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Matthew Sanford links yoga’s self-awareness and healing

darla — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:58:17 +0000

Matthew Sanford was paralyzed in an auto accident 30 years ago. Today, he teaches yoga and works to educate the health industry on the importance of the mind-body connection. Read his story and be amazed and inspired. Matthew Sanford links yoga’s self-awareness and healing | freep.com | Detroit Free Press www.matthewsanford.com

Yogis and Yoginis on Twitter

darla — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:38:31 +0000

We’re compiling a worldwide list of yogis and yoginis on Twitter. If you’re on Twitter and would like to be on our Yoga Twitter List, please add a comment to this post with your Twitter username. And, be sure to follow Share Yoga’s Yoga Twitter list at: http://twitter.com/shareyoga/yoga Twitter is a powerful new medium that [...]

140th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

darla — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:59:50 +0000

Today marks the 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps this weekend is a good time to revisit one of Gandhi’s biographies. I especially enjoyed “Gandhi The Man” by Eknath Easwaran, which details his earlier years as a shy young man. Today, President Obama paid tribute to Gandhi saying: “The America of today has its [...]

The Power of Pranayama: Can learning to breathe heal your life?

darla — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:34:12 +0000

Yoga master Max Strom is one of the world's leading proponents of healing with breath. This clip is the introduction to Max's groundbreaking DVD entitled: Learn to Breathe, to Heal Yourself and Your Relationships.

Watch it here

A few of my favorite things for today (yoga and all things between)

darla — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:37:12 +0000

One of my favorite personal productivity and “art of living” sites on the web is Leo Babauta’s “Zen Habits”. Today, I’m mentioning this because he has a wonderful post entitled, “Love Life, Not Stuff” (link to Love Life, Not Stuff here) wherein he gives pointers on how to create a “lust for life instead of [...]

Overcoming Lupus through a Daily Yoga Practice – Featured Yogi Aura Frey

darla — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:46:33 +0000

One yogi shares her story of overcoming the painful symptoms brought on by lupus through her daily yoga and meditation practice.

Yoga Bear: Non profit provides free yoga to cancer survivors

halle — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:02:11 +0000

ShareYoga recently interviewed Halle Tecco, who is the founder of YogaBear. YogaBear is a special service that matches cancer survivors with yoga studios. Halle came up with the idea when she realized that most classes aren’t filled to capacity and so it wouldn’t cost studios much to put that extra space to good use and [...]

Inspired Teachings with Featured Yogi: Laura Erdman-Luntz

darla — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:00:02 +0000

In yoga I go through people’s bodies to get to their hearts and in coaching I go through their minds. -Yoga Teacher and this Week’s Featured Yogi: Laura Erdman-Luntz Has your yoga practice plateaued? If so, Minneapolis yoga teacher and life coach Laura Erdman-Luntz, MA, says challenge yourself to move out of your comfort zone. [...]

Featured Yogi: Rodney Yee

darla — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:48:23 +0000

Author’s Note: Welcome to our new weekly article series where we feature a yogi, spiritual teacher, guru, or seeker. Although we’re starting the series with a “famous” yogi, we will also be featuring regular “Joe the Plumber Yogis” (as Sarah Palin might say.) Our intention, though, is to feature individuals who have contributed to, shared [...]