Yoga on the Mississippi
Jacqueline E. Oselen September 26, 2020
Memphis, Tennessee—named after the ancient Egyptian capital on the Nile—is the largest city on the Mississippi River. When it was founded in the 1800s, it
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Yoga is a Privilege
Shardé Salter August 20, 2020
It shouldn’t be only for the privileged. When I was growing up in the 1990s, I noticed that there were differences between the races that
On the Journey to Enough
Beth Gibbs July 16, 2020
“You are enough. You are so enough. It is unbelievable how enough you are.” — Quote from Mary Setrakian made famous by Sierra Boggess In
For the First Time, I Was Not the Only One
Nessie Johnson June 15, 2020
Last Spring 2019, I was invited by a friend to join her for an “urban yoga” class and vegan brunch in Tampa, Florida. I was
Teaching Yoga to Christians
Brooke Brimm April 18, 2020
While grocery shopping one day, I struck up a conversation with a woman who complained of back pain and spine compression. I invited her to
A Path to Something Greater
Dr. Gail Parker, Ph.D., C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP March 6, 2020
By some quirk of fate, 50 years ago, I stumbled across a yoga class being offered at my local art museum. (There were no yoga
Floored | Finding Support in Surrender
Tamara Cress February 8, 2020
A few years ago, a wave of events rippled into my life: A family member was diagnosed with a critical illness. Our home flooded. Our
The True Essence of Yoga
Stacee Johnson November 20, 2019
When I began attending yoga classes in 1998 I, like so many others, did so as a way to relieve stress. My high stress levels
Yoga on the Yard
Santiba Campbell / Tamara Jeffries September 20, 2019
When Paul Quinn College students arrived on campus in August 2019, one of the first things they did was meet with a counselor who assesses
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A Translinear Light
Tamara Jeffries, RYT-200 August 27, 2019
On August 27, jazz musician Alice Coltrane would have been 82 years old. She was a light in the music world but in the yoga
Creating the Spaces
We’ve Been Waiting For
Denise A. Alston, PhD, RYT-500 August 16, 2019
How many times have you been the only Black, male, older, rounder, physically limited, spiritually-focused, gay, trans, or otherwise ‘different’ student in a yoga class?
Representation Matters,
But Leadership Matters More
Tamara Jeffries, RYT-200 July 10, 2019
They caught shade last fall over their Jessamyn Stanley cover. The yoga community was thrilled so see our self-described “fat femme” sister on the cover —