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Patanjali created the eight limbs of yoga known as ‘ashtanga’, ‘ashta’ meaning eight and ‘anga’ meaning limbs. These eight limbs are a pathway to living a yogic life, and the third limb is the practice of asana. So often you hear this phrase, “Yoga will change your life!” So often your friends tell you that…
Sometimes the weight of the world seems to be pressing in on all fronts. The desire to breathe and feel freedom is great. For many of us, we seek out a release valve for the pressure of life by indulging in pleasures. We hope that for just a moment, we can forget our burdens and…
Is your lower back constantly in pain? Do you feel debilitated and sometimes can not move? Do you often see a chiropractor for relief from back pain only to have the suffering return the next day? I have some solutions for you, and I think they might change your life. One of the solutions is…
Do you feel burnt out? Are you at the end of your creative life? Have you forgotten all of the possibilities life has to offer? Do you feel like giving up? I often do. Yes, I Yogi Aaron, at times have felt as if the world is closing in on me. To have the feeling…
Like all balancing inverted postures in the yogic system, some of us embrace the practice while others avoid them at all costs. But let’s be clear about something. An inverted balancing posture is either energizing or calming. Once in a while, they are balancing (such as headstand.) Postures such as handstand and forearm balance fill…
Yoga is a practice of walking into your fear every day and facing it head on until there is no more fear. – Yogi Aaron Handstands are one for the hardest poses to master. And let’s face it, to master handstands are really scary! Well at least for most people they are… most normal people.…
One of my favorite songs of all time is and has always been “Imagine.” It is a song that, for me, conjures so many possibilities of what the world could be like. In truth, “Imagine” is a song about what a world would be like if we truly endeavored, as a species, to fulfill…
There is something that scares me to the depths of my soul. What scares me is knowing that there is a deep, dark shadow side within myself capable of enacting evil and unspeakable acts. This is the same shadow side that haunts many of us. The Stanford Prison Experiment From August 14 to 20, 1971,…
In the crazy world we live in, we really need to start simplifying our lives. We need to grasp the meaning and power of “Less is More”. And, most importantly, we need to let go of everything we don’t need. Working out is something we need. The benefits on our health, mood, and life in general…
What makes a yogi a yogi? This is a question many people are starting to ask these days. A couple of years ago, I watched a yoga documentary on a man’s journey to yoga, and in it, there was a scene when he meets the owner from Tits and Ass Yoga. (I am not…