Holiday time gets such a bad rap for being stressful and intense – it’s almost a cliché now to expect newsletters, blogs, and yoga class themes to target holiday anxiety this time of year. And it’s understandable. Being around family…
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We gathered some of our favorite things, ready for the gifting! At Vesselify, we love products that are good for people and good for the planet. Enjoy our Gift Guide 2021 for some inspiration for those you gift for, or…
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Ahhhh, the holidays are here again. If you teach yoga, the pressure is on to help students ease their way through the ups and downs of the season with relevant class themes. For those of you newer to teaching, this…
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Ever since I started teaching, I’ve prioritized what I put into my body so I can best be of service during long hours of travel, preparing classes, and teaching. For this reason, I’ve been obsessed with superfoods for as long…
Continue Reading.Discomfort in your low back or hip? Learn how to practice the “yoga diaper” in this *very flattering* video…all you need is a yoga strap! This technique is a favorite in our yoga therapeutics modules and a great way to…
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There’s a lot going on in the world right now. Record-breaking temperature highs can be found across the globe. The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed. Deadly hurricanes are becoming more common and more intense. Our soil is becoming desecrated. Forest…
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For as long as I can remember, in countless yoga classes and workshops, I’ve needed to demonstrate chaturanga. Yoga teachers, do you relate? I would cringe seeing the rounded upper backs and strained shoulders repeated over and over with each…
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I recently went to a new chiropractor and learned that the path into his career was largely inspired by a yoga teacher. He casually mentioned how this yoga teacher saved his life by referring him to chiropractic care, and…
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Have you heard our big news? 90 Monkeys is now…Vesselify School of Yoga! You may have heard me mention the word “vesselify” in classes. It’s a word I created about 12 years ago to describe a flow state created by…
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As a teacher busy with planning classes, traveling to and from studios, teaching public classes and privates, balancing home life, and the addictive demands of the constant social media “feed”, it has become increasingly difficult to make time for…
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You have a yoga email list. You’re ready to blog or send out an email. You know it’s important. You know your people want to hear from you. You know there are things you want to talk about. Problem is,…
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Writing has become an integral part of being a yoga teacher – we’re not just in the classroom anymore, we’re online, on social media and in print. Whether it be your blog, an Instagram post, or an article for a…
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By Lori Snyder It’s a fairly safe bet that no one ever woke up and thought, “Hey, I love to write! I think I’ll become a yoga teacher!” In fact, for the vast majority of teachers who start to build…
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This past week I took down the last of the decor from my yoga teacher pity party. I spent my summer feeling anxious, angry, and negative and quite frankly it was exhausting. However, for whatever reason, changing always seems so…
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We loved this Instagram post from our most recent Innovative Teaching Methodology Module graduate, @rebekahboatrite, which put in to words what many of us were feeling after the weekend: Serious brain dump about to happen here so don’t say I…
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