How to Deal with Negative People in Your Life
I'm very lucky, because my family have been very supportive of my spiritual path, although they have questioned me a little on the way. They were certainly surprised when I decided to pack up and go to India by myself, aged 24. When I became a vegetarian,...
How to Maintain Your Yoga Practice as the Seasons Change
I love getting up early in summer, getting on my mat first thing. In the beautiful summer weather it’s easy to feel really bendy and sweaty and get that detoxification going. Yoga practice in summer, especially outside, makes you feel so light and strong...
What to Do When You’ve Lost Your Inspiration
Let’s talk about how to overcome the loss of yoga inspiration… I’m a big believer that if you can make your yoga practice work for your real life, you’ll be able to practice for a lifetime. This is why I love to disrupt that whole conversation of “look at...
What I Learned from Getting Back on the Surfboard
This summer I went surfing. For the first time in eight years. After spending so long away, I was terrified. I’d made every excuse not to go back in the water; It was too cold, Too rough, I didn’t want to go alone. I booked some lessons and then didn’t...
Trust
Yoga isn’t always easy. We hit obstacles in our practice and struggle to get past them. To overcome these obstacles, it’s vital that we trust our teachers, something that is often overlooked in more casual yoga practice. That’s fine if you are just doing...
How to Survive in the Online World
Let's just call a spade a spade. The online world is not the happy cotton candy type of place that we want it to be. People say things in a really brazen way. They say things which they would never say if they were talking to you in person, face to face,...
Can You Be Rich and Spiritual?
Today's topic is one of yoga and money, and the relationship between the two, if there is one. Most people don't want to talk about it, but we're not like that. We are clear and courageous and we're going to ask some really important questions about money...
Guilt
Today’s topic is guilt. This subject is one that comes up a lot in the yoga philosophy courses I lead. It’s a lot even to say it, and you know exactly what I’m talking about; you decide to take a well earned day off and hit the beach. It’s 85 and sunny. You’re...
True Happiness
As a yoga teacher, people frequently remark that I must be happy all the time or never get angry, as if yoga is some sort of happy pill which instantly changes all the bad things into good. The truth is, yoga DOES act as a vehicle to find a greater sense of...
Debunking Myths of the Mind-Body Connection
I'm Sara Intonato, and today on the blog we are doing some myth busting on what the mind-body connection really is. My biggest gripe with the wellness community in general is that EVERYONE talks about the mind-body connection, but they do so in such an airy-fairy way,...