Elementor #11724
Dance Party with Dr. Nat & Trio Ritmo Live at the Island Fresh Cafe Sunday, December 21st Sunday, December 28th 1:00pm -3:00pm at Island Fresh / Maui Yoga Shala – 381 Baldwin Ave, Paia Join us for fresh food, good vibes, and great music at the Island Fresh Cafe! A live show with Dr. Nat […]
Hula Dance Experience
The Power of Practice
Whatever we practice, we get better at, and we are always practicing something. Either we are reinforcing habits, behaviors and reactions we already have, or we are learning and reinforcing something new. Many of our behaviors and reactions are automatic and unconscious – we might call them ‘default’ practices. Conscious, intentional practice, on the other […]
Sraddha – Faith in our practice
According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (1.20), the practice of Yoga begins in Śraddhā, faith. Śraddhā means ‘that which gives you space and nourishment and holds you in place’. Here faith does not mean believing in something ‘out there’, faith is a basic trust in the Yoga tradition and your own sacred path. Faith gives you […]
Yoga – Now more than ever
These are challenging times and every day we are living with the uncertainty of change. But we are made for these times. Even though the practices and philosophy of yoga have been around a long time, they are more alive and relevant than ever. They are tools available to us that can help us through […]
300 Hour Yoga Story
by Holly McKibben I began my yoga journey five years ago, taking classes at a local hot yoga studio. I went for the sweat, but something else brought me back, something bigger, something I did not yet understand. I came back to my mat, over and over again, and through asana (physical practice), I woke […]
Yoga Heart
Yoga is a an age old practice of joining body and mind, and our attention to this moment. As my teacher’s teacher, TKS Desikichar said “Yoga is relationship”. As we go deeper into the practices of yoga, we can see the quality of those relationships we have with our self, each other, and our world […]
The Power of Pranayama
Pranayama is the yoga science of extending and building our life force with our breath, and the benefits of regular practice are many. A conscious breath practice links our mind with our body and directly affects our nervous system, bringing us into the present moment, and calming and relaxing all the systems of our body/mind. […]
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Asana (Pt. 2)
One learns that one’s body is the bow, the asana is the arrow, and the target is the soul. – BKS Iyengar Continuing our series on the three definitive sutras by Patanjali on asana, we turn our attention to sutra 2.47. The previous sutra (2.46) mentions that the yoga posture has or is to be […]
Chakras
Swirling, expanding and contracting, a column of energetic wheels aligned from the base of our spine to the crown of our head, the chakras pulse as centers of spiritual power in the human body. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, circle, or disc. The fine network of energetic lines called nadis that run through […]