How to take a break
No, for real, there’s a way to do this. I didn’t think so either until I tried it and it does make a huge difference. So, obviously, we want to encourage everyone to try every posture every time, and doing 1% of a posture 100% the right way is far better than doing 100% of…
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No brain bleach required
Ok, we need to talk. Yes, your bodies are all beautiful, no matter what shape and size. Yes, they can do some pretty amazing things, which is why/because you come to yoga. And yes, no one is judging you based on your body, or based on how you choose to dress it. But. There are…
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Cherry-picking
I used to not cherry-pick yoga teachers. I used to tell myself that it didn’t matter who was teaching when, because it was always the same dialogue, always the same 26-and-2, and it didn’t even matter if I was even in a city where I didn’t speak the local language and had never even met…
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One easy step to a yoga body
We read this stuff all the time, mostly online and on magazine covers: “Get a yoga booty! Your best yoga body! Get your bikini body with yoga!” We also hear this other stuff around the studio all the time: “I can’t do X posture because my (body part) is too big/small/long/short/weak/fat.” Let’s stop all this…
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The dying art of classroom etiquette
It’s been said recently that classroom etiquette is a dying art, and I couldn’t agree more. With the challenge(s) at their peak, the yoga classroom in particular is packed to the rafters, and there are many little things we can do to make it feel less like flying Air Canada economy and more like one…
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Reserved parking
Normally, Facebook is a time suck. A fun time suck, and a useful one when it comes to staying in touch with people who are far away (or just really busy), and one I truly love indulging in, but it’s not something that I normally turn to for life advice. Every now and then though,…
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Home away from home: Bikram Yoga Edinburgh
I know, I know – I feel like I’ve taken more classes in other cities than I have in our own studios lately (not true, but it feels like it). Walking in to Bikram Yoga Edinburgh was a little iffy at first, thanks to its ultra-hipster location – it’s literally in a place you’ve never…
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How not to do a challenge
So, here we are, at the end of the first week of the challenge for most of you. The good news is there’s only three weeks left, and now that you have a week’s worth of stickers or Xs next to your name you’ll literally see how much faster it goes from here. This is…
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Love and Light: A moment with the show’s creator
Blog: Tell me about the show, in a nutshell? Leigh: The show is really a love letter to Bikram. He is a contemporary guru with a loyal community of followers from around the world – I want to explore his influence and the story of Love and Light is based on one (fictional) woman’s life…
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Bikram’s all about second chances, right?
A couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to take a class in Toronto with the delightful Winny Clarke. She was nice enough to stick around and talk to us after class, but yoga brain + iPhone = #interviewfail. Below is our attempt to make it up to her (and you!) with six simple…
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