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Balancing your dosha: Vata

Last week we introduced the doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These foundational principles of Ayurvedic medicine describe the functions of the five elements – ether, air, fire, water and earth – within...

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Balancing your dosha: Pitta

  Pitta dosha is the principle of transformation. A Pitta type person tends to have a medium build, and are friendly, outgoing, and expressive. They tend toward being stressed out, having high blood...

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Balancing your dosha: Kapha

Today’s blog wraps up this 4-part series of articles on Ayurveda and the doshas – an initial overview plus balancing Vata, Pitta and now Kapha . If you have not yet examined your own constitution,...

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Yoga through Life

Guest blog by Sara Valentine, E-RYT200, Health Coach, and good friend This past week I have had the opportunity to co-facilitate a Yoga and Ayurvedic workshop with my mentor, teacher and dear friend...

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Contemplating Death and Life

A New Conversation meets an Ancient Practice As I finished up the details on the website for the upcoming retreats in September, I felt a calling to sit with the intention of all I hope to share with...

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The Silver Tsunami

by Mary Jo Bennett “The human merry-go-round sees many changes: the illusion that cost India the efforts of thousands of years to unmask is the same illusion that the West has labored just as hard to...

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A Path to Freedom

Independence from the Inside Out Warming my toes in the sunshine with Emigrant Peak looming in the distance, I relish this view here at Mountain Sky Guest Ranch. Asked to offer yoga and massage for a...

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Softening the Ego

Finding Freedom from Suffering False identification happens when we mistake the mind, body, or senses for the true Self. —Yoga Sutra II.6 Continuing with the Five Causes of Suffering as written in...

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Addressing our Attachments

Straight to My Heart Today I write with grief in my heart as a lovely young lady, a friend of my daughter, was lost to the power of the ocean along the Napali Coast this past weekend. Kayaking with a...

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Dvesha Gone Wild

Aversion and the state of the World The third and fourth of the Kleshas, causes of suffering, are two sides of the same coin: attachment and aversion. Experiences we all know too well. My last blog...

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Savasana – The Ultimate Letting Go

Embracing our Fear of Death (Abhinivesha) If you have practiced Hatha Yoga at all, you have found yourself at the end of the practice stretched out on the floor, arms and legs extended, head and torso...

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What are you waiting for?

Working with students in the 200 hour Life Enrichment and Teacher Training is one of the most rewarding parts of my job as a Yoga Educator. We have copious amounts of fun  – imagine dancing, laughing,...

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Meet two of our graduates…

Each group of trainees that come together form a tribe. A tribe of beautiful human beings connecting, learning and growing together. Ages and backgrounds vary, what is consistent is a deep curiosity...

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A thirst for more and a desire to rise

2015 Summer Immersion Graduate, Lisa Daniels 53 years old Teaching at her own studio, Full Circle Therapeutic Yoga in Bozeman How has life changed since taking the YogaMotion Teacher Training just one...

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“Your students are your mirror. Through this mirror you view your world.”

2015 Summer Immersion Graduate, Joshua Thompson 31 years old Teaching at Corpus Christi Yoga Studio, Student Apartment Complex, and  CrossFit Gym How has life changed since taking the YogaMotion...

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An Abrupt Awakening

Four years ago I was hurled into an event that inspired me to create a platform for addressing our relationship to death and dying. Why?  Because I found myself out of my comfort zone without any...

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Meditation for Beginners

Meditation for Beginners: Five Steps for a Daily Practice Adapted from the book Luminous Mind by Joel and Michelle Levey As a beginner in establishing a daily meditation practice, the following...

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What do you want most?

Flowing through the final days of summer, I am presently immersed in family and friends at the stunning shoreline of Lake Tahoe. Soaking up the sun, the love, the laughter, we are celebrating the ties...

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The role of the Yoga teacher

A facilitator of health and well being The Yoga Teacher serves as a guide or mentor in the journey of healing and self-discovery. Rather than offering a diagnosis or prescription for a specific...

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Unplug, for the health of it!

The YogaMotion office will be unplugged for a couple 4-day weekends in September as we relocate to the beautiful Diamond J Guest Ranch for two retreats – The Final Savasana and Beauty and the Blissed...

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