In today's fast-paced world, it is very common to feel overwhelmed by the demands of life. The constant hustle and bustle, the never-ending to-do lists, and the pressures of modern society can all contribute to heightened levels of anxiety. If you're looking for a natural way to reduce anxiety and regain your inner peace, look no further than yoga.
Read MoreAs summer's scorch engulfs us, rising temps don't merely affect our skin's comfort – they also have a significant impact on our nervous system. The nervous system is responsible for regulating our body functions and maintaining balance. It faces some serious challenges when we are placed in extreme heat. In this blog post, we'll delve into the intriguing relationship between soaring temperatures and their effects on our physical & mental health.
Read MoreWe know a hot room feels icky at first and then your heart starts pumping, the sweat starts pouring and you get into the flow zone quickly as your body heads into fight or flight to regular your breath and movement in class. Leaving feels great because guess what you survived, and you have this wonderful feeling of stepping out of the sauna and into our AC controlled cars and homes. Why would you not heat a room?
I will tell you lots of why’s. At BE our teachers trained & educated through certified schools heavily focused in anatomy. This matters because like a personal trainer we understand the mechanics of the body and how to use breath and muscle activation to create a healthy heat and cultivate strength from the inside out.
Read MoreWe are SOOO cyclical, once we reach our “goal” we tend to say “tomorrow, next week” until our achieved goal is in the past and we have to work hard ALL over to get back. Why do we do this in our movement and mindfulness journey? We have a eight letter work for you HOLIDAYS - Well we have some why’s that pop up too:
I FEEL great! My routine can wait until tomorrow because I have this BIG project.
I just want to relax, I did all the hard work and I am here so I am good now.
Vacation, vacation, vacation.
Unfortunately this is the WRONG approach and I will tell you why… discipline. It’s a unsexy word because it’s work and aren’t you worth the effort?
Read MoreLet me start by sharing my journey with meditation. First, I hated it. Even throughout yoga teacher training I would get sweaty, itchy and ALL uncomfortable when it was “time” to meditate and guys I paid money for someone to create time for me to sit on a mat and meditate. So, what was the blockage I was experiencing?
Read MoreNeuroplasticity happens every moment of every day & relies on repetition of behavior whether it is positive or negative. Neuroplasticity relies on experience. When we engage in experiences that provide sensory, emotional and intellectual arousal and design a life that challenges us, we build neural connections that push us into high performance.
When one has lived with mental illness, your negative thought patterns become engraved. For example,
Read MoreI’ve had anxiety for as long as I can remember. One of my most vivid memories is being in my bedroom when I was 5 telling my dad that I couldn’t go to sleep because I was afraid the house would catch on fire. I grew up obsessing over being buried alive or dying suddenly. I slept with my hand over my heart so that I could feel if it stopped beating.
Read MoreIt’s hard to walk anywhere in Houston without passing a “hot yoga” studio. There are over 6,000 yoga studios in the United States, and more and more are either hot-specific studios, or are offering hot classes purported to “sweat away toxins” and “cleanse the body and mind.” What many people don’t realize is that practicing yoga in an overheated room hasn’t been shown to be any better than non-heated yoga classes, and in some ways can even be harmful.
Read MoreOur BE COMMUNITY class was created as a way for the new yoga teacher training grads that have been accepted into the mentorship program to showcase and get experience teaching to a room full of non-teachers. In our Yoga Teacher Training we give them plenty of experience teaching to other teachers and it is big part of growth for a teacher to teach to students of variety levels and body types.
Read MoreWe are SO excited to announce our BEYOGA Ambassador program! Meet our FOUR new ambassadors. This program is different than a traditional ambassador program and it is very exciting! As science is slowly catching up documenting all the benefits of yoga it is still a lengthy process, there is no magic pill!
Read MoreAs a yoga teacher I often get asked about what class would be best for a new student or a beginner student that has practiced a few times wants to know what is best for them. This is a trick question because it depends on you...that is right, Y - O - U. In a world where sales are everything and we are bombarded with information, how do we figure out what is really right for us?
Read MoreThe more you sweat, the better the workout, right? Um....nope, so NOT true.
We have all heard the more we sweat, the harder we are working and burning more calories, right?! This is NOT always the case. Some people may experience excessive sweating when completing small tasks, while others will barely break a drop from their forehead when running a few miles.
Read MoreWhy would you want to sign up for a registered Yoga Teacher Training?
Our top 8 reasons!
1. Cultivate your Voice (internal & external) - learn tools on how to communicate effectively with yourself and those around you, as a teacher and/or a human.
2. Find your Calm - discover new ways and techniques through practice to bring peacefulness through mindfulness techniques that work for you.
Read MoreIn our culture, there are a lot of times throughout our lives that we are told to set goals. In school, we have an expectation to make goals of certain grades or accolades. In our careers, we have certain goals set by our company, our bosses and ourselves. From birth, our doctors and parents have certain goals spoken as milestones to accomplish from height, weight to walking and talking. Goal setting is now a multi-million dollar industry from self-help books, talk shows to privately run goal-setting programs.
Read MoreOur yoga practice can be many things--time to reset, a workout, calming, energizing, meditative, self-care, etc. The great thing about giving ourselves the gift of yoga is that we can take what we learn and what we experience off the mat and into our lives around us. It can help us build equanimity to deal with stressful situations. It can create mindfulness and allow us to see ourselves in others. It can alleviate tension and pain, which makes us kinder and more easy going with others. The true gift of yoga--it keeps on giving in ways we can't even imagine!
Read MoreYin yoga is a slow, mindful practice that looks to target our joint space, fascia, and connective tissue instead of the muscles. Yin yoga uses less poses and longer holds to get deeper into the body and to help reset areas of the body used to bad habits (think bad posture, always seated, tight lower back, stiff knees and shoulders). This practice uses the healthy, mild to moderate stress of the poses over longer periods of time to produce results.
Read MoreFall is the season of transformation. We can see this all around us in nature: the leaves change, the air shifts and we harvest new vegetables and fruits for our dinner table. It is important that we change with the seasons also, adjusting our daily habits, yoga practice along with the food we cook and eat.
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