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Sep 13 2021

Kundalini Yoga Blog

Kundalini Yoga is a beautiful ancient practice dating back thousands of years. It’s the science of posture, breath, and sound medicine — strengthening your nervous system and glandular system so you can handle what life throws at you both literally and figuratively. Kundalini Yoga is often described as the technology of awareness — that through […]

Written by Website Administrator · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: kundalini, yoga, yogausc

Oct 11 2020

Part 2: Understanding Self: Ayurveda For Living in The World Today

The world we live in is no longer in balance. We are eating food “products” instead of whole foods. We are experiencing life as a stressful series of expectations, deadlines and never-ending tasks. Life is supposed to be a celebration of love and consciousness. Ayurveda states that perfect health is “a balance between body, mind, […]

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Aug 27 2020

Approaching Iyengar Yoga

Iyengar yoga is an alignment focused practice meant to facilitate the body’s connectedness to physical, mental, and emotional sensations. Iyengar Yoga is named for B. K. S. Iyengar (1918—2014). While this form of Hatha Yoga certainly is a form of exercise, it is as much a physical as it is a mental and spiritual practice. […]

Written by Nhat Ngo · Categorized: Blog

Aug 18 2020

Reclaiming Our Breath: An additional way to stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter through the practice of meditation.

As a nation, we often discuss racism, but rarely do we discuss how racism affects the health of our communities. Racism has mental, physical, emotional and spiritual effects on our society. Research shows that racism leads to anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue and symptoms similar to post traumatic disorder. In truth the heightened public display of […]

Written by Angelica Medina · Categorized: Blog

Aug 18 2020

How to Thrive in a Remote Campus Environment (From an Ayurvedic Perspective)

by Dr. Nibodhi Haas When USC returns in the fall, students will be faced with many challenges: more screen time, less exposure to sunlight, limited physical movement and less social support. Yoga and ayurveda can help. Ayurveda is a natural healing system considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science. Originating in India […]

Written by Angelica Medina · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Dr. Nibodhi Haas, thrive, usc

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