The Body
The Special Place: The Meaning of Vinyasa
My dad has a special way he likes to order when we are out at a restaurant. First, order your beer. Then, wait to order your food until it’s also time to order your second drink. I…
Pathfinding
Contributed by: Julie Peters
About Pathfinding
Yoga and mindfulness can be tools to living a richer, more meaningful life. Explore with Julie to discover pathways to a radiant heart, a clear mind, and a connected spirit.
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How to Be a Yogi and Still Read the News
It was a bad week for news. This week’s news made me feel angry, helpless, and sick. So what’s a good yogi to do? Focus on her breath and try to forget all about injustice?The Hind…
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Reclaiming Your Most Valuable Resource: Your Attention
Do you know where your phone is right now? If it beeps or vibrates, will you keep reading this or stop to check the notification? Of course you’ll stop and check. We all do it. In…
The Body
Yoga for Allergies Part 2: The Nervous System
A few years ago, I had a very annoying skin allergy. Wherever I scratched, my skin would bubble up: the condition is called Dermatographia, or “skin writing” in Latin.I could write…
The Body
Yoga for Allergies or Seasonal Colds
Here are four yoga postures that can really help your body deal with coughs, colds, and seasonal...
The Body
The Truth About Changing Your Habits
At the studio I run in Vancouver, we used to participate in 30-day challenges where you can sign up to complete 30 yoga classes in 30 days. The studio would be jammed with people, …
Three Tools for Managing Social Anxiety
When you are feeling stressed and anxious, what’s your strategy? If you’re like many of us, you head home to hide under your covers. What if I told you the cure was at the cocktail…
The Blood Moon and Your Fierce Face
Once upon a time, the great god Shiva and his beautiful consort Sati were having an argument. Her father was hosting a party and hadn’t invited the couple. Infuriated, Sati wanted …
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The Wisdom of Disconnection
Every now and then, I help facilitate a group of men who meets weekly to have conversations about what it means to be a man. It’s called Manology, and if I’m in the room, it’s prob…
The Body
Cultivating Intimacy Through Meditation
Intimacy is, at its essence, a practice of presence: showing up and paying attention, whether it...
About the Author
Julie Peters (MA, E-RYT, YACEP) has been practicing yoga and meditation for 25 years and ran Ocean and Crow Yoga Studio in Vancouver, BC, for more than a decade. She has written two books: Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase...