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YOGA ARTICLE
Perspective on Asana

By Matthew Remski

The subtle body - the heart of our emotional life and seat of our vital force - is housed in an architecture of bone and musculature. The aim of Asana practice is to allow this architecture to take on the serenity, spaciousness, and grandeur of a temple.

This transformation happens through the process of training the body in a few sublime skills. Firstly, we seek to align the bones with exacting symmetry, so they may support the soft tissues and minimize visceral compression. Once the bones cease their conflict with gravity, we train the visceral body to release all chronic gripping patterns, so that the organs can be relaxed and focused in their function. Finally we train the breath to relax its way throughout the entire system and beyond, carrying with it the innate wisdom and clarity of the subtle body.

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PAST ARTICLES & REVIEWS
YOGA ARTICLE
Yoga Meets Massage - Exploring the Relationship Between Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage
By Shai Plonski - February 2008

As I move her from the cobra into the half plough and then into yoga mudra, I feel her heartbeat, her energy, her every vibration. It is almost as though we are one source focused towards the same goal, ...

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BOOK REVIEW
Morning Pilates Workouts - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
September 2007

A Pilates routine for every morning schedule! You already know that morning workouts are the best way to exercise regularly, manage weight, and energize your day.

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BOOK REVIEW
Pilates - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
September 2007

Strengthen, lengthen, and sculpt your muscles with the full range of Pilates exercises. In Pilates, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz shows you the same repertoire that he has used to train 10 Olympians, including ...

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BOOK REVIEW
Yoga Anatomy - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
July 2007

See inside every yoga pose! With clear, expert instruction and full-color, detailed anatomical drawings, Yoga Anatomy depicts the most common asanas to provide a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself.

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BOOK REVIEW
Morning Yoga Workouts - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
July 2007

A yoga routine to fit every morning schedule! You know that exercising in the morning is the best way to maintain a regular exercise schedule, manage weight, and energize your day. Morning Yoga Workouts makes it easy to find a way no matter how you sleep...

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BOOK REVIEW
Strike a Pose - The Planet Girl Guide to Yoga
July 2007

The third book in the Planet Girl series demystifies yoga and reveals how this ancient practice can be a key part of a modern-girl life....

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MIND BODY ARTICLE
Ayurvedic Body Types - The Secret to Health
by Jeffrey Armstrong - April 2007

Each of us has a unique and recognizable constitutional type which, according to Ayurvedic Medicine, is as permanent as our genetic pattern or blood type. By knowing your body type, you and your health practitioner will understand how...

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BOOK REVIEW
Instructing Hatha Yoga - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
September 2006

Yoga is one of the fastest-growing fitness activities worldwide, and qualified yoga instructors are in high demand. Instructing Hatha Yoga describes the qualities and knowledge yoga instructors need in order to be competent and effective teachers.

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MIND BODY ARTICLE
YOU ARE WHAT YOU LIVE! - Bridging the Bodies.
By Kelly Mercer - August 2006

As eastern philosophy and medicine increasingly influence our compartmentalized western world, many of us are starting to realize that what we do, say, eat, and think affects the state of the world we live in.

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MIND BODY ARTICLE
Its all Yoga Shmoga!
By Kelly Mercer - June 2006

Yoga seems to be everywhere at the moment: over 1.5 million Canadians practice one form of yoga or another, and although the volume of people is large, few people actually know what it is.

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BOOK REVIEW
Hatha Yoga Illustrated - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada
June 2006

Hatha Yoga Illustrated presents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to all major hatha styles including Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram.

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YOGA BOOK REVIEW
Inspired Lives: the best of real life yoga from ascent magazine
By Roseanne Harvey

By simply reading the stories and articles in inspired lives, my own ordinary life becomes somehow inspired. I read the book in bits and pieces, and each time I put it down I’m challenged to find the inspiration in my life, to live my life with passion and be an active participant in the world around me.

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MIND BODY ARTICLE
Stories From The Yogic Heart
Inspiration by Lisa Miriam Cherry

is an upcoming book about how yoga has transformed your life or how you've changed others' lives through yoga; how it has healed, how it has helped, how it has saved.

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YOGA WORKSHOP REVIEW
Laura Allard's Anatomy in Clay™ Workshop
Written by Esther Cieri

"The mind does not forget what the hands have learned." According to Laura Allard, this best describes her work and philosophy for learning anatomy with clay. Her workshops involve using clay to build body parts on skeletons as well as working on the mat with yoga postures to feel the muscles that were built with clay.

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YOGA ARTICLE
Yoga/Canoe
Written by Melanie Verhaeghe

Imagine canoeing on a lake so still, the only sounds are your paddles lightly dipping and dripping in unison. The air filled with the scent of deep pine forests. The sky lit up with stars and a hazy full moon - its rays glistening on the water acting as your guide.

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YOGA ARTICLE
Yoga: Spirituality for a Brave New World
Written by Desiree Mensink - Lotus Yoga Vancouver

Yoga is everywhere. It seems as if it has now reached critical mass since everyone does yoga: your mother, your doctor, your coworkers, even your dog. Even advertisers portray our culture as searching for spirituality and love (and the perfect meal solution for our busy lives).

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BOOK REVIEW
A Quest for Truth About Yoga - First There is a Mountain, by Elizabeth Kadetsky
Review by Malcolm McLean, RYT

Here is a powerful tale of a yogi's quest for truth: - The truth of her own life, revealed in her own body, accessed and then uplifted though yoga...

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