Hell-Bent by Benjamin Lorr: a personal take on Bikram Yoga and a book giveaway on Feb 23, 2013 in Books and Videos Contests and Promos Benjamin Lorr bikram yoga Hell-Bent yoga Several friends I know take Bikram Yoga. And they love it. For many of them, it was a way to lose weight. With the room heated up to about 38 degrees and kept at about 60% humidity, it is believed that … Continue reading →...
Free ebook: Meta Health (3 days only) on Jan 14, 2013 in Books and Videos Health ebook free ebook health Johannes Fisslinger Meta Health mind body connection stress triggers wellness I’ve been accumulating all these health emails for some time now and friends have related how they have gone through natural health treatments for certain medical conditions. But it was only lately when I personally began exploring more and mor...
Revisiting my First Love on Jan 1, 2013 in My Yoga Diary first yoga love vinyasa vinyasa yoga yang yoga It’s been a while now that I’ve been doing yin yoga, the quiet and passive style of yoga that has become my healing and restorative sanctuary. The past couple of months when I’ve had to deal, as a caregiver, with … Continue re...
Mates Memory Foam Pillows – a health and comfort discovery on Dec 22, 2012 in Accessories and Props Health Medical Mates Memory Foam Pillows memory foam soft foamed pillows Tempur I had been meaning to buy a bolster for the longest time. Ever since doing yin yoga, I always longed to do restful poses with a bolster, not a soft pillow. For one reason or another, I never got around … Continue reading →...
When the Caregiver Needs Care on Nov 22, 2012 in Health Medical Caregiver Caregiving caring for the caregiver Have you ever stopped to think about how difficult a job it is to be a caregiver? To be physically, mentally and emotionally drained each and every day caring for someone who is sick? This really hit me when I … Continue reading →...
Book Launch: Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi by Brian Leaf on Nov 1, 2012 in Books and Videos Contests and Promos I loved Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” book, read it from cover to cover, watched the movie, did my mini version of an Eat Pray Love out of town weekend with a yogini friend, Ria. And once I get over … Continue reading...
Yoga Anatomy app is currently free on Oct 25, 2012 in Apps This is a very short post just to announce that the Yoga Anatomy app for the iPhone and iPad is currently FREE!!! If I’m not mistaken, this used to be a $1.99 app. Yay! It actually looks very similar to … Continue reading →...
The Yogini from Manila lands in the Top 100 Best Yoga Blogs on Sep 5, 2012 in Articles Events My Yoga Diary best yoga blogs Institute for the Psychology of Eating popular yoga blogs top 100 yoga blogs top yoga blogs An email took me by surprise this week. My blog is included in the Institute for the Psychology of Eating‘s 2012 Top 100 Best Yoga Blogs! HOW COOL IS THIS! I mean, this listing counts among the 100 listed those … Continue reading →...
Yin + Vinyasa = YINyasa on Aug 12, 2012 in My Yoga Diary Vinyasa Yin Yoga Yoga Styles home practice vinyasa yin yin yang yin yoga yoga tears Yoga means to unify — and it unifies everything that represents us to make a whole. And if our wholeness consists of a yin (passive, serene, quiet) side, surely the other half is yang (active, flowing, moving). For many, many … Continue r...
A Day of Yin Yoga, Smoothies and Bonding on Aug 9, 2012 in Asanas Events Yin Yoga Yoga Styles yin yoga yin yoga for bloggers The strong rains could not dampen the enthusiasm of some bloggers and runners who came to the Beyond Yoga studio last August 3. Ria and I had organized a free yin yoga class for them with Dona as teacher but … Continue reading →...
