Retreats
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Bali Yoga Retreat Packing List
You've booked your trip to Bali for your very first yoga retreat... now what? Here is your Bali yoga retreat packing list. Have fun planning and packing!
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Recipes
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Moroccan Spiced Carrot Bruschetta
One of my favorite restaurants in Bend is a Lebanese restaurant called Kebaba, and I always have to order their carrot and feta jam…. its so deliciously sweet and savory. Somehow we ended up with four bags of carrots in our refrigerator, so I figured trying to recreate this deliciousness was a good way to put a […]
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Travel
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Airports With Yoga Rooms: Air Travel Doesn’t Have To Be Terrible
Getting to awesome destinations often involves dealing with airport security & long flights. Reduce stress and plan your route based on airport yoga rooms.
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Philosophy
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What Are The Koshas?
The pancha maya koshas are the five sheaths of human existence according to Vedantic philosophy and the ancient Tantric Yoga text the Taittiriya Upanishad.
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Retreats
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5 Signs You Need a Yoga Retreat
5 signs you desperately need a yoga retreat. It's time to invest in yourself, take charge of your life and get out of your rut!
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Travel
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Favorite Podcasts for Traveling Yogis
I've been traveling for years, but I've only recently begun to embrace podcasts. I now use podcasts when I fly, on long bus journeys, when I'm stuck in the car, and on nights when I cook dinner by myself. The podcasts I listen to definitely lean toward yoga, meditation, ayurveda, wellbeing, travel and adventure with a […]
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Recipes
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Turmeric in everything, please!
As a young girl, my mother dated a man from Pakistan. With this relationship came a really awesome point in my life, food wise. This was when I discovered my absolute favorite thing to use in my kitchen; turmeric. My mother made potatoes doused in it and the glass dish would be covered with neon […]
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Travel
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7 Essentials for the Traveling Yogi
Whether it's your first trip out of the country or your 100th I think we all figure out what our “must have” items are pretty quickly. I thought I would share some of mine with you. Here is a curated lists of my favorite travel essentials for the traveling yogi. Combining all of these into […]
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Retreats
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Interview With Vivianne Arango of Finca Esperanza Verde
One of my favorite parts of my job is the magnificent people it brings into my life, especially the strong, powerful and sensational women. One of those women is Vivianne Arango the owner and general manager of Finca Esperanza Verde, our host for our Nicaragua Yoga Retreat in February 2017. I've recently had the opportunity to […]
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The 7 Chakras Every Yogi Must Know
If you are a yogi, aspiring yogi, or interested in mind/body/energy healing, Chakras play a big role in these activities. Chakras are our energy centers. The sanskrit word stands for “wheel”, “circle”, as well as “cycle”. There are seven main “energy centers” on each and every one of our bodies. At each of the seven […]
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Recipes
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Smoothie bowl: 101
Smoothie bowls. They are everywhere. Or at the very least, posted up on every foodie-nutritionist instagram/blog. So, here I am telling you that, yes, you should make them. And yes, I am totally down with this food fad. Here's the thing I really like about the smoothie bowl craze, it's a process (if you want […]
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Philosophy
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5 min read
What’s A Bandha?
You've probably heard your yoga instructor mention mula bandha, uddiyana or jalandhara bandha in class. We're here to answer your questions about bandhas.
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