by Blog Team of Yoga District | Jan 6, 2014 | The Blog
The poem is titled “Illumination” (it’s by Merle Shain) and is quoted in the book Bedside Prayers by June Cotner: It is better to light candles than to curse the darkness. It is better to plant seeds than to accuse the earth. The world needs all of... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Nov 25, 2013 | The Blog
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. ~Rumi Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ~Rumi There’s a complicated relationship between grief and gratitude. They can destroy each other. Gratitude can be just as... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Nov 20, 2013 | The Blog
Dear Yoga District, My relationship to yoga is constantly evolving. It shifts and offers me different things in different times of my life, as I’m sure it does for all of you, too. Recently my practice has been deeply empowering and clarifying and strengthened... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Nov 12, 2013 | The Blog
By Bree Barton “I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.” ~Khalil Gibran I recently traveled to Malaysia for a friend’s wedding where I spent four delicious days communing with wild monkeys and feasting... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Nov 8, 2013 | The Blog
“The men, I think, are missing out,” explains Yoga District instructor Mike Graglia, on why there are relatively less men in yoga classes than women. In this Washington Post video, Henry Kerali wonders why so few men take to yoga. Well guys, Yoga District... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Nov 5, 2013 | The Blog
Thanks, Yoga District, for inexpensive and “gentle” yoga in our neighborhood. I did it. After over a year, I returned to a yoga class. A “gentle” yoga class. Pregnant, I had tried following prenatal yoga DVDs, but I gave up after quickly...
