As a recovering perfectionist "perfect" is a word I've eliminated from my vocabulary. It's unobtainable. An illusion. And yet, for the majority of my life something I would strive so hard to live up to. However, just like an addict I often find myself relapsing. And, so begins the story of the closet... When lock-down started I had one major goal: To remodel our spare room into my own private yoga studio. Somewhere I could practice yoga, hold virtual classes, and create content. It seemed …
meditation
Meditation is yoga – Free 5 minute meditation MP3
I'm often confused when people people say they "don't do yoga, but do meditation". Why? Because, they are one and the same. Meditation is a part of a yoga practice. If you have a meditation practice, you have a yoga practice. In the West people are lead to believe that yoga is just the bendy poses [asana] seen on instagram. And yes, that's also a part of yoga. But, you see yoga isn't limited to one thing. The word yoga has been taken over to encompass something that is only a small part …
Yoga body scan – grounding your practice
Eight years ago when I first started teaching yoga, I had a very strong asana based practice. I was not teaching yoga as a practice, but as a workout. The more I educated myself and uncovered the truth of yoga, uniting body mind and breathe, my practice and teaching changed forever. At Yoga Nook we begin each practice with a yoga body scan to ground us in the practice. Why do a yoga body scan? Grounding yourself at the beginning of practice can be done in many ways. Whether bringing …