Want to know more about Yoga Teacher Training at NuPower? The most recent graduates of the 200 hour, the Fireflies, have shared their experiences to help you on your journey.
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In this season of distance and disconnectedness from others, explore the heart chakra and find ways to open or release blockages you may have.
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Learn ten of the most common yoga poses so you can walk into any yoga class with confidence!
A new year is a new beginning. It’ time to set our intentions clearly - in a way that is easy for you to maintain!
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Nasya is the Ayurvedic practice of lubricating the nasal passageway with herb-infused oil.
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Finding the right yoga mat is an important step when taking your yoga routine to the next level. There is nothing more annoying than slipping and sliding while trying to focus and find balance. After asking around and doing some research, I’ve narrowed it down to...
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Tongue scraping, or jihwa prakshalana, is a traditional part of Ayurvedic self-care and also a great way to check in with your body each morning.
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Dry brushing is exactly what it sounds like… brushing the skin with a dry brush, usually before showering.
In dry brushing, the skin is typically brushed toward the heart, starting at the feet and hands and brushing toward the chest.
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The art of a morning routine is known as Dinacharya. According to Ayurvedic Physician Dr Vasant Lad, B.A.M.&S., M.A.Sc., “Routine helps to establish balance in one's constitution. It also regularizes a person's biological clock, aids digestion, absorption and assimilation, and generates self-esteem, discipline, peace, happiness, and longevity”. Follow us on Instagram this week as we share about our Morning Routine’s!!
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I love summer, it’s one of my favorite seasons but every year my skin takes a major beating. Between mosquito bites and sunburns I’m ready for some relief. With the pitta seasons upon us it’s important to know how to treat and protect your skin during these hot summer months. Ayurveda can help your protect yourself against all of your skin problems that arise due to the pitta takeover.
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Lime Oil has long been known as a best friend for Pitta Humans and the Pitta months. Limes are cooling - which is exactly what we need in the summer months. Try these two Lime Oil infused recipes for your next Social Distancing Summer cook-out!
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This is the season of pitta, since pitta commonly resembles the characteristics of summer. Right now you could be suffering from aggravated pitta and not even realize it. We commonly walk through life with imbalances we are unaware of until they are fixed or brought to our attention. If you are noticing skin irritation, heat rashes, hyperacidity, or impatience then your pitta may be imbalanced. To help you beat the heat and keep yourself balanced I thought I’d send some diet suggestions for these hot pitta months!
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Have you ever had a hard time sticking with a goal? Especially a big one? Some goals tend to just live on as dreams in our journals pages. But we can change a dream into a goal with a little help from our friends.
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I never planned to teach a yoga class. Never.
Yet my 200 hour yoga teacher training program was like personal growth on steroids. A good training program can take our own yoga practice (which we love already) and turn it into a passionate love affair.
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Yoga inspired cooling waters for Summer heat. Try these Pitta season coolers created by our friends at Paavani Ayurveda. The summer season can aggravate a pitta dosha - and the rest of us as well! Cucumber, Lime, Mint and Watermelon to the rescue!
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This week’s blog was written by our beloved NuPower Teacher, Kim Whiteman. Kim is vulnerable and honest about the difficulties of quarantine. If you have been missing your routine and have felt disquieted in this season, we hope Kim’s words comfort you. You are not alone.
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Our minds can so easily become consumed by the waiting…waiting for our life to get back to what we consider to be “normal”. But what if we begin to shift our gaze and pivot our thoughts so that instead of focusing on and looking at this time as a waiting period, we begin to look at it as more of a formation period
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We all are getting through this one day at a time. We need to take the time to reflect and think deeply. Be intentional about your moments of reflection. It is easy to focus on our negative thoughts and worries. During the times when you stop and take inventory of your spirit, be kind to yourself. Journaling is a great way to practice this reflection and bring yourself back to gratitude. Here are five journal prompts you can use during quarantine to recenter.
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Practicing at home is an adjustment. One of the things we miss most about our four walls (other than seeing all of your beautiful faces) is the ability to leave stress at the door and focus on yoga. Keeping up with yoga at home is challenging because you are not able to be away from the distractions, especially if you have kids or are working from home. But we have never needed our homes to be a place where we can rest more than this season. Here are three tips for how to successfully practice yoga at home.
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During this unprecedented quarantine, many of us are starting to work from home for the first time in our careers. This is a shift that is forcing many of us to flex some new muscles. Our lovely Studio Assistant, Tiffany, has been working from home for several months and has become an expert. She kindly wrote a special blog filled with her best tips & tricks for telework success.
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