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Chakra Dance: An Intuitive Way To Move Energy
Chakra dance blends movement and mindfulness to harmonize your seven chakras.
Nabhi Kriya: Ignite Your Inner Fire and Personal Power
Ignite your inner power and balance your Solar Plexus Chakra with the energizing practice of Nabhi Kriya.
Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad: Kundalini Mantra For Manifestation
Ready to elevate your consciousness and manifest like CRAZY? Then you need to start chanting Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad – the Kundalini mantra for manifestation.
The Perfect Yoga Practice For Your Menstrual Cycle Energy Levels
Discover how your energy levels fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle and learn what to expect in each phase. Read more to optimize your wellness.
Enhancing Your Practice: The Benefits of Yoga and Nature Connection
Discover how integrating yoga and nature can enhance your practice, boost well-being, and foster a deeper connection. Read more to transform your routine.
Gentle Somatic Yoga for Back Pain: Relief and Prevention Techniques
This gentle somatic yoga for back pain is EXACTLY what you need for relief and pain prevention.
Tantric Har Chant: How It Fuels Prosperity and Inner Power
Find out how Tantric Har harmonizes energy for personal power and abundance.
Powerful Mantra for Protection Against Negative Energy and Harm
Discover a powerful mantra to shield yourself from negative energy and cultivate inner peace and protection.
Authentic Pathways: Connecting With Higher Self for Inner Peace
Embark on a journey to inner peace by connecting with your higher self through authentic pathways and mindful practices.
Yoga to Reconnect with Yourself: 5 Essential Practices for Inner Peace
Rediscover inner peace and reconnect with yourself through five essential yoga practices designed to cultivate self-awareness and calm.
Yoga for Connection: 10 Poses to Deepen Relationships and Bonding
Strengthen your relationships and build emotional bonds with these 10 yoga poses for deeper connection and unity.
Yoga To Connect With Your Body For Mind-Body Harmony
Discover the best yoga practices to reconnect with your body and enhance mind-body harmony for lasting inner peace.
How To Become A Yoga Teacher
If you want to become a yoga instructor, then start here. These are my most helpful articles to get you started.
Yoga Teacher Resources
If you’re already a yoga instructor and you’re looking for resources on how to choose your advanced training or to improve your career, then you’ll love this section of the blog. From how to write the perfect resume to how to find a job, I’ve got you covered.
Yoga Business and Marketing
What Is Mindset Coaching? A Complete Breakdown
Mindset shifting is a pretty popular concept in wellness circles since the last decade. Mindset coaching is a way to learn actionable ways to bring those mindset principles into your daily life. And if you want to become a mindset coach, then you’ll want to learn ways...
5 Affordable Yoga Teacher Insurance Plans (Updated 2024)
Whether you’re teaching yoga online or in person, as an independent contractor or as a part-time yoga instructor with a yoga studio, investing in yoga liability insurance is always a good idea. In addition to providing insurance for teachers, most insurance companies...
7 Steps To Start A Life Coaching Business
Maybe you are looking for a new side hustle. Maybe you are trying to determine if becoming a life coach is something that would be a good fit for you. Maybe you are already a life coach, but not quite sure how to actually start a life coaching business. Well, it is...
Yoga Alliance
How Long Does Yoga Alliance Certification Last? 5 Steps to Maintain It
There are sooo many good reasons to become a yoga teacher! To name a few... Help people embody their fullest potentialInvest in a truly fulfilling careerDrink more smoothiesetc. I can tell you honestly that when I ask my teachers in training why becoming a yoga...
What Topics Does a Yoga Alliance-Certified Training Cover?
Just like studying at university where lectures follow a certain curriculum, a Yoga Alliance (YA) certified Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) offered by a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS) is required to cover specific topics. There is freedom within these...
How Many Hours Do You Need to be Certified by the Yoga Alliance?
Timing is everything. Especially when it comes to YTT! With literally thousands of yoga teacher trainings to choose from with all of the confusing standards, travel options, and formats, you might be wondering, how long is a yoga alliance certified training, really?...
Teaching Yoga
Yoga Cues 101: Everything You Need To Teach Yoga
Congratulations you’ve gotten your yoga teacher certification and you’re ready to get out into the world and start teaching yoga! But…. maybe, as a new yoga teacher, you’re not feeling very confident as a yoga instructor yet. Maybe you're worried that your verbal cues...
How to Easily Modify 6 Common Yoga Poses [+VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/biPpCkzCC9A There's nothing worse than finally getting yourself to yoga class and then your yoga instructor calls out certain yoga poses that you just.can't.do. Rather than grunting through them and shifting your weight awkwardly as you try to balance...
Creating Inclusive Yoga Spaces: Here’s What To Avoid Saying
Have you ever gone to a yoga class where you couldn’t keep up? Maybe you were asked to contort your body into shapes that just weren’t attainable for you. Did you leave feeling defeated instead of confident? Yoga isn’t one-size-fits-all, and it’s not a competitive...
Chakras and Kundalini
Wanna know about the chakras colors, how they work, and how to balance them? Then check out these posts all about the chakras and Kundalini Yoga. See all of my posts about chakras and Kundalini Yoga here.
Yoga Pose Directory
Explore different yoga postures, alignment, and yogic philosophy behind the poses.
Product Reviews
Check out my honest opinion on yoga mats, yoga props, books, and clothing in these helpful product reviews.
Yoga By Benefit
Find the yoga sequence right for you.
The Perfect Yoga Practice For Your Menstrual Cycle Energy Levels
Discover how your energy levels fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle and learn what to expect in each phase. Read more to optimize your wellness.
How Somatic Shaking Can Release Tension and Reset Your Nervous System
Discover the healing power of somatic shaking to release tension, reduce stress, and reset your nervous system!
Somatic Yoga Poses For Every Body And Mind
Discover the healing power of somatic yoga with mindful poses that enhance body awareness, release tension, and promote relaxation for all experience levels.
Yoga Philosophy
Learn yogic philosophy, practices, and postures for a deep dive into traditional yoga.
Pranayama
How to Do Sitali Pranayama: The Cooling Breath
https://youtu.be/vthtFd3BUCc In yoga, we often talk about stoking our internal fire to awaken prana. This is in part why people love vinyasa flow so much. You know - the same people who love a daily 5-mile jog and core work. We -(yes, I am one of you) love to feel the...
What Are Nadis? Your Guide to Energy Channels In Your Body.
Ah! The beautiful journey of becoming a yogi! You’ve been practicing asanas, doing breathing exercises, and chanting mantras. But you’re not there yet. The physical aspect of yoga is just the tip of the iceberg. Now, you’re learning all this stuff about your astral...
How To Do Pyramid Pose
(Parsovtannasana): Techniques, Benefits, Variations Level – Intermediate Pyramid Pose (Parsovtannasana) Pyramid Pose Prep & Practice 1 Beginning in Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I), right leg forward, left leg back, hands on hips. Right toes (front foot)...
Meditation
Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad: Kundalini Mantra For Manifestation
Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad is a mantra sure to make you feel empowered. There's a reason it's often called the Magic Mantra! The sound vibrations created when you chant this mantra are said to be healing, remove mental obstacles, and elevate your consciousness. Through...
Tantric Har Chant: How It Fuels Prosperity and Inner Power
Does chanting feel weird to you? Maybe you feel vulnerable using your voice in your yoga practice? I’ll be honest, it took me many years before I felt comfortable chanting. Once I began, I never looked back. Chanting mantras, like Tantric Har, are powerful because...
Powerful Mantra for Protection Against Negative Energy and Harm
Mangala Charan Mantra is currently one of the most well known Kundalini mantras for protection. Many yoga teachers, like myself and Guru Singh, even include it as part of the Tune In before practicing Kundalini kriyas. As a member of the Uplifted community, you know...
Prenatal Yoga
Yoga For Third Trimester: My Favorite Poses
Your bags are packed... you’re ready to go... HAVE A BABY! What a magical time in your life. You are in the home stretch of your pregnancy journey. You are probably feeling excited, nervous, and maybe some back pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Good news!...
10 Yoga Poses That Will Strengthen The Pelvic Floor
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Yoga For Nausea: 7 Yoga Poses For A Sore Stomach
How often do you feel sick to your stomach? For me, it can be pretty often...which is no fun. So many things can cause nausea! Anxiety, excitement, anger, intense pain, morning sickness, motion sickness, food poisoning, the list could go on and on! With nausea...