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Yogawoman San Francisco’s Premiere!

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The Dalai Lama is reported to have recently said, “The world will be healed by the western woman.” Personally, I’m willing to bet good money that that woman will be a yogini. Yoginis – yoga women – are the focus of an exciting new documentary, Yogawoman by Saraswati Clere, an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher, owner of the [...]

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The Poetry of Yoga

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The practice of yoga can be, clearly, many things: physical exercise, an exploration of one’s dharma, an expression of one’s spirituality. It has also seemed to me that yoga asana is also an artistic expression. Watching a roomful of yogins flow through a vinyasa, or an adept practitioner take a complicated pose, can be a [...]

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Yoga Tree Opens Berkeley Location: A Q & A with Tara Dale

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Fredo:  Hi Tara! Thanks for taking time to answer Bay Shakti’s questions about the new Yoga Tree Studio on Telegraph in Berkeley. Can you tell me a little bit about how this transition came to take place? Had Yoga Tree been looking to expand into the East Bay, or was it just a good opportunity? [...]

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On Lakshmi, Abundance, and Relationships

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I recently posted to my Facebook Wall, “Definitely time to start to cultivate a puja for Lakshmi.” This impulse arose from two things. The first was a significant anniversary in my life. Five years ago this month I moved to San Francisco from the East Bay to start a new chapter in my life after a very [...]

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Returning to the Heart

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Part of the backstory to Tony Giannetti’s teaching of the Mahabarata and our subsequent series of posts on the subject (the third and final installment is coming soon) is that, since he began this teaching arc, I’ve had the honor and the joy of being part of his process in refining the theme. Every Wednesday or [...]

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Kula as Guru?

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Back in July while I was at Wanderlust, I had an experience that has lingered with me.  While I was getting an acupuncture treatment by Dafna Laurie of Acupuncture on Site, I sat in a beautiful shaded pavilion, the warm mountain sun filtering in.  The sun warmed my skin and the cool mountain breeze kept [...]

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Bay Area Anusara Teachers: Leading the Way in Origin Magazine

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There’s a new magazine in the yoga space, Origin Magazine, which bills itself as “One source for Arts+Culture. Yoga. Music. Film. Technology. Sustainability+Organic Living.”  Their mission at Origin Magazine is: “To create a cohesive+connected Texas Art+Yoga Community that cross pollinates with West Coast and New York. We support an Art Community that Collaborates + Creates, bridging the gap between [...]

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