The 5 Steps to Meditation

Align the Spine Physically Notice where/how you are connected to the ground; whether resting on feet, or hips and legs, or even reclining Let your ears, shoulders, bottom ribs, highest point on hips, sitting bones (Potentially knees, ankles too) rest or balance in one line; imagine a plumb line descending from the very center of […]

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April 2020 Kunga Theme: Serving the Planet!

In honor of spring and Earth Day, April’s Kunga theme is serving our planet! Suggestions for inspiring your students: Taking your class outside if possible! Sun Salutations facing windows if possible Music with positive messages about the earth! Ex: What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong Earth Practice Theme – Hip Openers, Seated Periods of […]

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March 2020 Kunga Theme: 10 Minutes of Meditation

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” -Bruce Lee Our […]

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Why Do I Shake During Yoga?

Many of us have experienced seemingly random muscle tremors in the middle of a hard workout or yoga class. Often, it happens while holding a challenging pose or going through a difficult movement, but muscle shakes can also show up while we’re in a moment of relative rest — holding a relaxed position or breathing […]

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February 2020 Kunga Theme: Positive Music with Inspirational Messages

In this month’s Kunga Yoga classes we honor the great invisible yoga teacher of MUSIC! How does inspirational music relate to service!? It offers us many gifts. It has the ability to build community, spreads smiles from ear to ear, moves us to dance, laugh, sing along, and spread joy. Please enjoy the following quotes […]

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January 2020 Kunga Yoga Theme: Saucha-Cleanliness

Patanjali, considered to be the “Father Of Yoga” teaches the “Yamas & Niyamas” as the first two limbs of yoga’s eight limbed path in The  “Yoga Sutras.” The “Yamas” are taught as yogic practices that we observe towards others. The “Niyamas” are taught as yogic practices that we observe towards our self. The first Niyama […]

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December 2019 Kunga Theme: 10 Minutes of Savasana

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”  -Mohandas K. Gandhi Relaxation is one of the primary benefits of a hatha yoga practice, as well as one of the sweet gifts of life itself. When our body and mind are relaxed and at ease, we can function optimally, allowing a balanced, calm and harmonious […]

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November 2019 Kunga Theme: Expressing Gratitude through the NVC Model

The intention of this month’s Kunga theme is to learn to express gratitude using the model for appreciation within the methods of “Nonviolent Communication”.  Nonviolent Communication was developed by psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. The NVC model is a concrete set of tools that help us to manifest mindfulness in our lives. Practicing Nonviolent Communication relates […]

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