My Story, My Calling: Pardeep Fogat, Founder of Jal Yoga
“Action is movement with intelligence, the world is filled with movement, what the world needs is more conscious movement, more action,” said B.K.S. Iyengar.
Photo Credits: Jal Yoga
I vaguely remember the beautiful pastures and my grandfather riding his horse through the thick green grass and disappearing into the sunset while ...
Your Best Diet
A nourishing Ayurvedic regimen naturally guides you to the body weight that’s right for you.
While living in an ashram in Northern India years ago, I loved playing auntie to two young girls Chaya and Lakshmi—from a nearby village. When Lakshmi neared puberty, she started to gain weight. As she grew ...
The Mystical American Sage in Rishikesh
Photo Credits: Vinod, Balag Studio
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati is an extraordinary woman who was leading an ordinary life before her backpacking trip to India 22 years ago. She was raised in a Jewish family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. when she went ...
How To Find Your Neutral
Photo: Michelle Graham
One key to fully stepping into your own true testing neutral, or at-the-ready neutral—rather than something in-between—is learning how to access the balls of your feet.
Written By Tom Meyers
In Tadasana, allow your toes to rest lightly on the floor, like a piano player’s fingers rest on the ...
Escape to an Eco-Tourism Sanctuary in Bali
Photo Credits: Luke Elijah
The Fivelements Puri Ahimsa is one of Bali’s most lauded eco-tourism resorts. Located away from the hustle and bustle of central Ubud, amid tranquil highlands that are surrounded by lush rainforests, waterfalls, rice padi fields and with the sacred Ayung River flowing through, the Fivelements is ...
My Story, My Calling: Rediscovering Myself with Yoga
A hundred years ago, a wise Sufi mystic, poet and scholar, Rumi, said, “The wound is the place where light enters you.” I never knew what this meant until I reflected upon my own personal life experience and realized that it is through one’s own suffering and adversity that we ...
Teacher Spotlight: Lorena Godoy, Singapore
Yoga teacher at Jal Yoga in Singapore and a former Orthopedic and Traumatology technician, Lorena believes that you should let your heart guide you on the mat.
Why do you do yoga?
Yoga makes me feel good. For me, yoga is the science of happiness. It makes me feel happy, healthy, young, ...
Energy Crisis in your Body? Here’s how Yoga & Ayurveda can help
You may have heard people blame their crushing exhaustion, brain fog, and moodiness on burnout or adrenal fatigue. But experts say those usually aren’t accurate diagnoses. Here, a new term for what ails us, along with new thinking on exactly how chronic stress is affecting our health—and why yoga can ...
I Took My Baby to Mysore for a Month: Here’s What It Was Like
When one yoga teacher traveled to Mysore, India, to study Ashtanga yoga for a month, he brought his wife and baby daughter with him. Here’s how the experience became his biggest teacher.
Photo Credits: Annie Spratt
By Ty Landrum
This article was written in 2018.
India is a swarming mass of revelry and ...
6 Ways To Make Yourself a Morning Person
Looking to start a regular morning yoga practice? The first step is to make yourself a morning person—even if you’re not. Here are 6 tips to help.
By Hannah Lott-Schwartz
Take these steps to restart and rejuvenate your mornings.
Looking to start (or commit to) a morning yoga practice—but don’t exactly bound out of ...
Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind.
In Ayurveda, eating a sattvic diet is a way to promote, and keep, sattva—a clear head space of truth, contentment, and stability.
You can get there by eating more fresh, local foods; being thoughtful about how you prepare them; and sitting down to enjoy them. This way of eating can ...
A sequence to open your heart again after grief
When my husband died 15 years ago, my yoga practice became a way for me to process my grief—one breath, one transition, and one asana at a time. As a result, I was better able to move through my grieving process, rather than getting stuck in it. My fragile heart ...