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Awareness, Yoga for Men

Increasing Awareness and Refining Yourself Through Yoga

“Are you kidding me?” This is the thought that’s going through your mind as you peek into the yoga class ahead of you. You start thinking of ways to back out…hamstring too tight, feeling tired, yadda yadda yadda. There are incredible articles about why guys should practice yoga. I’m not going to beat that dead [...]

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Anything is One of a Million Paths

I found this on a Facebook post by a friend of mine, and I thought it was so powerful and accurate to where I am in my life right now that it would be worth reposting here on the blog…I’m sure that many people will be able to relate…enjoy. “Anything is one of a million [...]

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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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Funeral for a Friend

So as beautiful as today is – and as good of a mood I am in – it will end by going to a funeral service for a dear friend who lost her 20 year old son in a car accident last week. He ran head on into a tree. There is nothing that I [...]

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Reflection on Compassion

My compassion has been tested greatly in the last few days. From my reflections on this, it is plainly obvious that being compassionate is the much more difficult path than being angry and ill-tempered.

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JUST DO IT!

I want…I wish…When will I… These words hold us back. They hold us back from being the person we see our TRUE selves as. How many times have you said, “I want to be….” “I wish I had….” “When will I….” So what’s stopping you? What’s stopping you from going back to school? What’s stopping [...]

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Levels of Devotion

It’s about persistence and dedication to the craft I work with a guy who is a definite yoga “enthusiast”. Just about every time I see him, he wants to strike up a conversation about trying this yoga class, or missing that one yoga class, or how he digs this but he don’ts that…you know, basically [...]

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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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Yoga Newbie – Mountain Pose

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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Small Steps Moving Forward – Part 2

Beginning again… In May this year, I took a long walk on a camping trip with another friend who was really giving it over to yoga in a big way at the time (and still is). She wanted to change her life and pursue yoga as a total lifestyle. We spent a lot of time [...]

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