by Vanessa Ooms | Mar 31, 2016 | Musings From Mugs, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
(another sneak peak from Mug’s book) Sarva means “all”, dvara means “door”, and baddha means “bound.” All the doors or gates where prana can escape are closed. Sit comfortably and apply shanmukhi mudra (cover the ears with...
by Vanessa Ooms | Dec 28, 2015 | Musings From Mugs, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
To See or Not to See – That is the Question by Mugs McConnell SOYA, ERYT500, IYTA Back in 1978 I did my initial yoga teacher training at the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas. Swami Vishnudevananda and his disciples worked diligently to train us in the science of yoga...
by Vanessa Ooms | Nov 30, 2015 | Musings From Mugs, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Practice Notes: Persistence & Patience By Jools Andrés, SOYA, RYT500, E-RYT200 It only takes me a couple of minutes to walk from my home to a busy esplanade that attracts large numbers of casual strollers, power walkers, joggers, and serious runners each and every...
by Vanessa Ooms | Nov 30, 2015 | Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
By Mary-Louise Parkinson, President IYTA It was a normal, general hatha yoga class. One held every Monday morning at the exquisitely beautiful Mollymook Beach on the NSW South Coast. The major distraction of the class, other than the golden sandy beach and clear blue...
by Vanessa Ooms | Oct 30, 2015 | 200 hour Training, 300 hour Training, Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
5 Things I’ve learned from Training Yoga Teachers By Kamala Wilkie, E-RYT500 and lead trainer for SOYA Teacher Training in Penticton Natasha Scott and I just finished leading our annual SOYA 200hr Immersion Yoga Teacher Training program in the Okanagan. I always joke...
by Vanessa Ooms | Oct 30, 2015 | 200 hour Training, 300 hour Training, Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
My Yoga Journey as a Student with SOYA by Peggy Mitchell, SOYA 500 Early on a Sunday morning in September 2009, I arrived at Chinook Yoga in Prince George to tell Carla and Cindy I had decided to not enroll in SOYA’s 500 hour yoga training program. I had several...
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