A coworker who is a cocktail expert told me that apparently there’s a huge debate over how to prepare Bloody Mary correctly within the mixology community. There’s even a book just about that! It sounded kind of ridiculous yet painfully familiar because of how much it reminded me the yoga crowd and our ongoing debates about correct alignments and blah-blah-blah. And usually, the easier the Asana is, the more debates it provokes. For example, this one Parsvakonasana, or Extende

Looking back at 2008 (or was it 2009?), to the time when I came to my first yoga class and liked it enough to continue doing it at least onc

Happy #Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃 While most yogis write about gratitude, I think this is a perfect timing to remind ourselves about another aspect of a #yogiclife – or for that matter a #healthylife in general – #Brahmacharya, or moderation. Coming from a different culture, I quickly adopted Thanksgiving as one of my favorite holidays. What’s there not to like: stuffing myself until I reach a blissful state of food coma 🤤 on Thursday and spending the money I don’t have on th

In the traditional Mysore Ashtanga class the practice is done with no music as the practitioner is encouraged to turn the attention inward and listen to his or her own breathing. To be honest, when I started Mysore Ashtanga, it felt weird and also funny because all you can hear is your fellow yogis inhaling and exhaling loudly. Over the time, however, not only I got used to it, but I also realized that it helped me improve my breathing. Now I am a big fan of my silent Mysore

Warrior I, or Virabhadrasana A, is one of the most common yoga poses. In Ashtanga, it is held for five breaths on each side as a part of the

We are a different person every day, possibly every moment. Past choices should not affect your choices of the present moment. You are who y

If you are here on this webpage, reading this blog post, then you probably are! You want to try yoga but don't really know how to start? Here's a couple of quick tips before you approach your first yoga class. There's so many different yoga styles. My advice - start with the most neutral ones like Hatha or Beginner Vinyasa so you can learn some poses and get a basic understanding of what a yoga class is (as it is quite different from your fitness classes). Generally, I don't