by Mission Yoga | Jan 8, 2020 | Benefits of Yoga, Inspiration, KJ Notes, The Study of Yoga, Yoga
Edward (not his real name) had been practicing with us at Mission for a while. Struggling with the isolation of early adulthood, he was determined to uncover a better way to move through the world. Edward is tall and lithe, intelligent and perhaps a bit...
by Mission Yoga | Aug 9, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Healing Arts, Inspiration, KJ Notes, The Study of Yoga, Yoga
You have probably heard of the Slow Food movement. Our fast food nation is faced with a health, heart, and planetary crisis that slow food can help heal. If we eat what grows locally, and cook that fresh and local produce at home, we not only eat healthier food,...
by Mission Yoga | May 14, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Home practice, Inspiration, KJ Notes, News, The Study of Yoga, Yoga
Lots of people tell the story about how they were dragged to yoga class and hated it at first. They either begrudgingly continued on or didn’t try it again for years. At some point they felt a shift, things clicked, and yoga made sense to them and seemed good...
by Mission Yoga | Jan 21, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Inspiration, KJ Notes, Meditation, Yoga
Yoga is a discipline, a series of actions and inquiries done with consistent effort and attention. It is easy for the western mind, raised on the false idea that we are broken,to fixate on the external practices as a way to prove and earn our worthiness. Practice...