Mikuska, SOYA Alumni, E-RYT500, IYTA Yoga sadhana means “spiritual practice.” The word “sadhana” in Sanskrit can be translated as “ an effort consistently exercised towards the achievement of a purpose.” In this sense, every effort we put...
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