Beginning a Home Practice
Yogashala

There are several obstacles to beginning a home yoga practice. Although home practice is an important way to deepen your practice many students find it difficult to sustain a regular practice at home. Let’s examine some of the frustrations that get in the way of establishing a home practice. Time One of the first obstacles […]

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Yoga benefits for mental health

Among many other issues, the benefits of yoga for mental health are possibly the most sought-after for practitioners. Personally, I took my first yoga class hoping to lift myself from a cycle of depressiveness. While I had no clinical diagnosis, my mood swings affected my life to such a degree that I searched for ways […]

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Yoga and Cardiac health
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Yoga provides many benefits to our health, including to cardiac health. Studies have shown a variety of ways that yoga practice can positively benefit heart health. The guidance of a competent and knowledgeable teacher is an important aspect of this. Let’s look at some of the ways yoga can lead to positive outcomes for cardio […]

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Yoga as union
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The word yoga shares it’s root with the word yoke, meaning to become joined in union. Generally, yoke is used in the context of pack animals being used to pull a cart. In yoga, it’s the body, mind and spirit joined together to pull you through life. How do we define the body, mind and […]

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Sheltering and the eight limbs of yoga – part 4
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In previous posts we saw how the eight limbs of yoga help to deal with the challenges of sheltering at home. Beginning in part 1, we discussed the yamas, or moral imperatives, and in part 2 the niyamas, or personal observances. In the last post, we discussed how asana, pranayama and pratyahara help to navigate […]

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Sheltering with the Eight Limbs of Yoga – part 1
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The pandemic is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s in your emails and it’s on your social media timeline. Even if your body hasn’t caught the coronavirus, your mind is still infected by its presence. The looming threat of the virus creates fear and anxiety. No doubt we have all experienced feelings of panic at […]

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Nigella’s yoga adventures
Iyengar online yoga class

First iyoga.online class… Today, https://iyoga.online/ went life. I couldn’t wait for these interactive online yoga classes to start. This morning, I slept until 9 AM. Then, I took a quick shower. Afterwards, at 9:30, I joined the class. An Iyengar online yoga class with Asia to be more specific. I was running late, so I didn’t have time […]

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A (very) Brief History of Yoga
Yoga clock

The origins of yoga date back thousands of years. Some scholars say it developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. Since its inception the practice of yoga has grown and evolved in many different ways, and we here at iyoga.online aim to continue to push the evolution of yoga into the 21 st century. […]

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Welcome to iyoga.online!
Carla

Welcome to iyoga.online, the internet’s premier site connecting yoga teachers and students around the world. We feature teachers from all styles of yoga, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, power yoga and many more. If you’re a teacher looking to connect with more students, contact us and we’ll get you together with more students. If you’re a student […]

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