Tag: yoga meditation
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How Yoga Is Meditation in Motion: Benefits & More
One of my favorite ways to describe what you can expect from yoga is “meditation in motion”. Yoga truly provides mind-body benefits. It’s more than moving your body into interesting and challenging shapes. A yoga practice can help quiet the mind, improve focus and make you feel more at peace with yourself. If you’ve heard…
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5 Ways to Stay Centered Before, During & After Your Yoga Practice
At the beginning of most yoga in Alexandria classes I teach, I encourage my students to “center” themselves for their practice. What exactly does getting centered mean? Why is centering important? As research reported by “Psychology Today” shows, centering involves: Centering primes us to have a more focused practice on the mat. We can take…
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5 Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice Off the Mat
While most people think of yoga primarily as a physical practice, yoga poses (known as asanas), are only one small part of a well-rounded yoga practice. Patanjali, an ancient Indian sage who wrote the “Yoga Sutras” 2,000+ years ago, outlined “8 limbs of yoga”, which include physical postures, as well as areas like breath control…