Yoga Leap

See the Pain Beneath the Words Reblogged on WordPress.com

Beautiful 50 minute documentary about why we keep coming to the mat. Why we breathe.

Why We Breathe: Yoga Shot over a half year period across the US, in a diverse circumstances and interesting interviews, this documentary was developed out of the notion to compre...

For the next few weeks, I get to practice yoga from this beautiful beach on the Gulf of Dulce.

"There is no such thing as 'age.' Tune into the power of the eternal, and feel the beauty of life. Nothing is impossible. Yoga revitalizes us with every breath we take." -– Tao Porchon-Lynch, who recently tuned 95! Such an inspirational yogini :)

"Even actions as simple as changing your posture, relaxing the muscles on your face, or slowing your breathing rate, can affect the activity in your brain."

This is your brain on yoga: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201109/yoga-changing-the-brains-stressful-habits

Dear Toronto yogis, join me every Sunday starting July 7th at 11am for outdoor yoga in Alexander Muir Park! Bring a mat, towel, water bottle and smile. Pay what you can. Email [email protected] if you plan to attend. Namaste.

Looking forward to this doc! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajYfj8xzOg

Breathing Ashtanga Yoga (Trailer) Documentary on this yoga style practiced worldwide, its history, tradition, series, benefits... how useful and necessary it can be nowadays. A life changing ...

Lots of people dread Chaturanga Dandasana because it requires a lot of upper body strength. Take a look at how your hyoid bone can help you find ease:

Using the Hyoid Bone to Improve Chaturanga Dandasana. ~ Charlotte Bell What’s an eight-syllable name that, when spoken by a yoga teacher, elicits fear (or at least a groan) in roughly half the population that practices yoga? It is the same phrase that evokes a feeling of invincible awesomeness in many others.

Happiness and wellbeing are skills. They're skills that can be enhanced through training. http://danishdocumentary.com/site/freethemind/

Q & A FROM THE PREMIERE (FIRST 2 MINS IN DANISH) - FREE THE MIND - A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY PHIE AMBO Can you rewire the brain just by taking a breath? Free The Mind - A documentary film by Phie Ambo

Dear yogis, outdoor yoga season is upon us! Please stay tuned for location/times of this year's YogaLeap outdoor PWYC sessions. xo

Namaste

Yoga helps us peel all the layers, if we let it. Great read: http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5223/Why-Am-I-Crying-During-Savasana.html

Why Am I Crying During Savasana? Oh, Savasana…I like to refer to certain yoga classes as “the onion type.” While some yoga classes leave me bursting with energy, and others leave me draped in a tranquil blanket of serenity, there