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Yogis Anonymous

Yoga for Men Video: Stretch: Shoulders, Hips, and Hamstrings

A fast take on the shoulders, hips and hamstrings. Moving between yoga poses that open the shoulders and ones that open the hips, hamstrings, and the whole leg in general, this short sequence is great for guys who are experiencing tension in the shoulders, neck, or hips and hamstrings.

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Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Men

Simple Restorative Yoga Wall/Floor Series

Staying grounded with Restorative Yoga Restorative Yoga is something that I’ve become a huge fan of over the last year. I find that it’s a terrific complement to the more powerful vinyasa practices that I do. Often in fact, I take breaks from doing any vinyasa flows and just stick with Restorative for a week [...]

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Deepen your yoga practice, Yoga for Men

What Are You Doing to Deepen Your Yoga Practice?

Sometimes we yogis miss very clear opportunities during our daily lives to take our practice off of the mat and place it firmly and prominently into our every day existence. It can be all too easy to become comfortable with how we view our practice and the world around us. Yoga provides a wonderful toolbox [...]

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Inbox: Yoga, Diet and Appetite

Here’s a question that was emailed to me recently concerning someone who is new to Yoga and how he feels it is affecting his diet and overall health. Since I fully re-engaged in the Yoga “lifestyle” – and particularly since I entered Yoga Teacher Training – I have seen tremendous changes in my diet and [...]

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Yoga Newbie – Beginning Your Home Yoga Practice

Answers to your essential Yoga questions One of the most common questions we get at Yoga for Men is “How can I begin my home practice?” While there are many answers to this broad question, the solution varies greatly depending upon which stage of practice you are in, and what your prior physical history has [...]

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Easy Ways To Heal Your Root Chakra

Chakras are whirlpools of energy inside the body which controls the flow of our energy. The chakras move in conjunction of our reaction to our life experiences. It opens and closes depending on what we are thinking and how we are feeling.

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Floating Exercise with Blocks – Jason Schramm, Detroit Yoga

Jason Schramm of Detroit Yoga going over details of a strengthening exercise for ashtanga vinyasa floating.

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Guru Yotam talks about Breathing!

This is Guru Yotam and here he speaks about our favorite subject: breathing!

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Yoga Book Review: Yoga Cures by Tara Stiles

Is Yoga really a panacea? Yoga Cures is a new book by New York yoga instructor Tara Stiles that is hitting the stands with a loud boom. Throughout the book, Stiles offers yogic cures for all types of ailments; from anxiety to fatigue, wrinkles to a hangover, shin splints to car ride anxiety. Stiles seems [...]

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Which Qualities Make a Good Yogi?

Taking stock before the plunge So, as I’m about to embark on my Yoga Teacher Training journey in just a few days, I decided to sit down and take some personal stock as to why I want to do this. I mean, there are the obvious intrinsic reasons…proper health, peace of mind, altruistic feelings from [...]

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