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Warning: Slow Down

July 19, 2013 By Melody

Other than your yoga teacher or local police officer, no one in today's world really sincerely says SLOW DOWN.  Life is moving at such a fast pace.  How does one keep up?  Personally, just yesterday it seemed like May and now we're more than halfway through July/summer.  People barely say please, thank you or even hold the door as you walk-in behind them entering Starbucks. Technology was once touted back in the 90's as the way to make life simpler.  Unfortunately, I think it's made life more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corporate yoga, health, healthy and happy, life, max strom, meditation, office yoga, private yoga instruction, yoga, yoga books, yoga teacher

How I Love Teaching Office Yoga

March 31, 2013 By Melody

Last week I was grateful to teach a series of office yoga sessions for a huge global real estate company with several DC locations as part of their employee health & wellness program.  After spending three days in a row in Bethesda (Tues), Washington, DC (Wed) and Tysons Corner (Thurs) teaching the benefits of yogic breathing and movement (yoga asana) in conference rooms, I realized a few things: Yoga is accessible to everyone, anywhere, anytime.  In these office yoga sessions I actually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bethesda yoga, breathing, business of yoga, chair yoga, corporate yoga, health, health and fitness, life, meditation, nothern virginia, office yoga, P90X, washington dc, yoga, yoga asana, yoga mats, yoga studios, yoga teacher, yoga travel

Karma Yarma Smarma

September 29, 2012 By Melody

No, the title of this post is not Sanskrit for something particular or grand.  It's simply me being frustrated with myself for not fully understanding karma.  I realized today (after pondering this topic the entire month of September & not posting a single thought about it) that maybe that's the point of karma. As with many of the yoga sutras & other yoga philosophy, they're often easier to read about and get vs. live.  Further try to apply them in full-blown action and whoa! life wakes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: chanting, dharma mittra, health, healthy and happy, Karma, life, meditation, nyc, yoga, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras

Yoga’s Little Secret: Pranayama

July 24, 2012 By Melody

"...the movements of inhalation and exhalation should be controlled.  This is pranayama."  sutra 2.49 "Or that calm is retained by the controlled exhalation or retention of the breath."  sutra 1.34 Pranayama is yoga's little secret.  Outside of the yoga world, no one talks about fully dedicating attention to your breath unless you're hyperventilating or experience some other health issue like pneumonia or asthma.  Even then, in my limited experience, the medical world rarely knows what the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: breathing, health, meditation, pranayama, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

Are You a REAL Yoga Teacher?

June 13, 2012 By Melody

As part of the 2012 Arts Festival Day at an elementary school in Alexandria, VA, my yoga teacher-friend Brittanie DeChino and I volunteered to do a few yoga demonstrations to third, fourth and fifth-graders.  We taught them sound breathing (a breathing technique we learned from our teacher Sri Dharma Mittra), sun salutations, balancing poses, partner yoga and a few other fun things.  It was a nice change from my daily office yoga gigs. At the end of each 20-minute presentation, we opened it up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2012, Alexandria, corporate yoga, dharma mittra, Karma, kids yoga, meditation, office yoga, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

OM, OM, OM (sutra 1.27 & 1.28)

April 24, 2012 By Melody

Yesterday morning after my 20 minute pranayama & meditation practice I picked up The Yoga Sutras and thought "I will open them and whatever sutra my finger lands on I will write about that sutra this week."  My first attempt I landed on sutra 2.7 (attachment) which I recently wrote about.  My second attempt I landed on sutra 1.27:  The expression of Ishwara is the mystic sound of OM.  (Note OM is God's name as well as form). Two thoughts crossed my mind 1) Oh no, I'm not going to get into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: chanting, dharma mittra, flow, health, healthy and happy, Juil, meditation, private yoga instruction, washington dc, yoga, yoga clothes, yoga philosophy, yoga products, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

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