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Leah Hester – Yoga, Inspiration and Finding Peace in Life

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Leah Hester, a yoga teacher and influencer, joins the Native Yoga Toddcast to discuss her journey with yoga and how it has helped her find peace and improve her life. She shares her experiences living in different places, including Costa Rica and Guatemala, and how yoga has been a constant in her life during these transitions. Leah emphasizes the importance of self-love and self-care, and how it allows us to show up for others and spread kindness.

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Follow Leah on her Instagram at @iamleahhester
Also on her YouTube channel @leahhester
You can contact her via email at iamleahhester@gmail.com

Key Takeaways:

  • Yoga is a whole lifestyle that goes beyond just the physical practice.
  • The practice of yoga helps us come back to ourselves and find peace within.
  • It’s important to be open-minded and willing to change our beliefs when new information comes our way.
  • Kindness and empathy can go a long way in creating a more peaceful world.

The Power of Yoga: Finding Peace and Connection in a Chaotic World

Welcome to Native Yoga Toddcast. So happy you are here. My goal with this channel is to bring inspirational speakers to the mic in the field of yoga, massage bodywork and beyond. Follow us @nativeyoga, and check us out at nativeyogacenter.com. All right, let’s begin.

Welcome to Native Yoga Toddcast. So happy that you’re here. If it’s your first time listening, welcome to the show. For those of you that are longtime listeners, thanks so much for your support. If you’d like to support the show, click here. Every little bit of support is greatly appreciated. This week, I have the pleasure of bringing Leah Hester on to the podcast. Leah joins me here in studio for a discussion about yoga and how she has applied yoga to her life to help improve it and create more peace. And to communicate effectively. Follow Leah on her Instagram, which is at @IamLeahHester. Follow her on her YouTube, which is at @LeahHester. And then also you can send her an email via Gmail, which is IamLeahhestor@gmail.com And for those of you that enjoy digital marketing at the end of the podcast, I went ahead and recorded another little additional segment, which is being played at the end of the closing show music. So if that’s something that interests you, I wanted to ask her a couple of in depth questions regarding her strategy. So you can stay all the way to the end and check it out. All right, thanks so much. Let’s go ahead and get get started. I’m so excited to have Leah Hester here with me today in studio. And Leah, thank you so much for joining me taking time out of your day. How are you feeling today?

Leah: Thank you for having me. I am grateful to be here. I’m feeling really good.

Host: What has been happening for you lately where I know you’re visiting here in Florida. Can you tell me a little bit about what where you are currently in your life in relation to what are you up to these days here in Juno?

Leah: So primarily I came here from Costa Rica, to just stop and pause in my travels and in life really just take like a deep inhale and exhale, and many more to come to redirect my goals and my priorities and really hone down on where I want to set up a home base and what direction I want to take, you know, all the yogic experience and experience teaching yoga that I have accumulated over the past few years.

Host: Where did you grow up?

Leah: I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, in a little suburb about 20 miles north of the city.

Host: Cool. What suburb? I don’t know Chicago really well, but I have people that come here that are from there. So I’m curious what what area or what suburb?

Leah: It’s called Highland Park.

Host: Nice. I just had somebody practicing today from Springfield, Illinois.

Leah: I believe that’s the capital.

Host: Right. Yeah. Yeah. That’s obvious. I would think Chicago. Chicago would be the capital of Illinois. Right. But it’s not Yeah, obviously. Yeah. Got it. And then how long were you living in Costa Rica?

Leah: I was just there for three months.

Host: Nice. What part?

Leah: I was in Dominical. Well, so it’s more south than the Osa Peninsula.

Host: Cool. What did you think? Did you enjoy it?

Leah: I love Costa Rica. The slow pace of life and the sweetness of the local ticas in the ticos and the vast amount of yoga and yoga community is amazing. Nice. Great time.

Host: Cool. What was your first introduction to yoga?

Leah: My first introduction to yoga actually began with philosophy. I went to college for one short year. For a short year, but I studied philosophy that year. And that kind of led me into being curious about yogic philosophy. And so I started reading into that I developed a meditation practice. And then shortly after, did my yoga teacher training.

Host: What was the text that you first started to read in relation to yoga philosophy?

Leah: Hmm, that’s a good question that goes so far back. I think the first texts that I truly read in and out was the Yoga Sutras.

Host: That’s awesome. That’s a classic book. Yeah. What were your thoughts? Do you remember when you first read it? What your first reaction to it was? Was it like something that you felt was easy to understand? Or was it something that you’re reading going…. what are we talking about here?

Leah: I immediately loved it, and resonated with it. There were a few passages, of course, a few sutures that I had to reread, sometimes more than twice like to really grasp and digest it. But ultimately reading through it for me, it was like enjoyable.

Host: Nice. When you did your yoga teacher training, was it at a studio in Chicago, or in Illinois?

Leah: After I went to college in San Diego for that one year. And then when I left school, I stayed there. So before Costa Rica up until Costa Rica, so just up until about six months ago, I was living in San Diego. That was really what feels like home to me. And yeah, that’s I did my yoga teacher training at a cool studio. They’re called Trilogy in La Jolla.

Host: Great. My wife and I used to live in San Diego as well. It’s such a fun city. Yeah. And did you live in La Jolla? Or did you commute to go to La Jolla for the training?

Leah: Yeah, I did live in La Jolla for about a year. After that, I moved to North County. By Encinitas and did my yoga teacher training when I was living in Encinitas. It’s about a 20 minute drive south but it was beautiful down the 101.

Host: Right! Like Encinitas, Leucadia. Del Mar. So we go a little bit south of Del Mar on the way to La Jolla at Torrey Pines. Did you go to Blacks Beach at all? Did you ever go.

Leah: I love Blacks Beach.

Host: Isn’t that amazing? I mean, I know some people would make fun of me cuz I’d love to go surfing there. Yet some folks would make fun that I liked to go because it is a nudist beach. I’m like, trust me. You know, like, I’m not going there for that. And that goat trail that goes down. Did you climb down that? Quite an adventure. So you do surf?

Leah: Yeah. That is one of my biggest passions.

Host: Nice. Cool. So obviously growing up in Illinois, that wasn’t where you started to surf, I’m guessing. And so then when you went to San Diego, that’s where you start picking it up?

Leah: Yep. Yep.

Host: When you did your yoga teacher training, what was the emphasis? Was it like a broad spectrum covering different styles and techniques? Or was it focused on a specific sort of technique or approach?

Leah: The training was mainly vinyasa, Hatha vinyasa, we dabbled in the breath work in prenatal yoga. Philosophy, and Ayurveda. So we got a lot of exposure, like a little nibble of a lot of different categories.

Host: Nice. What teaching opportunities have you had, how long ago was that? How many years ago? Was it that you were in San Diego to here?

Leah: Yeah, that was not this summer. But the last so I was in San Diego just five, six months ago. And, yeah, so just about over a year ago, around a year and a half ago. Was my yoga teacher training. Yeah, and it was a one month immersion so it was every day from like 8am to 5pm

Host: Nice. Very cool. That’s solid. Yeah, yeah. Are you currently teaching?

Leah: I actually just started a YouTube channel. I haven’t posted my flows yet but I have them recorded. So I’m in the editing process. It’s been really fun. So right now only teaching digitally Yeah, and really missing teaching in person.

Host: How did you kind of first start teaching digitally? Like, was it more like? So the timeframe makes me think this is all kind kind of post pandemic not? Not like born out of necessity, like everything shut, and now I can’t like teach or be in a studio. But do you find that you’ve gravitated toward virtual teaching out of just ease? I didn’t grow up with, like, you know, phones and technology and computers. So for me, it was a, it was a challenge to like, start to feel comfortable with integrating all this sort of technology and with teaching, but is that something that you feel like comes natural to you? Or was just like a piece of cake and have to think about it?

Leah: That’s a good question that there’s a lot to unravel there, I’d say there’s a certain energy of physically being with your students that I love, and I think can never truly be replaced. But the essence of it can’t be replaced virtually. However, I do believe that in the world we live in with all of the access, easy access to virtual studios and YouTube, that’s a free platform, that there’s so much abundance there, and that you can take advantage of these platforms and you know, share your teaching skills. So I found it to be pretty breezy transitioning to online. I think what is so appealing about making YouTube flows and meditations is just that it’s accessible to everyone. Yeah, I believe that Yoga should be accessible to everyone.

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Parveen Nair ~ Embodiment: The Dance of Movement and Breath

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Parveen Nair is a long-term yoga teacher and practitioner based in Rishikesh, India. He offers teacher trainings and programs in Rishikesh and is known for his creative and inspired yoga practice routines that incorporate pranayama and asana. Parveen’s approach to yoga is influenced by his background in dance and his deep spiritual connection to the practice.

Connect with Parveen on Instagram @inbornmovements https://www.instagram.com/inbornmovements/?hl=en
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During this conversation Parveen speaks about:

  • Yoga is not about perfecting asanas, but about developing the capacity to bring quietness to the mind and recognizing one’s true nature.
  • The practice of centering and connecting with the body as it is, without trying to change or perfect it, is essential in yoga.
  • Deep sleep can serve as a reminder of one’s true nature and the peace that exists beyond the mind and body.
  • Templates can be helpful in guiding movement and creating an embodied yoga practice, but it is important not to copy or compare oneself to others.

Native Yoga Toddcast: A Journey of Yoga and Self-Discovery

Welcome to Native Yoga Toddcast, where we explore the world of yoga, meditation, and self-discovery. In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Parveen Nair, a long-term yoga teacher and practitioner based in Rishikesh, India. Parveen shares his unique journey of finding yoga, his experiences with different styles of practice, and his evolving approach to teaching. Join us as we delve into the themes of centering, embodiment, and the true purpose of yoga.

Centering: Meeting Yourself as You Are

Parveen’s journey into yoga began in his childhood, growing up in a spiritually inclined family in Malaysia. He was introduced to the practice of kirtan, or devotional singing, which created a sense of peace and quietness in his mind. This early experience of connecting with the divine set the foundation for his later exploration of yoga.

“When we finish the practice towards the end, just like shavasana during shavasana after shavasana, there was this deep quietness. That made me curious. There was something in this quietness that felt like home.”

Parveen recognized the importance of meeting oneself as they are, without judgment or the need to change. He developed a practice of centering, where he invites his students to observe their bodies, breath, and thoughts without trying to fix or perfect anything.

“I started introducing in my classes the practice of arriving, centering. Observing where the body is at that time, how is it breathing, how is the mind thinking. Can you meet your body as it is, in acceptance of who and what you are?”

Embodiment: The Dance of Movement and Breath

Parveen’s background in dance and his training in Iyengar yoga influenced his approach to movement and asana practice. He recognized the importance of incorporating the breath and allowing the body to move in a soft and gentle manner.

“I found that the breath plays a very important role because then everything becomes very hard and tight. Any asana or any movement you’re doing, do it only if you can do it 100%. But do it only 50% and let the breath take you another 50%.”

Parveen created movement templates that allow the entire body to respond and awaken, while also giving space for individual exploration and creativity. He emphasizes the importance of not copying his movements, but rather finding one’s own unique expression within the practice.

“The medium is movement, but how do we use this movement to arrive at who you are potentially at that day? And to use that as a pathway to your peace.”

The True Purpose of Yoga: Discovering Your True Nature

Parveen challenges the notion that the purpose of yoga is to perfect the asanas or achieve physical goals. He believes that the true purpose of yoga is to develop the capacity to bring quietness to the mind and recognize one’s true nature.

“Perfection in Warrior One is not the purpose. How do you interact with Warrior One becomes spiritual, not perfecting. How do you perfect something which is constantly going through modification?”

He encourages students to shift their focus from external achievements to internal exploration, from identifying with the body and mind to recognizing the underlying canvas of awareness that supports all experiences.

“You are complete. Nothing added to you or subtracted from you is going to bring any peace because you are already peace. The purpose of yoga is to develop the capacity to bring some amount of quietness to your mind so that you can see what is your true potential, your natural potential.”

Conclusion: A Journey of Self-Discovery

Parveen’s journey of yoga and self-discovery is a testament to the transformative power of the practice. Through his experiences with different styles of yoga and his own inner exploration, he has come to understand the essence of yoga as a path to recognizing one’s true nature.

As students, we are invited to meet ourselves as we are, to embrace the body and mind with acceptance and curiosity. Through embodiment and movement, we can tap into the vastness of our being and experience moments of deep peace and connection.

The true purpose of yoga is not to achieve external goals or perfect the asanas, but to develop the capacity to quiet the mind and recognize our inherent completeness. It is a journey of self-discovery, where we uncover the truth of who we are beyond the limitations of the body and mind.

As we continue on our own yoga journeys, let us remember that the practice is not about reaching a destination, but about embracing the ever-unfolding process of self-discovery and awakening. May we find inspiration in Parveen’s teachings and continue to explore the depths of our own being.

Join us next time on Native Yoga Toddcast as we continue to bring you insightful conversations with inspirational speakers in the field of yoga, meditation, and beyond. Remember to follow us on Instagram @nativeyoga and visit our website at nativeyogacenter.com for more information. Until then, may you find peace and joy on your own yoga journey.

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Tara Stiles – Lead & Lean with Love

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I am so excited to share this podcast with you. ⭐️ Meet the amazing TARA STILES!⭐️

Tara Stiles is the co-founder of Strala Yoga, best-selling author, and well-being expert. Tara revolutionized yoga for millions, transforming a practice so often seen as dogmatic, and guru-based, into an everyday movement that supports ease and well-being. 

Strala Yoga is practiced in more than 100 countries, thousands of Guides lead Strala classes around the globe, and Tara shares yoga with thousands of people on the Strala Yoga app. She has been profiled by The New York Times, Times of India, The Times (UK), and featured in most major national and international magazines.

Vist Tara on her website: www.tarastiles.com
Also on here Strala Yoga Website: stralayoga.com

During this conversation we covered topics like:

  • How she got started in yoga.
  • The importance of sharing your passion.
  • How  you can create your own path.
  • Teaching the foundation of movement.
  • The easiest mistake yoga teachers often make in class.
  • How to “lean on yourself.”
  • Connecting the dots in the chakra system.
  • Is it legal to touch people in yoga class?

Listen to the full episode for free here.

Todd McLaughlin

Welcome to Native Yoga Toddcast. So happy you are here. My goal with this channel is to bring inspirational speakers to the mic in the field of yoga, massage bodywork and beyond. Follow us @nativeyoga, and check us out at nativeyogacenter.com. All right, let’s begin.

Well, yeah, I’m so excited to have Tara Stiles joining me today on the podcast. Tara, thank you so much. How are you? 

Tara Stiles

I’m doing good. Thanks so much for having me. I’m excited to chat with you too. Thank you.

Todd McLaughlin

So for those of you that listened to the podcast with Yulady Saluti, she spoke so highly of Tara, that it got me excited to reach out to you Tara and get a chance to speak with you. So thank you for being so gracious in accepting my invitation. I know you have a busy schedule. Are you in New York City currently? 

Tara Stiles

Oh, I’m not actually I just got back from Singapore yesterday. But we’re in Illinois. We got this place in Illinois a couple of years ago to be close to family and kind of support everyone here. So we’ll be going to New York in the fall for Daisy’s school. But we’ve been here for a couple of years, kind of based out of hometown America. So that’s been really pretty sweet. Actually. 

Todd McLaughlin

Wonderful. Not in Chicago? It sounds more like in a rural setting. 

Tara Stiles

Yeah, you got it because you know America. A lot of friends in Europe are like, Oh, Illinois, Chicago. But yeah, we’re pretty far south. So the weather is actually a little bit warmer here than in Chicago. But yeah, all my family’s here. They’re farmers and hanging around the place. So it’s been nice to catch up with everybody and just be together. 

Todd McLaughlin

That’s so cool. Is that the town that you grew up in? 

Tara Stiles

I didn’t. I grew up a little bit closer to Chicago, but everybody is from here. So my parents got a place down here a few years ago. So everybody’s kind of in the same location. So it’s nice to just be around for sure. 

Todd McLaughlin

I hear you, that’s cool. And especially having farm life is pretty amazing. Do they have like a big farm? Are they more like cottage farmers? Do they have chickens and veggies? Are they more of like big time farmers? 

Tara Stiles

I mean, I don’t know how big time but kind of all of it. My aunts and all my relatives have gardens and things like that. So come summertime and late fall, you’ve got everything and they can at all for the winter.

Todd McLaughlin

That’s awesome! 

Tara Stiles

Yeah, they do the veggies for the personal consuming. And then they do corn and wheat and things like that. I remember a few years ago asking my cousin who’s a few years older than me, she does a lot of the big kind of combining and stuff, and we get to ride along. But I asked her where the corn goes, you know, after reading Michael Pollan’s book and all of these kinds of things. I know there’s a lot of the problems with America, but they found a way to sell their corn for hard plastics and windshields. So I thought that was kind of cool. Just everybody’s trying to do better. 

Todd McLaughlin

Yeah, I hear you, that’s amazing. Are you an organic gardener? Or a do you have time for a garden? Or do you just get to benefit from your family’s efforts?

Tara Stiles

To be honest, I would love to. But you know, we’re not here in the summers all the time. I’d love to actually do a greenhouse. I’ve seen that you can kind of buy these pop up greenhouses. They’re becoming more easy and economical and fun. You kind of pop that up in your yard now and just buy these things for a few 100 bucks. And maybe I’ll pop one of those up at some point. You know, see if I can get that going. 

Todd McLaughlin

Very cool. What was it like over, you said, Singapore? 

Tara Stiles

Yeah, Singapore. 

Todd McLaughlin

How was Singapore? 

Tara Stiles

Yeah, it was great. This festival called Glow Festival brought me out for about a week and I got to lead classes there, which was really fun. And I’ve been to Singapore a few times. So first of all, it was really fun just to catch up with old friends and new friends and just be back in person with people you know, I’m just one of the millions that are so grateful to just be together with people and and do yoga and they have a great festival and I got to kind of feel like that studio affect again. It was a couple of classes a day and there was other teachers

and other experiences and lots of people. So it was just really nice to hang around and practice and just talk with people and hug people and things like that. 

Todd McLaughlin

That sounds really cool. Was it structured sort of like a Yoga Journal type conference where you have a couple of teachers were teaching in different rooms at the same time, or was it one room and then you would take turns teaching with the other teachers? 

Tara Stiles

Yeah, it was just one big room and they did this cool thing. It was inside. And they had these large kind of interactive screens that were like almost like a jungle. So they did this really neat tech thing. And at first, I thought everybody would be overwhelmed seeing these screens, but the room was really humongous. So kind of in the distance, you’d see an elephant kind of walking by and things like that. So it was pretty unique and, and fun to just hang around and be together with people for sure. 

Todd McLaughlin

Cool. When you had a chance to teach, what type of class did you teach? Did you do like a Vinyasa flow, or what is on the forefront of your specialty these days?

Tara Stiles

Sure, I guess that I’ve always loved to lead. It was a really cool opportunity to have so many different time different time slots, you know, it’s kind of like a regular studio. And they wanted a variety of classes. So some a bit more energetic, some more gentle, some kind of in between. And everything that I love to lead is based in easygoing movement, breath, body connection, this kind of

almost East Asian influence in the yoga, but it doesn’t need to come across that way so much. But really, the idea of moving well comes from Tai Chi and shiatsu and things like that. But everybody usually says, Oh, that yoga class felt really nice. Or I didn’t know I could do something so challenging without forcing myself or It felt nice to move from my center and harmony. So I usually don’t, especially in just an open class, say, okay, now we’re going to be doing tai chi and shiatsu and learning all of these things. I just think that’s, you know, kind of too much located in the mind. So we just move and breathe and, and feel good. In that way. 

Todd McLaughlin

That’s really cool. What is your timeline in terms of how long have you been practicing? And how long have you been teaching?

Tara Stiles

Oh, gosh, well, I think like a lot of people’s yoga story, I got really lucky, finding yoga was in my ballet program growing up. So I was thinking I was going to be a contemporary dancer. That was my whole life’s dream. And my ballet teacher brought yoga into our program, I guess I was 17 or 18. And instantly, just like everybody else, felt like this is amazing. And, and then my second thought was, why don’t all my friends do this? Why, you know, I felt like my family, had these values had these philosophical ideas about life. But we weren’t doing this physical practice that I felt could just kind of crack everything open and really guide life. So I just wanted to learn more and share this kind of movement all at the same time. So that kind of just kicked me off and learning more about it. And then at first kind of casually sharing what I was learning with people. And then more and more things led me to doing that with more of my time. So yeah, it’s the beginning of my life, my teenage life

years ago. 

Todd McLaughlin

That’s amazing. Can you give me a timeline view of an order of different modalities that you then started to pursue and study?

Tara Stiles

Sure, yeah. Yoga was the first big practice for sure. And then I got to New York pretty shortly after to dance and do other things. But I was always kind of asking people, Hey, do you do yoga? Where do you do yoga, if you don’t do yoga, let’s do a little bit together….. this kind of a thing. And I think because New York has everything I was starting to find shiatsu places, and some ayurvedic practitioners, and all of these kind of, you know, modalities one by one. And I think like a lot of people who have started to learn one and then learn the others, you wonder, okay, are these connected? How are they connected? They don’t appear to be in isolation from each other. How can we, or how can I live in more harmony with myself and not just practice to be more knowledgeable about these modalities, but to integrate them actually in my life and to feel better and live a good life of purpose? And how can I start to communicate that in a sensible way to other people if that starts to make sense to me?

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Day 30 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Thanks to You ~ We Reached Our Goal

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Day 30 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Thanks to You ~ We Reached Our Goal  
I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who made the No Shave Yoga Event a huge success. We exceeded our goal and were able to raise $1700 to benefit No-Shave.org this month!!!

No-Shave.org is a web-based, non-profit organization devoted to growing cancer awareness and supportive funds which go towards preventing the disease, saving lives, funding research, educating, and aiding those fighting the battle.

A special thank you to everyone who donated this month to the cause! Without your support we would never have reached our goal. I have to admit I am surprised at the overwhelming support that everyone has shown. I would also like to especially thank the team, Yoga Beards Unite for putting in so much time and effort through their online posts this month to help raise awareness for men’s health and generate funds. Thank you @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey respectively Adam Polhemus, Brian Miller, David Miliotis, Greg Nardi, Juan Galan and Will Duprey for all of your support. Thank you to those that joined the team during the month and helped participate. We have much appreciation to all the vendors who supported us this month including Lululemon, High Point Paddle Adventures and Raw Juce.

Here is one last chance to make a contribution if you had thought about it but waited until now. You can donate here, https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite

  
Together We Can Make a Difference,

Todd McLaughlin

Day 29 – No Shave Yoga event – #yogabeardsunite – Reflections of the Way I Used to Be

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Day 29 – No Shave Yoga event – #yogabeardsunite – Reflections of the Way I Used to Be  
One thing that is fun about participating in No Shave November is that it reminds me of my carefree ways back in the days. We can still be “carefree” and show we do care.
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise as much awareness about men’s health and money for those in need by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey

Day 25 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Prana Wind

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Day 25 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Prana Wind  
In yoga culture, prana is the word that describes the energy that is associated with air. Prana often refers to the relationship between our breath and our personal sense of vitality. Vayu, the lord of the wind, is considered the primal force that generates life and can be harnessed through our breath. Today in South Florida the wind is “cranking!” The wind has the ability to stir our emotions and can breath some life back into our senses. Sometimes people feel unsettled by the wind, however it is possible to harness that anxious sensation and turn it into zest for life and renewed vigor. If it is windy where you are, go outside and stir your prana a bit by enjoying the wind.

  
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise at least $1500 by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey

Day 24 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Respect the Edge

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Day 24 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Respect the Edge  
Yoga gives us the opportunity to cultivate optimal health and wellness. When we begin to push the boundaries of what we think is possible we are exploring what is called our “edge.” In the pursuit of optimal mental and physical health if we go a little to far over our “edge” we become acutely aware of the fact by experiencing pain. Yet the very experience of cultivating a relationship with our boundaries is where the real value lays. The process of going a little “to far,” gives us an incredible insight into the nature of our existence. Explore your edge and do so with utmost respect and good health and wellness is bound to find you.
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise at least $1500 by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey

Day 23 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Micro = Macro

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Day 23 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – Micro = Macro  
A microcosm is ‘anything that is regarded as a world in miniature.’ A macrocosm is ‘the universe considered as a whole.’ The yoga practice inherently brings our awareness to the unity of the micro and macrocosms. When we bring our attention to the tasks at hand we can sometime feel a sense of triviality in the mundane. Yoga dispels this notion and draws awareness into the essence of each moment. The tiniest particle movement is reflected by the grand trajectory of the planets and stars. There is purpose in small acts that that can lead toward a greater change.
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise at least $1500 by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey

Day 22 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – WE ARE SO CLOSE

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Day 22 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – WE ARE SO CLOSE  
Today we held the No Shave Yoga Event at our studio, Native Yoga Center in Juno Beach, Florida. Thanks to all for the great turn out today. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who attended the class today and those who were unable to attend but donated online. Due to your generosity we were able to raise over $500 from the event today. This in combination with the funds you have helped us raise on no-shave.org we are just over $1200. That means that with a full week left we can reach our goal of raising $1500. We can totally pull this off! 

  
We would like to express our appreciation to Lululemon, High Point Paddle and Raw Juce for donating gift certificates to award the participants with today. 

  
Yoga gives us the ability to improve our own health of body, mind and spirit. When we reach beyond ourselves and give to those in need we are able to extend our practice for the benefit of others. 

  
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise at least $1500 by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey

  
Special thank you to @lululemon @highpointpaddle @rawjuce @no_shave_november

  

Day 21 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – The Event

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Day 21 – No Shave Yoga Event – #yogabeardsunite – The Event  
We have seen an increase of support, enthusiasm and donations over the past few days for which we would like to extend our appreciation. If you are in South Florida come and join us for The No Shave Yoga Event at Native Yoga Center on Sunday, November 22nd at 12pm-1pm. We are offering a Native Yoga class that is donation based of which 100% of the proceeds will benefit no-shave.org. Everyone who attends will be entered in our raffle of which we have several gifts being given away. We would like to thank the team at Lululemon for donating some gift cards. High Point Paddle for donating an adventure paddle tour for 2. Raw Juce is going to bring free organic juice for everyone post practice. Native Yoga Center will also be giving away class gift certificates. If you would like to donate prior to arrival you can do so on our Eventbrite page. Those that live outside our area can donate to our Yoga Beards Unite team page. You can also just show up and donate at the the door. Everyone is welcome, male, female, old, young, flexible and stiff. Together we can make a difference!
No Shave Yoga Event is a group of yoga teachers who have banded together to help spread the word, grow hairy, raise money and inspire health through the practice of yoga. Our fundraising team is called Yoga Beards Unite and we aim to raise at least $1500 by the end of November. Please help us achieve our goal by donating to our team page at https://www.no-shave.org/team/yogabeardsunite. When you post on social media please tag us to show your support and share our/your story to help us in our endeavor. Together we can make a difference! @adampolhemusyoga @brianmilleryoga @davidmiliotis @gregnardi @juankgalan @nativeyoga @willduprey
Special thank you to @lululemon @highpointpaddle @rawjuce @no_shave_november