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Have you ever considered a pranayama teacher training or immersion for yourself? Whether you’re a yoga teacher or you’re a student of yoga, pranayama is a truly special part of… Read More
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Over the years, the question of how to price yoga classes has been a common one I’ve heard from new yoga teachers. Most of them hesitate to ch… Read More
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We just wrapped up our 500-hour yoga teacher training at Aham Yoga this last weekend. We’ve been having great discussions about what it means to be a yoga teacher in the modern-day a… Read More
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According to the Ocean Crusaders…
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Yoga poses to learn before attempting Bakasana…
Adhomukha Swanasana (downward facing dog)
High Plank
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As part of our #domoreyoga campaign for 2018, we are releasing short yoga videos every day till the end of the month (January 2018). As a way to motivate, inspire and help people like you g… Read More
Short on time during the busy holiday season? Want to do yoga at home but do not know how or what to do? Check out our 3 quick yoga sequences to keep your yoga going during the holiday seas… Read More
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Are you looking to get fit and healthier? But do not have the budget to spend on classes, trainings and private coaching? Then these 5 cheap ways to stay fit this summer is just right for y… Read More
Suffer from menstrual cramps? You are not alone. Almost every other woman I meet has some menstrual issue nowadays. While some women breeze through their menstrual cycles, others dread this… Read More
I was very new to yoga practice and had already signed up for my first yoga teacher training when I lived in India. During my first yoga teacher training I was introduced to… Read More
If you don’t already know, up here in Seattle, we do not get as much sun as the rest of the country does. In fact, a lot of our days are cloudy and gray. But if you have lived here fo… Read More
Redmond is the biking capital of Washington state. And May is bicycle month. Almost everyone I know jumps onto a bike every summer. Some (like me) do it for recreational fun on we… Read More
I have always worked evenings and late into the nights ever since I started working in 2006. It began during my days as a Bollywood dance instructor with the Shiamak Davar Dance Company in… Read More
I have been thinking on this blog post for a while now, and today I feel compelled to write it. I watched a documentary on Netflix last week, ‘The White Helmets‘. It shows how c… Read More
When I started my second annual 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training this past January I told all my trainees, “the world does not need more Yoga teachers, just better ones.&rdquo… Read More
Is Yoga A Religion? This question has come up a lot in the recent weeks. From my students in our Yoga Teacher Training classes to my Yoga privates with a Christian Missionary doctor, I… Read More
According the Center of Sustainability at Duke University, the average person generates 4.6 pounds of waste per day.
With 55% ending up in one of 3500 landfills.
Are you aware of how m… Read More
Finally wrapping up traveling for a while now. I am looking forward to spending Spring at Aham Yoga with the teacher trainees and workshops that we have lined up. My time at the Sedona… Read More
I had never been to a yoga conference until I moved to the US. I used to see them on Yoga Journal and other fancy yoga magazines and secretly wished I could attend, and more importantl… Read More
Pranayama is an integral part of Yoga. It can be most easily understood as the yogic art of breathing. This does not mean a mere inhale and exhale. Pranayama is much more than that. An… Read More
Yoga retreats have become quite popular nowadays. You see a lot of them being offered locally and internationally. When I lived in India, until about 4 years ago, yoga retreats were not som… Read More
By Afrin Sopariwala
Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences, both originating in the vedas which came from the great rishis (seers) of ancient India, some 5000 years ago. While Yoga has neede… Read More
As a women doing Yoga, I was lucky enough to be with teachers who understood the human body and a women’s well-being very well. My yoga teachers taught me from day one that cert… Read More