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Caroline King on Living and Teaching ISHTA

We've extended the Early Bird Deadline for our Upcoming 200-Hour Summer Intensive Teacher Training. Below, Caroline King, ISHTA 500-Hour Teacher Training graduate, sheds light on her transformative experience living and teaching the ISHTA path. Like many of my ISHTA Teacher Training classmates, I joined the 200-hour training because I loved yoga and the ISHTA approach. I had a more than full-time job, and didn't necessarily look at the training as a ticket to a new career. Fast forward 2 years and I am a 500-hour graduate teaching a community class at ISHTA, one private student and a weekly class at my office where I work full-time. I love my job and doubt I will leave any time soon. But everything about how I do my work, treat myself...

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Plant the Seeds, Trust the Process (and tomatoes)

by Melanie Salvatore-August author of Fierce Kindness: Be a Positive Force for Change (Yellow Pear Press 2017) Every mother’s day for the last 5 years I have planted 3-5 tomato plants anticipating the summer growing season.  It is a dream fulfilled and continuing that I have the ability to grow some of my own food and live on a budding homestead in Northern California.  Some years I stop at a local nursery the week before to buy seedlings and other years after the obligatory Mother’s Day brunch or rowdy kid filled stop at Starbucks to get my mom-latte, I stop to pick some up. This year, nothing.  Too busy.  I hadn’t made the time and ahem, no one else thought to buy them for me.  No brunch or...

Welcome To Our Brand New Website!

We have a brand new look and an easy to use website just in time for summer! Tap into your unbound potential and join us on a mat. We hope you love our new site as much as we do! Use this guide for reference while getting acclimated to our new digital home: Book your class here Learn more about our class schedule and class descriptions on our Classes Page Join our weekly mediation classes led by Yoga Master Alan Finger here Interested in Teacher Training or want to deepen your practice? Learn more about our 200HR - 300HR - Specialty Training and Immersion Programs Find all of the info about our workshops, specialty training, events and retreats on our Workshops & Retreats Page Connect with one of our gifted...

Life Cycles with Alan Finger

Everything in life happens in cycles: nature, seasons, relationships, emotions, and even sensations. There is always a beginning, a middle, and an end. In yoga, these cycles are represented through the granthis, which are the Energetic knots or spirals of energy, that keep us bound to this plane of existence. We can experience these cycles of energy through the vibration of the sound "AUM."  The first sound of "AUM" is the "Ah" sound, which represents creation. This is usually the first sound that a baby utters and the first letter of the alphabet. When we chant the sound "AUM" we can feel the "Ah" sound resonate at the base of the spine. It represents our unconscious and the energy of Brahma, the creator. The second sound of...

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Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 7

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 7 Spiritual Law 7: The Law of Detachment The Law of Dharma says that everyone has a dharma, or purpose in life. By expressing our unique talents and using them to serve others, we will experience unlimited love, abundance, and true fulfillment in our lives. The Pose: Eye of the Needle Pose The Law of Dharma is about celebrating our own unique gifts and talents, and the only way we can truly do this is by connecting inward, Platt-Finger says. Eye of the Needle Pose offers us the opportunity to be still, silent, and introspective while reflecting on the part of ourselves that is the witness. Our dharma is about our life’s purpose, and how we can use that to elevate...

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 6

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 6

Spiritual Law 6: The Law of Detachment

The Law of Detachment says that at the level of spirit, everything is always unfolding perfectly. We don’t have to struggle or force situations to go our way. Instead, we can intend for everything to work out as it should, take action, and then allow opportunities to spontaneously emerge.

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 5

Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will share a seven-week yoga and meditation experience that will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and transform your relationship with the universe. Sign up here to learn more! Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 5 Spiritual Law 5: The Law of Intention and Desire The Law of Intention and Desire says that inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment. When we become quiet and introduce our intentions into the field of pure potentiality, we harness the universe’s infinite organizing power, which can manifest our desires with effortless ease. The Pose: Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) The Law of Intention and Desire...

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 4

Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will share a seven-week yoga and meditation experience that will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and transform your relationship with the universe. Sign up here to learn more! Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 4 Spiritual Law 4: The Law of Least Effort The Law of Least Effort says that we can most easily fulfill our desires when our actions are motivated by love, we expend the least effort, and we offer no resistance. We tap into the infinite organizing power of the universe to do less and accomplish everything. The Pose: Plank Of all the yoga postures, Plank is one that seems to require...

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 3

Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will share a seven-week yoga and meditation experience that will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and transform your relationship with the universe. Sign up here to learn more! Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 3 Spiritual Law 3: The Law of Karma, or Cause and Effect The Law of Karma, or Cause and Effect, says that every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in kind. When we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success. The Pose: Tadasana I like to think of Tadasana as standing and connecting to the earth...

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 2

In Yoga Journal’s new online course, Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will share a seven-week yoga and meditation experience that will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and transform your relationship with the universe. Sign up here to learn more! Spiritual Law 2: The Law of Giving and Receiving The Law of Giving and Receiving says that giving and receiving are different expressions of the same flow of energy in the universe. Since the universe is in constant and dynamic exchange, we need to both give and receive to keep abundance, love, and anything else we want circulating in our lives. The Pose: Cat/Cow Pose The Law of Giving and Receiving is about...

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 1

Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Challenge: Day 1 In Yoga Journal’s new online course, Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will share a seven-week yoga and meditation experience that will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and transform your relationship with the universe. Sign up here to learn more! As part of Yoga Journal’s upcoming online course, Finding Connection Through Yoga: A Workshop on Our Universal Oneness, legendary integrative-medicine and meditation expert, Dr. Deepak Chopra and his yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, will guide you through a yoga practice that incorporates Chopra’s Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, to help you experience greater health, joy, and peace in your life. Each day...