yogi’s guide to public health: tapas
There's probably not a lot we need to tell you about discipline right now, but tapas is the third niyama or observance laid out in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, so we'll…
real talk: bex urban
Join us for our first-ever live online event: a conversation with beloved Bay Area yoga teacher Bex Urban. We'll be talking home practice, staying resilient while staying home and other…
yogi’s guide to public health: santosha
The second niyama or observance is santosha or contentment. Alternately understood as a state of being satisfied. Here's an understatement: it's challenging to feel satisfied with life as it is…
yogi’s guide to public health: saucha
Welcome to the Niyamas: the second limb of yoga as described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The Yamas offered us a set of five restraints, things to stop doing. Important to…
yogi’s guide to public health: review of the yamas
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as a guide for living during COVID-19. Graphic above is a quick recap of our first five blogs, covering each of the five Yamas, or…
yogi’s guide to public health: aparigraha
It's almost as if Patanjali saw this moment coming. And if the yogic siddhis are all they're purported to be, it's quite possible he did... Aparigraha, the fifth and final…
yogi’s guide to public health: brahmacharya
The first three yamas, or ethical restraints, of the Yoga Sutras typically meet with little resistance from the modern western audience. No harming, no lying, no stealing? No problem. Things…
yogi’s guide to public health: asteya
The interconnectedness of humanity -- which we believe is a good thing -- has never been more certain than with the outbreak of COVID-19. It's powerful to recognize and powerful…
hyde-approved home practices
Here's our initial round up of online classes we'd love to take. How many of our work-from-home hours can we put towards "market research"... Hmmm.... Some are paid (see the…
yogi’s guide to public health: satya
Patanjali's second instruction on the path of yoga is satya, or truth telling. One of the more comprehensive translations of satya we've heard also includes: not giving any impression other…