Isn’t yoga just for girls, bro?   I get asked this question all the time. I am a guy; I served my country, I went to war, I do Crossfit, my best friends are two Doberman Pinschers, and I do yoga. I am not the biggest amongst my friends at the gym yet I lift just as heavy and hard, I am a marathoner, and I do yoga. My gym workouts must be effective, tough, and take me to my limit, and I do yoga.  My schedule says easy run; however, the word easy is not in my vocabulary

Greetings fellow yoga practitioners! My name is Craig Jackson aka Gold Lion and I will be travelling all around Austin, Texas attending potentially every yoga center this beautiful city has to offer, and then writing about my experience there for you all to read about, along with sharing what that particular studio has to offer, the environment, styles of yoga practiced, etc.  It is going to be an awesome experience, and I am looking forward to the transformation it is going to give me mentally, physically and spiritually! My first of such journeys was to Eastside yoga, which is

Staying active and social prolongs life even after 75!  It s true: In a new study published in BMJ, Debora Rizzuto and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute noted, “Although our current knowledge on the determinants of longevity is limited, the general consensus is that longevity is a multifactorial quantitative trait that is influenced by biological, environmental, and psychosocial factors. Our results suggest that the encouraging favorable lifestyle behaviors even at advanced ages may enhance life expectancy”.   Our biomechanical alignment, encompassing our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies, can sustain our health and well being throughout our aging process—for

The Flow of Chi   The importance of ‘Breath’ is all around us.  It is the life force or ‘chi,’ ‘prana’ that begins at birth until it leaves our body at death.  Not only does it sustain our bodies but our homes, buildings, nature, all of our environment.  Breath is more important than either food or water; which we can live days without, but we can only survive minutes without oxygen.  The rich flow of chi within our body is equally as important as the proper flow of chi surrounding us in our homes, offices and environment.   In

            Lila The value of fun and the power of playfulness. The truth is that life is fun. Playfullness is powerfully transformative, healing, and life giving. Lila is the playfull creation of life. In some of the Hindu mythologies, the universe is believed to born out of the playfulness of Bramah, the creator. In the Tantra yoga philosophy, it is the dance between Shiva and Shakti that continually creates, destroys, and sustains the universe. The value of fun can sometimes be overlooked. Think of the of the glory of uncontrollable laughter, humor in a