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BROWSE OUR ARTICLES & REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW Innovative New Book Explores “21st Century Yoga” Edited by Carol Horton, Ph.D. and Roseanne Harvey A provocative collection of essays, 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice, explores North American yoga and its connection to issues including body image, addiction recovery, and contemporary spirituality. click here to read more BOOK REVIEW Yoga Anatomy - 2nd Edition by Leslie Kaminoffn and Amy Matthews 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. click here to read more YOGA BOOK REVIEW Hatha Yoga Asanas - Pocket Guide for Personal Practice by Daniel DiTuro and Ingrid Yang Yoga practitioners were captivated by simple instruction and stunning photography in the best-selling Hatha Yoga Illustrated. Now, that winning formula has been applied to Hatha Yoga Asanas: Pocket Guide for Personal Practice. This guide is a quick reference to over 150 classic hatha yoga asanas, each depicted by stunning photography and instruction. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Mysore Moments with Karen Hollohan by Leslie Smith Six days per week Karen Hollohan arrives at Astanga Yoga Ottawa, a downtown yoga studio, before dawn and practises yoga, then assists others with their practise. Then, the trained environmental engineer and senior project manager with the City of Ottawa puts on her hardhat and goes to her day job, usually on a construction site. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Qu’est-ce que c’est le Breathwalk - What is Breathwalk par/by Diane Meherbani Desrochers Breathwalk, provenant du Yoga Kundalini selon l’enseignement de Yogi Bhajan, est une science âgée d’au-delà de 5,000 ans, qui combine des séquences rythmiques de respirations synchronisées avec vos pas et votre attention méditative. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Megan Campbell: Building a Community of Active Change Makers, On and Off the Mat by Leslie Smith "Building a community of active change makers" is Megan Campbell's goal. A yoga teacher for seven years, the Ottawa woman is a self-described philanthropist and conscious activist who doesn't sit back and wait for change to come to her. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Seane Corn: Exposing the Shadows by Leslie Smith "Yoga is all about relationships, whether it is about community, spirit or your family. It is about making connections-- and it is also about witnessing points of view that sabotage this interdependency," says Seane Corn. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE The Birth of Yoga Community Toronto by Matthew Remski, with Scott Petrie (and about 500 others) In 2006, my partner Dennison and I rented a promotional table at Toronto’s main yoga “show” to help advertise our fledgling neighbourhood studio. You might be familiar with this type of event: big convention/hotel venue, a trade floor with hundreds of vendors selling heated yoga mats, crystals, and trance music, the whine from juicing stalls, warmed-over dahl from the local temple, raw snacks priced as entrees. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Take Yoga To Heart By Rita Linzi-Rei We may not be aware that even the simple things we encounter everyday that bring stress to us can cause major complications like instantaneous surge in heart rate, high blood pressure, sweating, shallow breathing, muscle tension, and reduction of blood flow to the internal organs. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Yoga Nidra By Rita Linzi-Rei Yoga Nidra (Sanskrit for Yogic Sleep) is a powerful technique from the ancient Yoga tradition. The most easily observable effect of this practice is the extremely deep relaxation of your nervous system. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Yoga for Detoxification For the Body, Mind & Spirit! By Rita Linzi-Rei Most forms of exercise stimulate the systems of elimination to some extent, helping the body to detox, butyoga, with its focus on systematically stretching and compressing every part of the body, it is particularly well suited to keeping the waste-removal systems of the body functioning properly. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Rasayanas: replenishing our vital fluids By Andrea Olivera A Vedic creation myth begins with the Ocean of Consciousness occupied by Gods and Asuras or demons. They both desired immortality and with this common goal, they together churned the Ocean of Consciousness creating a rich foam from which sprang many wonderful things including Dhanvantari, the father of Ayurveda, who brought with him the Amrita, the water of life, or ‘nectar of immortality’. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE What is the Spiritual Heart? By Claudiu Trandafir The Spiritual Heart is our essential and ultimate nature, the ineffable dimension of our being. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE A Fabulous Summer Solstice Kundalini Yoga gathering in New Mexico By Ram Das Kaur I have just returned from a fabulous 2 week Summer Solstice Kundalini Yoga gathering in New Mexico on a magnificent mountain top near Espanola, N.M. Despite the so-called recession, this annual gathering grew by 15%, bringing our gang to a whopping 2003 people!! click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE What is there about this guru guide thing that helps me so much..? By Colette Le Fort A dream. A guru comes to life. What is a guru? I hear that Swami Vivekananda Saraswati is not a guru. That he will not tell me my path – that he has no interest in telling me anything about my personal destiny. And yet...he talks non-stop! click here to read more YOGA DVD REVIEW YogaFlo for Peace / pour la paix DVD By Bram Levinson The past decade has seen a collective global movement towards yoga and its subsequent physical, psychological and emotional benefits. Along with this movement has been a considerable influx of instructional DVD’s and “how-to” guides, all of which have contributed to the collective good but have often emerged as pale comparisons one to the other. click here to read more YOGA BOOK REVIEW Beth Shaw's YogaFit By Beth J. Shaw - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada Whether you are a fitness buff searching for a new challenge or a yoga enthusiast looking to supplement your exercise routine, Beth Shaw’s YogaFit will help you reach your ultimate physical potential! click here to read more YOGA BOOK REVIEW Guiding Yoga's Light - Lessons for Yoga Teachers By Nancy Gerstein - Human Kinetics Publishers Canada Guiding Yoga's Light: Lessons for Yoga Teachers moves beyond the anatomical aspects of asanas to help instructors present the deeper concepts of yogic philosophy to their students and offer insight into the integration of yogic teachings into everyday life. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE If "Yoga" doesn't mean "community", it's of little use to a fraying world By Matthew Remski - June 2008 You go within, plumbing the unseen depth. You watch your breath. You motivate distinct and sublime actions within intimate musculature. You test the line in the sand between effort and surrender. click here to read more YOGA ARTICLE Perspective on Asana By Matthew Remski - May 2008 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. click here to read more 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, ... click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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 ... click here to read more 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... click here to read more 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.... click here to read more 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... click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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. click here to read more 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). click here to read more 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... click here to read more * Please note these reviews/articles are written by individuals, and in no way reflects the view of Yoga Directory Canada™.