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Refreshing Watermelon Slushie
Find some relief from the soaring summer heat with delicious watermelon! This watermelon slushie is easy and healthy. Besides being refreshing, it provides a lot of health benefits. I developed this recipe years ago when dealing with the unrelenting heat of summer...
Remember to breathe
Anya, a member of the Yoga District community, shares her powerful relationship with breathe and her journey to breath. I grew up fearing my own breath and fearing my own body. As a child, I was raised with the kind of religion that espouses “if I die before I...
Life After Yoga Teacher Training
If you’ve ever wondered what happens in yoga teacher training, take a sneak peak with Aaron. Now a leading instructor at Yoga District, Aaron recounts the closure of his yoga teacher training journey. Find out how he tackled the mountain of homework and how his first...
Celebrating Feminist Yogis: Meet Maylin
. Join us, in celebrating Women’s History Month and feminist yogis! We honor female identifying yogis in our community by telling their stories. The diversity of their experiences helps represent the true narrative that yoga is for everybody. Yoga District tries to...
Celebrating Black Yogis: Meet Allison
One of the ways we celebrate Black History Month is by sharing stories about Black yogis in the community. Not only does this help you get to know a fellow yogi better, but it can also help disrupt a certain American image of who yoga is for. Yoga is for everybody,...
PATHS OF NONVIOLENT LIVING
Ahimsa (nonviolence) is central to the many teachings of Martin Luther King Jr (MLK), yoga philosophy, and nonviolent communication (NVC). “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence...
