May 2011 Blog Posts (14)

Becca Chopra

Location:  Big Island of Hawaii

Yoga Discipline:  Ananda Yoga

Website: http://www.thechakras.org/

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My daily reading brought me to this page and one amazing discovery - how yoga practice affects the lives of breast cancer survivors.



With all the modern methods in treating the disease as well as the side effects of treatment, it is so amazing that what yogis enjoy doing can actually improve the quality of life of those people who survived a disease that is the leading and second leading cause of death in the developed and developing countries respectively.

You’ve…

I love quotes.  I find so much inspiration in them.  I have a couple books of quotations, and when I’m having an especially trying day, I pick up one of these books, turn to a random page and read the quote on that page.  And almost always, the words lift my spirit up instantly and carry me throughout the day.

I have collected a few yoga quotes over the years, and here are 38…

Reading Yahoo! Shine articles has always been my habit and while going through the site early this morning, I come across a post about reusing old yoga mats.



Here are 26 fresh ways on how to reuse a mat that was once your partner in finding your deepest nature.

1. Hang it horizontally in your garage to keep car doors from scraping the walls.
2. Use it as a kitchen mat in front of the stove or sink.
3. Lay it under your sleeping bag on your next…

Do you ever struggle with stillness?  Do you find it challenging to have an empty mind?  Do you find it difficult to meditate?  I certainly do.  I ask myself why – why is it arduous sometimes to clear my mind and sit with stillness? I found this quote: 

"Man finds nothing so intolerable as to…

Are you a yoga teacher who sometimes find it difficult creating yoga sequences for your yoga classes? Or are you a yoga student who wants to put together a home practice by creating your own yoga posture sequence? More often, teachers and students alike may find challenge in putting…

“My advice to someone who is new to yoga is to sample a variety of classes to find one that fits your needs – both your physical condition and schedule, so that you don’t experience any injuries or time constraints. If you are going to deeply explore Chakra healing work, make sure you are working with someone with much experience and training, as some might open their Kundalini…

Leading Chakra Workshops came out of my work doing Yoga Health Retreats in Hawaii, starting 10 years ago. At the end of every yoga class, we would finish with a chakra meditation. Often, after class, my students would want to discuss specific problems in their lives that were clearly related to one chakra or another. So, in addition to using chakra meditations in my yoga classes, I decided to try 8-week chakra workshops for local students. Each week, we would focus on balancing one of…

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It's raining and grey outside...what a perfect day to catch up on email, update the United Yogis website, do laundry and clean my place before friends come over later. I was surfing the Internet and came across a Steve Jobs quote he made in 2007:

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in…

Wow, it’s been three years since United Yogis Yoga Community was launched and thank you to all of you for being part of this amazing community. Once in awhile we’d like to survey our members to get their feedback about the site so we can continue to make the site useful and helpful.

The survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete and we encourage you to take part as we value our members’…

Looking Glass

Yoga Sutra 1.3

Then the Seer abides in its own nature.

The brief moments when we are truly present represent the seer. When we are completely comfortable in our own skin, yet have deepened our awareness pass the skin into the raw layers of who we really are. We no longer identify ourselves with the…

Once in awhile I search the Internet for innovative ideas related to yoga and I came across the SilverSport SilverMat.   What is it? It’s a thick and lightweight yoga mat that contains bacteria-resistant nanosilver particles.

The idea came about when Thomas Davis,…