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Nauli Kriya: How To Practice This Cleansing Shatkarma
Nauli Kriya is one of the six shatkarmas mentioned in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Here are step-by-step instructions for this abdominal cleansing technique.
Opening Throat Chakra Symptoms And How To Balance Vishuddha Chakra
Here’s how the throat chakra works and how to recognize balances, imbalances, and opening throat chakra symptoms.
Heart Chakra Blocked Symptoms & Healing Techniques
Here’s how to identify and heal heart chakra blocked symptoms by elevating your interpersonal relationships.
What Is Somatic Yoga? Everything You Need To Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Somatic Yoga for a dynamic and healing yoga practice.
How To Get Clients For Life Coaching
Here’s exactly how to get clients for life coaching, from our resident Life Coach Ashlie Franey.
Symptoms Of Blocked Crown Chakra & Healing Techniques
Here are the symptoms of blocked Crown Chakra and how you can heal your seventh chakra.
Vasti Kriya: 3 Yogic Intestinal Cleanses
Vasti Kriya, also known as Basti Kriya or Wasti, is one of the six shatkarmas mentioned in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Here are 3 techniques for this kriya.
Subagh Kriya: What Is It And How Do You Do It?
Here’s how to practice the Subagh Kriya for prosperity!
Are Life Coaches Worth It? Take This Self-Assessment To Find Out.
Our resident life coach, Ashlie Franey, answers the question “are life coaches worth it” with a self-assessment.
Yoga for Vata Dosha: Practice Poses and Tips
Try this grounding yoga for vata dosha and reclaim your life!
21 Self Esteem Daily Affirmations For Healing
Self esteem daily affirmations will turn your self-appreciation to the MAX! Here’s how to practice them in your life.
Yoga for Pitta Dosha: Practice Poses and Tips
Feeling agitated and fiery? Practice the soothing yoga for pitta dosha that AYurveda prescribes.
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
How To Get Clients For Life Coaching
The very first question you have as a life coach is how to get clients for life coaching. You want to start your coaching practice, and this is the real deal for you! You want to make it work, and you are so motivated to serve others & help them, guide them,...
Are Life Coaches Worth It? Take This Self-Assessment To Find Out.
Let me be honest with you for a second. Before I became a life coach, I wondered, are life coaches worth it? When I first heard the term, I had no idea what they were. After having spent a lot of time researching life coaches, I discovered that they have been around...
How Much Does A Life Coach Make? Around $5k+ A Month
Are you new to coaching, or perhaps you're thinking about becoming a life coach? But, then you hear a voice in your head start to ask you questions like: How much does a life coach make? What is the life coach salary? Is this a lucrative field? Will this be...
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.
35 Daily Affirmations For Women That Will Empower You
Feeling stuck?? Find the perfect daily affirmations for women for an empowering practice.
Can We Do Yoga During Periods? Here’s The Yoga Philosophy
Can we do yoga during periods? Here’s what the yogic philosophy says and how to do it.
Industry Expert Tips For Yoga Injury Prevention (+ Modifications)
Watch out for these common yoga injuries! Here’s how you can prevent yoga injury and modifications for when you’re too late.
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
Meaning of Ra Ma Da Sa: The Healing Siri Gaitri Mantra
Kundalini Yoga has a mantra that is known for its healing powers. Known as the ‘Siri Gaitri Mantra’ or popularly called the ‘Ra Ma Da Sa‘, this kriya, when practiced right, these eight basic sounds can fine-tune your soul to the rhythm of the Universe; a healing...
Surya Mudra: What Is It And How Do You Use It?
One of the most important lessons for yogis to learn is that yoga is much more than asana classes. As you dive deeper into your practice, you’ll find scores of philosophy, breathing techniques, cleanses, meditations and other wellness practices. All of these are...
Ek Ong Kar: How And When To Use The Thunderbolt Mantra
Do you ever feel like you are in a constant state of unrest? Yeah, me too. How could you not be with the way the modern world is constantly bombarding you with decisions, information, and negative sensationalized stories? It’s time for a nervous system reset. ...
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
Raise your hand if you’ve ever peed a little when you sneeze, cough, laugh, or jump. Or maybe you have some unexplained pelvic pain you're embarrassed to ask your doctor about. As a mother of 4, I can tell you I have and it's not fun! Perhaps you think this is to be...
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...