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...ul. Knowing how to ride the wave of anticipation and fear; adventure and the unknown take their place in your heart center and fill you up. What a sense of accomplishment when you finally reach land! There is just no feeling that can measure up to that first leap from the boat to the dock!

And once I hit the dock, I began to teach yoga on the beaches of the British Virgin Islands. With the crew members of over 50 yachts on the initial ocean passage, there were plenty of sailors ready to stretch out there bodies and feel the power of yoga under the intense sun and cloudless blue sky of the Caribbean. What a journey! And yoga has been a full passport to the adventure in my life.

While the loss of a loved one, and in my case my marriage partner, can and will leave one in a state of confusion, Yoga has opened the window to a new beginning. It works. In addition to the personal loss; I experienced a rearrangement of my life through tremendous damage to my home from three major hurricanes in the past two years. When I lost my office addition because of flooding from a broken water line as the result of a fallen tree, I turned the space outside into a meditation and butterfly garden and the space inside became a yoga studio. I use my studio as a place of meditation and personal practice. I have collected all my favorite yoga books and memorabilia from my retreats in that space. I know that when one door closes, another opens. I have survived great loss and received great rewardthe yin and yang of life.

When I complete a practice with my students I always leave them with an affirmation. My favorite is

No matter how dark the tunnel, it always leads to light.

Yoga Pilates Basics

...ays Pilates are often prescribed by specialists like osteopaths, physical therapists, chiropractors and many holistic practitioners as a principal, practical taming process. Pilates indeed rank first in the western chart of fitness. The viewpoints of Pilates teachers and Yoga instructors are somewhat the same on the workings of the exercise. Many consider Pilates to be yoga on the machines while others see it as neuromuscular education or strength conditioning.

Basically Yoga and Pilates are reciprocally supportive: Yoga gives Pilates litheness and mobility while Pilates offers constancy and mobility in the movement. When united with Yoga, Pilates doctrine augments the practice by bringing central stabilization into light as well as training and substance for yoga postures (particularly in the strength to seize). Since Pilates...more

Yoga For People Who Don't Do Yoga!

...I dont do yoga, or I should say I didnt do yoga but I do now. Until I went on a yoga retreat in Spain, I thought yoga was definitely not for me even though I had never tried it. I had seen the pictures in the books my partner brought home and I knew that my body wasnt supposed to bend in the way the lithe and obviously double jointed contortionists in the books did. The reasons for this were clear and simple. Firstly I was a man, secondly I was over 45 and thirdly I was significantly overweight.

But against my better judgement I was enticed to attend a Yoga for Health & Wellbeing retreat. The website promised gentle yoga, beautiful mountain scenery, healthy local food and the company of like minded individuals. The person we talked to on the phone echoed this reassurance and seemed friendly and warm so we took the plunge and booked.

On arrival the setting exceeded our expectations. Charming & comfortable rustic Spanish houses set in the mountains with stunning ...more

Yoga And Acne? Yoga Teaches About Acne

...Tried yoga for acne yet? Well first let me say I started getting acne when I was 16 and breakouts continued tell I was 26. This was very frustrating and depressing. Some days I would not even leave the house because I did not want anyone to see my acne. I have tried every thing to get rid my acne. All my efforts to treat my acne did not address what was going on inside my body. I had no success until I delved deep into yoga.

Three ways I understand that yoga treats acne:

1. First, skin is a very complex organ. One of the skins duties is eliminating toxins from the body. When other organs become weak and congested the skin becomes overtaxed. For example have you noticed that you acne flares up with constipation or eating too much? Eating processed foods are indigestible to ...more

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