Calm to your Senses
True tranquillity can be yours when you practice pratyahara and draw your senses inward
One early morning I was practicing at my usual studio with some fellow Ashtanga yogis, when a man from out of town put his mat down beside mine. We were all there for the self-directed Ashtanga Yoga ...
Power Down for Better Health
Social media can help us feel more connected and content. (Admit it: You’ve experienced a pick-me-up after posting a cool Tree Pose shot to Instagram!) Yet if you’re scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the like more than a few times a day, it may actually dampen your mood—and keep ...
The Relaxation Reset at the Rising Collective
A journey into stillness to find clarity and purpose
Her main focus of going to this resort was to get to a place where she felt healthy, whole and at peace. A week in Bali seemed like the perfect place for her to hit reset.
As I sat on the plane heading ...
Rohit Mistry
YJSG interviews True Yoga’s Rohit Mistry, 39, a yoga teacher and cancer survivor whose practice helped him pull through his chemotherapy sessions 10 years ago
What made you want to teach yoga?
Yoga is a system that helps you on your path to self-realization. I had been practicing Bikram Yoga regularly for ...
Let joy in
How to find happiness, even in your darkest hour
Like the ability to learn a language or love another human being, the ability to feel joy is something we’re all born with. And perhaps surprisingly, we can feel joy independent of whatever else we’re experiencing, even amidst intense physical or psychological ...
Wine is fine
Researchers at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, recently found that red wine, coffee, and tea can actually increase the diversity of bacteria in the gut, which can help ward off illness. All three beverages contain polyphenols, compounds that have been shown to have a positive effect on digestive ...
Om, shanti, shanti, shanti
Om, shanti, shanti, shanti
Om, peace, peace, peace
This mantra is an invocation of peace, often repeated at the end of a session of practice. It has two functions. First, it affirms that peace is available to us at any moment that we choose to tune in to it. Second, repeating this ...
Complete Yogic Breath
How your breathing can improve your health
When you find yourself speeding up and stressing out, pause… and take a deep breath. Then take a couple more. By fully focusing on each breath, you bring yourself back to the present, and slow yourself down. Soon you will find that your stress levels ...
How to tap the real power of your breath
Take a moment to think about your breath: Is it deep or shallow? Slow or fast? It’s interesting that it can take a few moments to figure out our patterns of breathing, even though it’s something we’re always doing. The reason most of us can’t pinpoint what’s happening right away ...
An ultimate healing journey to Hua Hin,Thailand
Chiva-Som offered a variety of 5- and 10 day programs which aimed to support you on your path toward better physical and emotional health.
This article was posted in 2016 when Meghan Rabbit visited Chiva- Som Resort in Hua Hin, Thailand.
In addition to the standard treatments you’d expect at a luxury ...
Go Green
Balance, Health & Harmony
“As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm, states the Upanishads, the ancient Hindu philosophical texts, illuminating that whatever is around us is a reflection of what is inside us. About 2,600 years ago, the father of yoga, sage Patanjali, explained in his seminal work, The Yoga ...
Yoga, Music, Hugs & Healing: a festival to remember
When we covered the Bali Spirit Festival in March 2017, the event was attended by more than 6,000 yogis and yoginis from around the globe. They came together to practice, meditate, dance and heal spiritually. Grace Lee penned down her experience under the Yoga Journal Singapore banner— from love talks ...