This class focuses on Vairagya, or Non-attachment (one of the key teachings on this yogic path). This is an all-levels class that lasts about 50-ish minutes. For yogis who are new to sirsasana (headstand), please exercise caution. I recommend learning headstand from an experienced teacher and…
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Blessings dears. We did it! 30 Days of video blogging! WOW! Thank you all so much for traveling with me on this journey. The process has been so rewarding, hard, humbling, LOVELY, and amazing. I’ll post more of my reflections from this month of vlogging…
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Namaste dears. Over the weekend, I traveled to one of my favorite spots on Earth: the Oregon Coast. We shared a beautiful house on the beach with dear friends. Your yoga practice can be a source of grounding during travel. Additionally, time away from your…
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Blessings, dears. In today’s video, I share a food staple at my house: the green smoothie! I eat a high raw-high vegan diet (keeping it chill is a goal of mine as well; i.e., not stressing about eating cheese pizza). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7u5E_IQQl4] Do you have a…
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Hello hello. Can you believe we have come this far on the vlogging journey? I’m excited to share this next little video with you on forward folds. In my opinion, forward folds are an often-neglected, though supremely useful part of the physical practice of yoga. …
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iSYw9bdkU]Want to take your backbends deeper? Come into your quadriceps, lengthen your side body, plug-in the shoulders and ~BOOOOOOM!~ open your heart. Blessings to you all, Kelly
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9PCgn2uCU] Why do you practice yoga? In today’s video, I attempt to answer this question. Tell me, dears, why do you return to your mat day after day, year after year? OM. Kelly
How often? How long? What does it look like? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-e1H7cCXc]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YYhklIR7Y] blessings, dear yogis. today’s video features a short sequence for the hips. i practiced this sequence every day for a number of months in 2006 and it REALLY helped me appreciate micro-movements in this tight area. a few more of my REALLY tight hip…
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Dears, This video may ramble a bit, but I’m just musing about Aparigraha, the fifth Yama (moral restraint)… non-possessiveness. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jxs8EQaexE] As a review, the focus of the Yamas is as follows: Ahimsa: non-violence, Satya: truth, Asteya: non-stealing, Brahmacharya: moderation, & Aparigraha: non-hoarding. Ahimsa is the…
Continue reading Day 21~~ Aparigraha. Don’t hoard your divine Self!