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A Practice for Everything

A Practice for Everything

There's a question that comes up almost always around week two of our 200+Hour Yoga Leadership Training: "All this de-stressing and finding ease in my life is so wonderful. Do I need anything else for my health, for my everything, aside from yoga and tai chi?  Should I drop running, quit the gym, and change my…
Why Is No-Pain-No-Gain So Common?

Why Is No-Pain-No-Gain So Common?

Moving into day 4 of the 200+Hour Yoga Leadership Training, there's a question that always comes up: "If no-pain-no-gain is such a terrible life strategy - that ages us faster, shortens our healthspan, and keeps us locked away far short of our potential - then why is it so popular?"…
How to Learn Martial Arts

How to Learn Martial Arts

What if I want to learn something, I think it's valuable for me, but the practice feels completely wrong? This comes up sometimes. A part of us doing something another part doesn't like. Recently it was in a question from a friend about learning martial arts. I'll share a bit…
What It Means to be a Guide

What It Means to be a Guide

The thing about alignment is, it's important.  We should always be in agreement with ourselves.  Not part of us doing something another part doesn't like.  So this is important. It's just not something we can think our way into.  And it doesn't come from outside us somewhere, from correcting, manipulating,…