Strengthen Your Immunity

Strengthen Your Immunity

With COVID-19 still a threat and the flu, common cold, and other bugs lurking, you want to make sure your immune system is ready to help fight and keep you from getting sick. Experts tell us the best strategy at this point is two-fold: both prevention of infection and...
Niyama: Santosha – Contentment

Niyama: Santosha – Contentment

Ah, santosha. Contentment. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? The second of the niyamas (personal observances) from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, santosha is essentially the opposite of desire, of lack, of feeling that we need things to be different before we can be happy. This...
Yoga is the journey

Yoga is the journey

“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self” The Bhagavad Gita. Often the question is asked, what is the purpose of practicing yoga? Is it to become more present, more patient, more flexible, more creative, more self-confident, more...
Niyama: Svadhyaya – study of self

Niyama: Svadhyaya – study of self

Svadhyaya means, literally, “to recollect (to remember, to contemplate, to meditate on) the Self.” It is the effort to know the Self that shines from the innermost core of your being. Svadhyaya also means to study yourself. Take an honest look reflecting on how your...