Category Archives: Asanas
The Middle Path
Reconciling my yoga path with mainstream culture is friggin hard. When I get in my car, text at stop lights, drive to a yoga class, check facebook before going in, like some post about kittens, and then jump into class and choose an intention I some times wonder if I am cheating myself. When I was a yoga teacher I often thought that I didn’t have the depth of experience to teach yoga, so I focused my energy on teaching …
Beyond My Comfort Zone
While I prayed over tarot cards to uncover the deepest truth of my dharma, seriously… I realized I’d lost track of my yoga practice. And by loosing track I really mean lost inspiration. This happens every now and then I think to everyone. I am a goal oriented person. However, I learned a long time ago that goals and yoga just don’t mix. It was usually when I stayed consistent the transformation would just happen. But when I got to …
Budget Yoga
There is nothing better than the warm, inviting, incense-infused oasis of your favorite local studio. However, if you’re experiencing a budget tighter than skinny jeans after a microbrew, monthly membership fees may be totally inaccessible. And for those of us who rely on our yoga practice to get us through the day (read: keep us from screaming at our children/husband/dog) cutting it out altogether is not an option. What to do? Here are a few tried and true options for bringing the yoga studio to …
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Tagged Barre3, Blackswan Yoga, budget, YogaGlo, YogaToday
Sweetness in the Balance
I held handstand in the middle of the room for the first time EVER this week. I’ve been trying for years – first against the wall, then with the help of a teacher, then tentative attempts in the middle of the room and then back to the wall. As I was standing on my hands evaluating the situation, I started to consider what had changed for me. I was on the same yoga mat I always practice on, in the …
Finding the Flow, Garden Island Style
Despite memberships to online yoga services, I find it difficult when traveling to stay on top of my practice without a visit to an actual studio. So on a recent trip to Kauai, we typed our location into the GTY classfinder and began a little yoga tour, Hawaiian style. After a successful visit to Yoga House in Kapaa for some Bikram love, I needed to flow. Word on the street was there were a few other yoga studios on Kauai and I was in search …
Posted in Asanas, Featured, Insights, Studio Reviews by Sarah Laufer 
Tagged HI, Kauai, Yoga Hanalei, Yoga studio review
Tagged HI, Kauai, Yoga Hanalei, Yoga studio review
Peace on the Mat
If you ask 10 yogis what makes a yoga class “good”, you will probably get 10 different answers: the teacher, the music, the studio, the style, the energy in the room, etc. While all of these external factors can contribute to my experience, I judge a yoga class based on internal factors. Did something shift for me during class? Do I feel infinitely better now than I did at the beginning of class? Did I have a deep …
