Tag: yoga
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The Small Habit That Changed How My Body Handles Life (and Digestion)
I started belly breathing because I learned it in Ayurvedic school. Belly breathing is when you inhale slowly through your nose and let your belly expand, then exhale fully and let it soften so the belly should be moving, not the chest. What I didn’t realize at the time was how shallow my breathing had become day to day. Everything…
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Is Ayurveda Compatible With Muslim Life?
This is a question I get often. And the short answer is yes, they can coexist, as long as Ayurveda is approached as a health framework, not a belief system. Ayurveda, at its core, is not a religion. It doesn’t ask for worship, devotion, or spiritual allegiance. It’s an observational system, one that looks at how the…
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ClassPass, Yoga, and Finding My Calm in This City
Miami is loud, fast, colorful, chaotic, and distracting. Yoga is the opposite. It’s the only place where I’m not thinking about anything else, not my phone, not my to-do list, nothing. Just breath, heat, music, and movement. Lately I’ve been using ClassPass to hop around different yoga studios all over Miami, and honestly… it’s becoming…
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My Favorite Types of Yoga
I recently learned that Yoga is where my body feel safest. I move through different styles, looking for grounding, strength, balance, something that makes me feel more at home in my body. Hot yoga pulls me in first of course. The heat feels incredible. My muscles finally relax. For an hour, my body lets go…
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Honestly, Vanessa 