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Rise & Shine: Discover the Magic of Early Mornings!

Why Wake Up Before Sunrise? When you wake up even 30 minutes before sunrise, it's like going to the movies before the film starts. You get ready to receive the energy of the sun and begin your day with Clarity and Vibrant Energy.   Picture your day as a movie. When you wake up after sunrise, it's like going to a movie too late, after it has already started. You can still watch the movie, but since you missed the intro, your day is far less likely to start out with vigour and a strong sense of clarity.  Since I started rising before sunrise 20+ years ago, I hardly ever get colds or sick and would never want to sleep late anymore. I rush out of bed in the...

Transform your Life, One Breath at a Time

Transform your Life, One Breath at a Time

I strongly believe that to practice real yoga you do not need to be flexible, you need to be willing to transcend your own limitations, to evolve. (If you are here I believe you might not see yoga as a workout!) The Power of Yoga: A Journey of Self-Transformation Talking about yoga, for me, always is parallel to talking about life, and this is the reason yoga is so powerful when it comes to self-transformation. The way we behave in this small space that is our yoga mat is exactly the way we behave in our life; when we are restless, tense, pushy, lazy, cheating, distracted, or grumpy, our practice is mirroring upon us how our life is unfolding. In my 20+ years of teaching people of all...

How to Naturally Balance Your Hormons During Perimenopause

Have you ever wondered how to balance your hormones naturally? Are you constantly experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions and energy levels?  If so, keep reading to learn how to naturally restore your hormonal balance.   Perimenopause means "around menopause" and refers to the time during which your body makes the natural transition to menopause, beginning several years before menopause. During this time, the ovaries gradually begin to produce less estrogen, marking the end of the reproductive years.   For some women, Early Stage Perimenopause can begin as early as in their 30s but most often it starts between the ages 40 to 44 with a noticeable change in menstrual flow and the length of the cycle.   Interfering with your hormones is dangerous ground and is often very unpredictable.   Instead, have you ever thought...

Energetic Alignment

What is Energetic Alignment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is Energetic Alignment? Let us begin this class rooting ourselves in the understanding that yoga is not about bending, twisting, and balancing but about transformation, about revealing our essential nature and freeing ourselves (liberation) from suffering: realisation= MUKTI= Union=YOGA. Sadhana is a device to create transformation, to achieve the state of Yoga or Integration. So is the practice on and off the mat. Have you ever asked yourself why none of the ancient scriptures on Yoga talks about anatomy? Or anatomical Alignment? Why Patanjali does not even mention physical alignment in the Yoga Sutras? While in the west, at the moment, what we call yoga is a physical exercise derived from yoga which is completely physically oriented and anatomy based. We focus completely on the physical, and in the name...

overthinking mind

Calm your overthinking mind

Here is the best strategy to stop overthinking & calm your mind. I woke up blissed inside out on that full moon day! The dark cloud I had all around and inside me and all that Kapha energy had dissipated. Did you know that on a full moon day, whatever state you are in, it gets enhanced? The full moon holds a mirror to us so we can see and feel where we really are emotional! I had been feeling heavy and lethargic, and my mind was scattered and super active; I could not focus, and creativity was just not flowing through! I knew, because I do cleanse my body and mind regularly, that it was time to get out of the winter comfort zone! I finished my...

Breath Awareness

Essentials: Breath Awareness as a Healing Tool

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Breath awareness is our self-healing tool. Breathing is, unfortunately, an ongoing unconscious process for most human beings, by which we take oxygen and vital energy into our body, yet the most important process in our existence: Life starts with an inhale and ends with an exhale. Without breath, there is no life, and still, we take it for granted. Are you aware of this process fully? Do you know the importance of proper breathing? Try to concentrate on this action only – taking a deep breath in and letting it out while solely observing the inflow and outflow of your breath. You will feel much more than just breathing. You will feel your body and everything that is in contact with it. That is how you...

21-day Yoga Cleanse & Reset

Release the winter overload and get ready for summer: Cleanse & Reset

Release the winter overload and get ready for summer: Cleanse & Reset After a long winter, Spring is finally in the air. The buds are beginning to burst forth, and the trees and flowers are starting to bloom. Sunshine is intensifying; it’s time to release the winter overload and get ready for summer. Spring gives us the opportunity and momentum to declutter not only our homes but primordially ourselves, reassess our health, and better our lifestyle with a Spring Cleanse that will reset us for the Summer.   Winter usually sees most people indulging in the cozy pleasures of alcohol, sweets, and way too much food. Even if you do have a pretty clean-living lifestyle, most of the year-round indulgences do happen during the cold dark months of...

failure

A time when I thought I failed in life

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [ failure ] in life. There was a time when I really thought I had failed; it was the only time in my life that I had that feeling of failure and carried it around in my heart for a long, long time. It was not a small failure, but something that was the most important thing in my life, and I felt I failed to sustain and make it flourish. It took me many years to forgive myself for failing. I could not forgive myself until I realized there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just a word, but the truth is, everything that happens to us, everything we go through, is just what had to happen for everything to fall into place right now:...

A Good Night Sleep anapnoeyoga.com

A Good Night Sleep

A good night's Sleep A good night's sleep is a healthy day ahead. We underestimate how crucial sleep is for our well-being and balance. When we sleep, if we sleep in a healthy way, we regenerate and restore. While sleeping, every cell of our body gets renewed and Prana- or life energy- quietly embraces and nurtures our being. Every night we go to sleep is like closing one cycle to begin a new one. Like leaving the past behind to move on with a clean slate. Every morning we wake up like newborn babies, and if we are conscious, we have the opportunity for a new clean start. During sleep, consciousness connects to our physical body to restore us, to prepare us for living vibrantly. The truth is,...