balanced life yoga

Shasta signs off on Possibility 101 with a show design to help YOU create unlimited possibilities and magic in your life. You are invited to find out how good it can get!

Isn’t it unfair the way that life gets in the way of your practice? Whether you’re experiencing life challenges or pleasures, whether they’re large or small, they do have a habit of getting in the way of our time on the yoga mat or the meditation cushion.

Have you ever started your day out feeling great with lots of energy, a good appetite and a nice flat tummy…and then throughout the day as you eat what you think are healthy foods, your waistline begins to slowly expand until at the end of the day you are feeling tired and bloated and thinking “what the heck did I eat?”. The truth is it may not have been exactly what you ate, but how and when you ate it.

What’s your first thought when you wake up in the morning? You’ve probably heard it said that you can choose to start your day with ‘Good God, morning!’ or ‘Good…

I worked in a Health Food store for over four years, and I recall each year right after the holidays there would be a rush of customers who would come…

Like me you probably have a closet full of clothes and no matter how many outfits you have there is that one favorite that you always feel good wearing. It is your standby. Your go-to. Your I feel skinny, radiant and alive in this outfit outfit. You choose it purposefully because you feel and believe you look better in it. The world seems better when you are wearing it. People are nicer to you. You are nicer to them. You get better treatment and exude a confidence or je ne sais quoi when you have it on.

As if there is not enough pressure to conform to what others expect of us, to line up to the models set out in society and fall in line with the roles we play, in the spiritual community we are often called to negate the personality as well. It can all be so confusing and tiring.

Imagine being ok with whatever is happening – to want what life wants. Wanting what life wants is to be in the flow. Wanting what life wants means to be…

How do you measure success? How do you measure a day? How will you measure your life? We often seem to measure success by financial wealth but there are other…

I attended an asana class recently and was touched by a traditional yoga story that my teacher shared with us at the end of practice. It went something like this:…

So how can we fuel ourselves properly to help move through our practice with steadiness and ease?

Does your heart light your path through life? Here’s a practical example of how yoga and meditation can radically change your outlook and your experience of today. Although many of…

As an adult I worry about my family, my children, my health, the health of my family and friends, money, being a good friend, wife, daughter and of course being a good mother.

As a new mom, I have experienced first hand the post partum benefits of pre natal yoga, breath work and asana. I was a dedicated yogi before and all through…

Finding our potential is not as easy or obvious as it sounds. If you have been fortunate in life someone has encouraged you, guided you to listen to your inner voice or to speak your own truth.

Backbends are energizing, open hearted postures that help us overcome obstacles, accept new challenges and move fearlessly into the future. They are great to start off a new year! If…

Beginning in February is a great month for opening the heart space and sharing your love. With Valentines’ Day just behind us, we can continue to tune into anahata chakra…

I use to become so angry when I read about women’s history especially the witch hunts and witch burnings that killed over 5 million of us women that I felt revenge in my bones. A friend of mine suggested that perhaps there was something about those events that I did not understand or that having those feelings was a great opportunity to feel anger and then decide to heal anyway. This was a great opportunity to be love in the face of hate.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland So an interesting thing happened this week. A student forwarded us a copy…