The True Key to Happiness: Peeing in the Pool
If you’ve ever wondered and searched with the greater population of the world for the true meaning of happiness, you’ve probably heard, at some point, that it’s some form of seva, …
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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The Season of Saraswati
Well, we’ve finally made it to March. Here in Vancouver, that means it’s still kind of cold and raining, but there are little shoots coming up under still-bare trees, and there are…
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Life Lessons from Yin Yoga, or, Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Yin yoga, in case you’ve never heard of it before, is a style of yoga in which you wiggle yourself into a pretty intense stretch and just try to relax there for five minutes or som…
The Body
Testing your Hippie Boundary: Reincarnation
I was once at a workshop about managing grief through yoga practice. I remember a girl in the back piping up and saying, “Sometimes you just need to discover that it’s pain from a …
Finding the Light in the Shadows: On Shri and Kali
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The Body
The Secrets of Your Core, or Why You Don't Need to Punch Your Yoga Teacher
The other day, my friend and yoga teacher Meghan Currie said to me about the core: "There's just this layer of energetic garbage around your core. You kind of have to burn through …
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Strengthening your warrior heart is about reacting with compassion and an open mind to those who disagree with you.
The Body
Enter the Goddess: Shiva Rea and the Divine Feminine
Living in the world with the goddess principle means a radical change.
The Body
Teach Me, Teacher(s)!
Classically, the yoga practice (physical asana yoga as well as the meditation and other practices) were passed down from a master to a student. Here in the West, yoga has come to m…
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Why You Should Resolve Not To Make Any New Year’s Resolutions
“There is a deranged hope that comes with the New Year that we are entering into a whole new...
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...