by Blog Team of Yoga District | Oct 18, 2013 | The Blog
Fifteen days ago at the close of business for fiscal year 2013, my small team of federal co-workers gathered around a conference table to receive our instructions for an “orderly shutdown” should there be a lapse in funding starting the next day. Always... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Oct 9, 2013 | The Blog
I came to yoga because I wanted a hot body. I signed up for my first class for the same reason that I occasionally did laps at the pool or a half-hearted twenty minutes on the elliptical: “Maybe this will give me hard thighs.” I don’t know about hard thighs, but I do... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Oct 4, 2013 | The Blog
When I registered for Yoga District’s 200-hour teacher training program, I knew that three things would happen: I would learn to teach yoga, deepen my own practice, and meet some great people. And I was right on all three counts. Now, I can cue students into headstand... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Sep 13, 2013 | The Blog
“Yoga starts as the process of harnessing the brain’s capacities and naturally evolves into the art of living well,” says Gabriel Axel, certified yoga teacher, neuroscience and cognition specialist. You may love your daily yoga practice, but your... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Aug 23, 2013 | The Blog
When I tried yoga for the first time before moving to Washington, D.C. a few years ago, I liked it. That was the most I could say about it. It felt good and I enjoyed myself, but my heart wasn’t quite in it. Many events occurred in my life over the past five... by Blog Team of Yoga District | Aug 22, 2013 | The Blog
To meditate, you don’t have to sit like this. Meditation doesn’t look a certain way. It doesn’t even have to feel a certain way. The only trick is, you just have to do it. There’s a meditation workshop coming up at Yoga District that will go...
