Yoga
Yoga for Stress, Anxiety and Better Sleep: Gentle Practices That Help
Yoga for stress, anxiety and better sleep: gentle breathing, restorative poses and yoga nidra to try tonight, and when to check in with your doctor first.
Revolution Yoga
The Journal
Stories, teachings and seasonal wisdom from Amanda DiGiovanna and the Revolution Yoga teachers: yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, teacher training, family life and living lightly on the earth.
Kids and Family
Yoga for Kids at Home and in the Studio: Easy Poses, Games and Why It Helps
Easy kids yoga poses, breathing tricks and games to try at home, plus why yoga helps children with focus and calm. Kids classes in Rockville Centre, NY.
Yoga
Yoga Membership vs Class Pack: Which Is Right for You?
Yoga membership vs class pack vs drop-in: how to choose based on how often you practice, what each includes, and the simple math to find your best value.
Kids and Family
Yoga Birthday Party Ideas for Kids: Themes, Games and Planning Tips
Yoga birthday party ideas for kids: fun themes, games and crafts by age, how to plan the day, and party packages at our Rockville Centre studio on Long Island.
Sustainable Living
Why We Stopped Practicing in Polyester (and What to Wear Instead)
What polyester is, why synthetic yoga clothes shed microfibers in the wash, how natural fibers feel in practice, and simple swaps for a less plastic wardrobe.
Kids and Family
Why We Choose Natural Wooden Toys (and What to Look For)
Why our family and our shop lean toward simple wooden toys, plus a practical checklist for choosing safe, well-made natural toys your kids will actually use.
Teacher Training
Why Take a Yoga Teacher Training, Even If You Never Plan to Teach
Many people join a 200-hour yoga teacher training with no plan to teach. Here is what they get out of it, and how to tell if it's the right time for you.
Yoga
Why Take a Private Yoga Class? Benefits, Who It's For and What to Expect
Why take a private yoga class? The real benefits of one-on-one yoga, who it helps most, what a first session looks like, and home vs studio sessions.
Yoga
What to Expect in Your First Yoga Class (and How to Feel Ready)
What to expect in your first yoga class: what to wear and bring, when to arrive, studio etiquette, and how modifications work. A friendly beginner's guide.
Teacher Training
What to Do After Yoga Teacher Training: How New Teachers Gain Confidence
What to do after yoga teacher training: how new teachers build confidence, get real teaching experience, find mentorship, and why an apprenticeship can help.
Teacher Training
What You Actually Learn in a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
A module-by-module look at what you study in our 200-hour yoga teacher training, from anatomy and philosophy to practice teaching, kids yoga and business.
Yoga
What Is a Yoga Workshop, and Is It Worth Going To?
What is a yoga workshop and how is it different from a regular class? The kinds of workshops, who they're for, what to expect and how to pick your first one.
Ayurveda
What Is a Yoga Life Coach? How Yoga, Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology Guide Coaching
What is a yoga life coach? How yogic coaching blends yoga philosophy, Ayurveda and Vedic astrology into practical guidance, and who it helps most.
Yoga
What Is a Sound Bath and What Does It Feel Like?
What is a sound bath, and what does it feel like? What happens during one, the instruments used, how to prepare, and where to find sound baths on Long Island.
Teacher Training
What Is a 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, and Do You Need One?
What is a 300-hour yoga teacher training, who is it for, and do you need one? What you study, how it leads to RYT-500, and how to know if you're ready for it.
Yoga
What Is Vinyasa Yoga? A Beginner-Friendly Explanation
What is vinyasa yoga? What the word means, what a vinyasa flow class feels like, how it compares to hatha and yin, and how to know if flow is right for you.
Yoga
What Is Thai Yoga Bodywork? What to Expect From a Session
What is Thai yoga bodywork? How this clothed, floor-based practice of assisted stretching and acupressure works, what to wear, and how to book a session.
Yoga
What Is Sadhana? How to Build a Daily Spiritual Practice
What is sadhana? The meaning of this Sanskrit word, what a daily spiritual practice can look like, how to start one at home, and free texts to begin with.
Yoga
What Is Kirtan? A Beginner's Guide to Call and Response Chanting
What is kirtan? A beginner's guide to call and response chanting: where it comes from, what happens at a kirtan, what to bring, and why you needn't sing well.
Yoga
What Is Donation-Based Yoga? How Pay-What-You-Can Classes Work
What is donation-based yoga? How pay-what-you-can classes work, how much to give, who they're for, and where donations go at our Rockville Centre classes.
Ayurveda
What Is Ayurveda? A Simple Introduction to Yoga's Sister Science
What is Ayurveda? A simple introduction to yoga's sister science: the three doshas, daily routine, seasonal living, and what a consultation is like.
Yoga
What Happens in a Reiki Session? A First-Timer's Guide
What happens in a Reiki session? What Reiki is, what it feels like, how a session flows from start to finish, and how to book Reiki in Rockville Centre.
Yoga
What Happens at a Yoga Retreat? A Simple Guide for First-Timers
What happens at a yoga retreat? A typical day, what's included, whether beginners belong, what to pack, and how to choose between a day retreat and a week away.
Teacher Training
What Does a Sound Healer Do? And How to Become One
What does a sound healer do? The instruments, what a session or sound bath involves, the skills that matter, and how to train with no musical background.
Yoga
What Does Acupuncture Feel Like? A First-Timer's Guide
What does acupuncture feel like? How the needles feel, what happens in a first session, how to prepare, and how acupuncture can support your yoga practice.
Kids and Family
The Benefits of Prenatal Yoga for Body, Breath and Birth Prep
The benefits of prenatal yoga in plain English: easing common aches, building steadiness, calming breath, rest and gentle birth prep, plus classes near you.
Yoga
Restorative Yoga vs Yin Yoga: What's the Difference?
Restorative yoga vs yin yoga: both are slow and still, but they feel very different. How each one works, who it suits, and how to pick the right class.
Teacher Training
RYT-200 vs RYT-500: What's the Difference for Yoga Teachers?
RYT-200 vs RYT-500 explained in plain English: what each yoga teacher designation means, how you earn them, and whether the extra 300 hours are right for you.
Kids and Family
Postnatal Yoga: When to Start and What to Expect
Postnatal yoga: when to start after birth, why medical clearance comes first, pelvic floor and diastasis awareness, and what to expect when you bring baby.
Kids and Family
Open-Ended Play: Why Simple Toys Build Bigger Imaginations
What open-ended play is, why simple toys like blocks, figures and art supplies hold kids' attention longer, and easy ways to encourage it at home.
Teacher Training
Online or In Person? How to Choose the Right 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Trying to choose between an online and in-person 200-hour yoga teacher training? An honest look at the tradeoffs, costs and questions to ask before you enroll.
Kids and Family
Montessori-Inspired Toys by Age: A Simple Guide From Birth to 3 Years
A stage-by-stage guide to Montessori-inspired toys from birth to 3 years: what your child is working on at each age and a few simple natural toys to match.
Kids and Family
Mommy and Me Yoga: What It Is and Why Toddlers Love It
What is Mommy and Me yoga? A playful class for ages 2 to 5 with a parent or caregiver: songs, games and movement, what to bring, and why toddlers love it.
Kids and Family
Less Is More: How to Set Up a Calm, Montessori-Inspired Play Space at Home
How to set up a calm, Montessori-inspired play space at home with low shelves, fewer toys and simple rotation, so kids play longer and cleanup gets easier.
Yoga
Is Yoga Good for Back Pain? A Gentle, Honest Guide
Is yoga good for back pain? When gentle yoga can help, when to see a doctor first, poses that often feel good, and how to practice safely with an ache.
Kids and Family
Is Prenatal Yoga Safe? What to Know in Each Trimester
Is prenatal yoga safe? A gentle trimester-by-trimester guide: what to modify, poses to skip, warning signs to stop, and why to check with your OB first.
Yoga
Is Online Yoga as Good as In-Studio Yoga? An Honest Comparison
Is online yoga as good as in-studio yoga? An honest look at the pros of each, when livestream or on demand works best, and how to get more from home practice.
Teacher Training
How to Teach Yoga to Kids: A Simple Guide for Teachers and Parents
How to teach yoga to kids: how to structure a class, adapt it for each age, keep children engaged with games and stories, and where to train as a kids teacher.
Teacher Training
How to Teach Postnatal Yoga: What Every Teacher Should Know
How to teach postnatal yoga safely and kindly: recovery after birth, core and pelvic floor care, mom and baby classes, and training to support new mothers well.
Sustainable Living
How to Choose a Yoga Mat: Materials, Thickness and Grip Explained
How to choose a yoga mat: natural materials like cork and rubber, how thick a mat should be, grip, size and care, plus props that make a home practice easier.
Teacher Training
How to Become a Yin Yoga Teacher: Training, Skills and What to Expect
How to become a yin yoga teacher: the training you need, what you'll study, the skills that matter most, and how to learn yin at your own pace from anywhere.
Teacher Training
How to Become a Restorative Yoga Teacher (and Why It Takes More Skill Than You Think)
How to become a restorative yoga teacher: the training, the prop and nervous system skills you need, and how to study restorative yoga online at your own pace.
Teacher Training
How to Become a Meditation Teacher: A Step-by-Step Path
How to become a meditation teacher: build your own practice, choose a meditation certification, learn to guide others, and where meditation leaders can teach.
Teacher Training
How to Become a Certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher
How to become a certified prenatal yoga teacher: what a prenatal training covers, the Yoga Alliance path, who can take it, and how to study online at your pace.
Yoga
How Often Should You Do Yoga to See Results?
How often should you do yoga to see results? An honest answer from a studio owner: why consistency beats intensity, and how to build a routine you can keep.
Kids and Family
How Do Kids Benefit From a Children's Yoga Class?
How do kids benefit from a children's yoga class? Focus, body awareness, calm, confidence and friendship, plus what a class for ages 5 to 10 looks like.
Yoga
Gentle Yoga for Beginners: Where to Start When You're New or Stiff
Gentle yoga for beginners: what a gentle class is like, simple poses to try at home, how to start if you're stiff or out of practice, and which class to try.
Yoga
Corporate Yoga: The Benefits for Teams and How It Works
Corporate yoga benefits for teams: stress relief, focus and connection, plus how on-site and studio programs work for Long Island offices and businesses.
Teacher Training
Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers: How to Keep Growing After Your 200-Hour
Continuing education for yoga teachers: what to study after your 200-hour, how to pick topics that help your classes now, and short trainings to start today.
Yoga
Chiropractic Care and Yoga: Do They Work Well Together?
Chiropractic care and yoga: how they work together, what a chiropractic visit involves, when to see a chiropractor, and how to practice yoga between visits.
Ayurveda
A Simple Fall Ayurveda Routine for Vata Season
Feeling scattered, dry or wired this fall? A simple Ayurvedic routine for Vata season with warm foods, oil massage, steady rhythms and cozy herbal teas.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The One You Feed
Amanda on attention as nourishment: the Cherokee tale of two wolves, the two birds of the Upanishads, and stepping back far enough to see and choose.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Next Rung of the Ladder
When the storm feels endless, Amanda turns to the Bhagavad Gita: moha, dharma and the witness within, and why we only ever need to reach for the next rung.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Worm and the Hook
When life turns unpredictable, Amanda shares her teacher's fish-and-hook analogy for avidya and raga, and asks what the unexpected is shifting us toward.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Joy Will Find Her Way In
Amanda on welcoming the whole family of emotions, releasing older versions of ourselves and each other, and the steadiness that lets real joy return.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: You Attract What You Are
What do the yogis say about love? Amanda explores polarity, Ida and Pingala, and how inner balance turns relationships into mirrors rather than battlegrounds.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Life We Believe We Deserve
Amanda on self-worth, the unconscious mind and the nervous system, and how yoga helps us accept the life we truly desire as a new year begins.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Every Emotion Is a Tool
As the year closes, Amanda reflects on emotions as movements of prana and teachers of dharma, and how allowing rather than gripping turns them into superpowers.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Gratitude and Seva
Amanda on how gratitude overflows into seva (selfless service), with a message from teacher Lisa Braun and the story of Krishna and his childhood friend Sudama.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Good and the Pleasant
Amanda on decision fatigue and the yogic pairing of discernment (viveka) and non-attachment (vairagya): learning to choose what is good over what is pleasant.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Satya, When Truth Observes You
Amanda explores satya (truthfulness) in its many layers, from not speaking a lie to recognizing the eternal, blissful truth of who we really are.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Taste the Salt of Your Own Being
Through the Chandogya Upanishad story of Svetaketu and the salt, Amanda explores our urge to control the outer world, and tapas as the path back to inner peace.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Sacred Initiations
When her 20-year-old car gave out under a full moon, Amanda sensed a larger shift. A letter on contraction before expansion and staying steady in change.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Freedom Is a State of Mind
The story of a man who found freedom inside a jail cell, and what it teaches about frequency, inner states and why our outer reality mirrors our inner one.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Teacher Is in the Trigger
Explaining Hammurabi's Code to a 7-year-old leads Amanda to svadhyaya (self-study), unconditional love, and why peace of mind is worth more than hitting back.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Patience Learned from the Earth
The sage Dattatreya called the Earth one of his greatest teachers. Amanda reflects on tapas, the discipline to stay present in discomfort, on and off the mat.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Love Everyone and Tell the Truth
A Buddhist monk's story of an enlightened newborn leads Amanda to unconditional love and samana, equal vision of all beings, as the path to lasting peace.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Guardrails for a Peaceful Mind
Starting the new year with the basics: Amanda on ahimsa and satya, the yogic guardrails that keep the mind peaceful, and her vision for the eight limbs in 2025.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Impurities Rising to the Surface
Amanda uses the Vedic image of making ghee to describe a world in transformation, and why showing up to practice now serves not just ourselves but humanity.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Serenity Is Contagious
A line from Satchidananda's Yoga Sutras that Amanda often needs herself: we can be serene even in the midst of calamities, and serenity is contagious.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Joint of the Seasons
Where hot and cold meet, storms follow, inside and out. Amanda on supporting the body through seasonal change with rest, decluttering, journaling and practice.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Your Own Dharma, Imperfectly
Amanda on projection, tracing reactions back to their roots, and the Gita's teaching that it is better to do your own duty imperfectly than another's perfectly.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: There Is No Ground
Amanda on the loneliness of struggle, getting comfortable in groundlessness, and how developing the inner world turns life's free fall into joy and presence.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Let Love Lead with Intention
All the Vedic stories boil down to one question: what is the intention behind what you do? Amanda on presence, conscious choice and letting love lead.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Building the Village Together
As Revolution Yoga nears its 14th year, Amanda shares how the studio will stay accessible: donation classes, scholarships, bartering and self-sufficiency.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: What Are We Pouring into the Rice?
Three jars of rice, spoken to with love, hate or nothing at all. Amanda on sankalpa (intention) and how our attention shapes our bodies, minds and lives.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Change the Root, Change the Tree
Lessons from Amanda's backyard orchard: what we feed the roots shapes the fruit. On nourishing an open heart by leaning in rather than resisting what is.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: You Are Love Already
Amanda on turning our guidance system inward, releasing the roles we play, and remembering that love is not something to find but what we already are.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Float on the River
Old videos stirred a wish that nothing would change. Amanda on the illusion of permanence, the river of discomfort and Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender).
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: One Stone at a Time
“The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” Amanda on persistence, patient practice and reaching big dreams one day at a time.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Getting Unstuck
Amanda on how unprocessed emotions get stuck in the body, and how asana and pranayama help us feel again, release the past and deepen our inner healing.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Honor the Transitions
Life seen from a speeding car is a blur. Amanda invites us to slow down this fall and honor the transitions: between postures, breaths, thoughts and seasons.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: As Above, So Below
As autumn's windy vata energy arrives, Amanda shares how Ritucharya (daily ritual), grounding food and daily asana keep body and mind balanced through the fall.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Remembering Who We Truly Are
Amanda on Maya and the drift away from truth: how the mind fills in the pieces, and how every practice becomes a way of remembering who we truly are.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Not Grounded, Planted
Real life unfolds slowly. Amanda on the patience yoga cultivates, relishing the process, and realizing that when life holds us still, we have been planted.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: A Drop of Water
Swami Vivekananda's image of a drop of water becoming a pearl leads Amanda to association, social contagion and the shelter of a community striving for peace.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: It All Happened for You
Amanda on reframing the past as a positive catalyst: none of it happened to you, all of it happened for you, and yoga helps us assign it a new meaning.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: It Is What It Is
Reading Winnie the Pooh with her daughter, Amanda notices Eeyore's “why me” mode, and asks how we fortify body and mind for forces we can't control.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Tempering the Spice of Life
Ayurveda balances fiery spices with cooling ones. Amanda asks how we temper the spicy and the dull parts of life so we can digest our experiences into wisdom.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Knowing the Road Ahead
Amanda on why yoga philosophy feels like a map: understanding the predictable path of life helps us suffer less, accept more and walk the road with confidence.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Reach into the Honey Pot
Looking at honey won't give you its sweetness. Amanda on moving from passive observer to active participant in our own growth: yoga as integrity in action.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Love Is the Opposite of Fear
In the heat of August, Amanda explores fear as the root of hatred, emotions as something the body must digest, and the daily choice to act from love, not fear.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Armed with Yoga
Nothing is good or bad; it is how we use it. Amanda on anger, the false ego (ahamkara) and how yoga arms us to meet our emotions with presence and integrity.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The True “I” Is Unbroken
“I am stressed” or “my body/mind vehicle is stressed”? Amanda on the unchanging true self, and why the nervous system needs daily upkeep through practice.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Community Heals
After years of intensity in the world, Amanda shares how yoga, meditation and new healing circles help us process the darkness and move toward the light.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: New Cones to See With
Spring, the reticular activating system and the stories that keep us small. Amanda on how yoga reshapes the mind to see what was in front of us all along.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Gems Inside the Rock
A story about hidden emeralds leads Amanda to the path of mastery: breaking open, the raw first shift, and the patient polishing of whatever we're creating.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Walking Each Other Home
Amanda on the boxes and labels we place on others and ourselves, and how yoga asks us to see each being as they are: a teacher, walking us home.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Candle of Hope
A children's story of four candles (Peace, Faith, Love and Hope) and Amanda's reminder that the inner flame can never go out, and can light countless others.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: More Tolerant Than a Tree
At the close of 2020, Amanda sees exhaustion in everyone's eyes and names the lesson of the long haul: tolerance, patience and presence, as steady as a tree.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: This Is Not Your Practice Life
In a year that felt like a waiting game, Amanda invites us to make joy intentional through ritual and feed the soul's hunger for beauty, creation and presence.
Yoga
The Sweetness of Surrender
What if surrender is not defeat but a gift? Teacher Meghan Henderson on the yogic meaning of surrender, from childhood memories to the yoga mat.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: The Path You Were Meant For
Six months of closure, a yoga sutra every morning and a community that held together: Amanda's gratitude as Revolution Yoga prepared to reopen in 2020.
Yoga
Between the Head and the Heart: Exploring the Throat Chakra
The throat chakra, Vishuddha, sits between the head and the heart. Explore its symbolism, anatomy and a simple practice for listening and speaking truly.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Anti-Racism Work Is Yoga Work
Amanda on samana (equal vision of all beings), teaching the whole of yoga, and why anti-racism work is yoga work, written in the summer of 2020.
Yoga
Beyond Spiritual Bypassing: The True Meaning of Compassion
Yoga does not ask us to look away from suffering. Why spiritual bypassing misses the point, and how karma yoga calls us toward compassion in action.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Devotion in Hard Times
Early in the pandemic, Amanda maps Maslow's hierarchy of needs onto the chakras and offers three practices for moving through collective trauma.
Yoga
Spiritual Devotion: Finding Bhakti Yoga
Teacher Mackenzie Truman came to yoga for a beach body and found bhakti, the yoga of devotion. What devotion means and how it grows from the mat outward.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Let This Be a Cocoon
Years of running a business taught Amanda that chaos precedes growth. In April 2020 she offers presence as the tool that turns this painful time into a cocoon.
Yoga
Grief, Love and 2020 Vision
Teacher Adriana Garcia on losing her dog, grieving her father and finding a reservoir of love underneath it all. A reflection on grief as a doorway to healing.
Yoga
A Powerful Mind: What Three Years of Daily Planks Taught Me About Meditation
Teacher Pamela Concannon planked every day for three years and discovered concentration, drishti and the yoga sutras' path to a calm, powerful mind.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Master of the Mind
The mind makes a terrible master and a wonderful servant. Amanda on building concentration so we can lead with wisdom instead of fear, as strange times began.
Yoga
How's Your Karma Treating You? Understanding Karma in Yoga Philosophy
Karma is more than payback. Meredith Zelman Narissi unpacks karma as action, desire and intention, and what Patanjali's sutras say about true freedom.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Burning the Seeds of Karma
From her garden, Amanda explores karma through the humble seed: samskaras planted in the mind, the cycles they create, and how meditation burns the seeds.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Getting Sober from Maya
For the new decade, Amanda reflects on the many reincarnations within one lifetime and why a spiritual bucket list outlasts every material resolution.
Yoga
Switching the Bracelet: Sattva and the Practice of Criticizing No One
A swami switched his bracelet every time he criticized someone. Amanda DiGiovanna on sattva, rajas, tamas and filling the mind with goodness instead.
Yoga
More Tolerant Than a Tree, More Humble Than a Blade of Grass
Our culture pushes us toward extremes. Amanda DiGiovanna on tolerance, humility and the yamas and niyamas as guardrails that keep the soul on the road.
Studio News
Letter from Amanda: Transformation Through Loss
At the close of the decade, Amanda reflects on AUM, the cycle of the doshas and why nothing new can come together unless other things fall away.
Ayurveda
The Energy of the Day: An Ayurvedic Daily Rhythm
Ayurveda divides the day into vata, pitta and kapha hours. Amanda DiGiovanna shows how to build a daily rhythm around them, with a simple planning chart.
Yoga
Training for Sainthood: The Yogi Has No Enemies
The Srimad Bhagavatam teaches that the yogi holds no enmity, even toward those who hate them. Amanda DiGiovanna on emptying your enemy box for good.
Ayurveda
Cooling Off With Compassion: Balancing Pitta in Summer
Summer is pitta season: hot days, short tempers. Melissa Boo shares cooling yoga poses, breathwork, foods and scents to soften judgment and anger.
Ayurveda
Dealing With Anger Through Ayurvedic and Yogic Principles
Why tempers flare in summer, and how Ayurveda and yoga cool the fire. Amanda DiGiovanna on pitta, anger, cooling foods and living as if all is on loan.
Ayurveda
The Space Between: Transitions and Vulnerability
Ayurveda sees life's transitions, from postpartum to seasonal change, as vulnerable joints where deep healing can happen. How to meet them with self-care.
Yoga
Finding Balance: Giving, Self-Care and a Silent Retreat
After a year of grief and codependency, Christina M. Rau went on a silent retreat and heard that giving is the path to joy. Here is how she found balance.
Yoga
Sankalpa: Setting an Intention That Carries You Through
Teacher Adriana Garcia on how a sankalpa, a heartfelt intention set at the end of practice, carried her through divorce and hardship toward freedom.
Yoga
Finding Gratitude in the Dark
Gratitude for sunrises is easy. SueJean Naglieri explores the harder practice: finding gratitude in pain and adversity, patiently and only when ready.
Yoga
Leave It at the Stream: What Are You Carrying?
A teacher carries a stranger across a stream and lets it go. His student stews for hours. Jodi Langevin on noticing what we carry onto the yoga mat.
Yoga
Saucha: Purity as Nourishing Embodiment
Stephanie Naham on saucha, the niyama of purity: how a clear body and environment support a clear mind, plus simple ways to practice it every day.
Yoga
10 Yoga Poses You Might Be Doing Wrong (and How to Fix Them)
Common alignment mistakes in forward fold, plank, down dog, chaturanga, chair, triangle and more, with simple fixes from teacher Allison Dash.
Yoga
Peace Is a Practice: Simple Focusing Exercises for a Busy Mind
Peace is not found, it is practiced. Danielle Ging on anxiety, the mind we carry everywhere, and simple focusing exercises to take yoga off the mat.
Yoga
For the Love of Yoga: Shiva, Shakti and Sacred Relationships
Gabriella Tripodi on the difference between loving and owning, and how Shiva and Shakti teach us to nurture sacred relationships, with others and ourselves.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda for Cold and Flu Season: Prevention and Healing
Stay well through kapha season with Ayurveda: hygiene rituals, nasya, chyavanprash, a healing tea and a simple kitchari recipe from Amanda DiGiovanna.
Teacher Training
The Power of the Yamas and Niyamas
Before asana come the yamas and niyamas. SueJean Naglieri walks through all ten restraints and observances, and how to practice them on and off the mat.
Yoga
Traditions of Reconnection: An Autumn Practice of Renewal
Autumn invites completion and renewal. Melissa Boo on seasonal traditions, a personal retreat and releasing false identities to reconnect with your true nature.
Yoga
A Guide to the Seven Chakras: Qualities, Imbalances and Poses
A clear guide to the seven major chakras: element, sound, color, signs of balance and imbalance, and yoga poses to support each one, by Allison Dash.
Teacher Training
Freedom of Mind: My Path Through Anxiety and Depression to Yoga
Teacher Allison Dash shares how therapy taught her the power of the mind, and teacher training the power of the soul, on the road to yogic freedom.
Yoga
How Do You Divine Love? Bhakti, Radha and Krishna
From a playground wedding at age seven to the love story of Radha and Krishna, Cali Pulice explores bhakti yoga and the practice of divine love.
Yoga
Shiva and Shakti: Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energy
Lisa Braun on Shiva and Shakti, the ida and pingala nadis, and yoga poses, breathwork and community practices to balance masculine and feminine energy.
Yoga
Saucha for the Messy Among Us: Letting Go of Emotional Clutter
Bec Gathmann-Landini confesses she is an emotional hoarder. A funny, honest take on saucha, purity, as clearing out the mental mess we no longer need.
Yoga
Pranayama: Your Breath as a Tool for Anxiety
Holding your breath in a hard pose? Gabriella Tripodi explains pranayama, how shallow breathing feeds anxiety, and how a slow breath brings you back.
Yoga
Reality as a Reflection of the Heart
As she changed on the mat, Renata Langer watched her community change too. A reflection on sangha, co-creating our reality and loving each other whole.
Yoga
Finding Your One-Pointed Focus in Winter
Winter pulls us to hibernate. Allie Kornbluth shares how a season of study in the mountains taught her to fix her gaze, find balance and come home to the mat.
Yoga
Fight Your War With Utility, Not Anger
Yoga philosophy on anger: why reacting in rage backfires, how Krishna taught Arjuna to act without hatred, and how to make anger a meditation point.
Ayurveda
Vata-Pacifying Recipes for Fall: Sesame Chutney and a Digestible Fall Salad
Fall is vata season, airy and dry. Two simple Ayurvedic recipes to stay grounded: a rich sesame chutney and a fall salad with a warming apple dressing.
Yoga
7 Ways to Ease Anxiety in the Moment
When anxiety hits, you need relief, not analysis. Michelle Valdner shares seven simple tools, from 1:2 breathing to gentle yoga, to calm body and mind.
Ayurveda
Cardamom in Ayurveda: The Warming Spice for Digestion
Cardamom is sweet, pungent and warming. How Ayurveda uses this beloved spice for digestion, fresh breath and the respiratory system, and ways to enjoy it.
Yoga
Heartbreak and Patience: What Falling Out of Headstand Taught Me
Teacher Adriana Garcia fell flat out of headstand in front of the class. How small heartbreaks on the mat build strength, grace and real patience.
Ayurveda
An Ayurvedic Morning Routine for Fall (Plus Nourishing Breakfasts)
Set the tone for your day the Ayurvedic way: oil pulling, tongue scraping, warm lemon water and grounding breakfasts for the shift from summer to fall.
Studio News
Kula: The Gift of Yoga Community
A grieving student asked for meditation, and a whole class practiced for her. Teacher Jodi Langevin on kula, the intentional community that forms on the mat.
Yoga
Wabi Sabi: The Beauty of an Imperfect Practice
Wabi sabi finds beauty in what is imperfect, unfinished and impermanent. Amanda DiGiovanna on bringing that wisdom to your yoga practice and your life.
Yoga
Humility: When the Mask Comes Off
Why our most humiliating moments can be our greatest gifts. Amanda DiGiovanna on masks, pedestals and how humility clears the path toward truth.
Yoga
Surrender Is Strength, Not Defeat
When did surrender come to mean defeat? SueJean Naglieri redefines letting go as courage: staying ambitious without clinging to outcomes, one breath at a time.
Yoga
How a True Meditation Practice Found Me
Restorative teacher Eva Houlihan spent weeks unable to move after surgery. Stillness made her sit with her thoughts, and a real meditation practice was born.
Yoga
Oops, I Dropped the Lemon Tart: The Beauty in Our Mistakes
A world-famous chef turned a dropped dessert into a signature dish. Amanda DiGiovanna on chitta, old conditioning and learning to admire the hard stuff.
Yoga
Getting Out of Our Heads: A Simple Noticing Meditation
How much of life do we miss living in our heads? Teacher Lauren Petricca shares a two-minute morning noticing meditation that starts in mountain pose.
Yoga
Comparison Is the Thief of Freedom
Keep your eyes on your own mat. Amanda DiGiovanna on comparison, drishti, doing your own karma and how presence reveals the path meant only for you.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda for Winter: Lifestyle, Diet and Yoga for Vata and Kapha Season
Winter moves from airy vata to heavy kapha. Amanda DiGiovanna shares Ayurvedic lifestyle, diet and yoga tips to stay grounded, warm and healthy all season.
Teacher Training
The Chakras in Depth: Deities, Asanas, Mudras and Pranayama
A deep study guide to the seven chakras and the nadis: the deity, element, bija mantra, poses, mudra and breath practice for each, by teacher Lisa Braun.
Studio News
Yoga and Suicide Awareness: A Veteran's Story
Military veteran and teacher Rafael Rivera shares how yoga and the Revolution community helped him heal after deployment, and where veterans can find support.
Yoga
The Benefits of Restorative Yoga for Fall
Fall is busy, and the transition can knock us off balance. Eva Houlihan explains how restorative yoga lowers stress, aids sleep and supports immunity.
Ayurveda
Find Your Focus This Fall: Drishti for a Windy Season
Fall's winds stir up racing thoughts, dryness and overwhelm. Ayurveda explains why, and how a single point of focus, drishti, steadies mind and practice.
Yoga
Sensitivity: The Courage to Listen to Your Inner Wisdom
Why does yoga ask us to feel more? Amanda DiGiovanna on buddhi, the quiet inner voice, and how refining awareness pose by pose teaches us to trust ourselves.
Yoga
The Yogic Identity: You Are Not the Glove
A teacher's analogy: the body is a glove, shaped like the hand but not the hand. Amanda DiGiovanna on false identity, ahamkara and loving what lies beneath.
Yoga
Equal Vision: Seeing the Self in Everyone
The Bhagavad Gita says the wise see all beings with equal vision. Amanda DiGiovanna on separatism, racism, Ram Dass and clearing ourselves to see others truly.
Yoga
Wondrous Witnessing: Impermanence, Forgetting and Remembering
From a drafty apartment in Italy to brushing teeth in India, Amanda DiGiovanna on impermanence, maya and the witness within who never changes.
Yoga
The Lion Who Thought He Was a Sheep
Vivekananda's story of a lion raised by sheep, and what it teaches about false identity. Yoga is the lake that shows you your true reflection.
Ayurveda
Winter Solstice: A Time for Reawakening
Every culture turns inward at the winter solstice. Amanda DiGiovanna on the light within, building ojas in winter, and saying no to what drains you.
Yoga
The Acute Case of the Angry Yogi
Allie Kornbluth gets honest about anger, separation and fear, and shares the yogic tools her teachers gave her: asana, cooling foods, breath, prayer and seva.
Yoga
A Warrior of Spiritual Peace
Can there be a peaceful warrior? Bec Gathmann on ahimsa as action: noticing injustice, checking our privilege and choosing the harder road of compassion.
Yoga
Rebirth: Dying and Being Born Every Moment
Packing up old stuff, Jenya Raystes finds relics of people he no longer is. A reflection on impermanence, the Buddha's question and the I am behind change.
Teacher Training
Attachment and Impermanence: Swimming Without Grasping the Water
Spring shows us everything changes. Amanda DiGiovanna on non-attachment versus detachment, true renunciation, and why yoga fills you up so cravings fall away.
Yoga
Saucha and Recovery: Clearing the Debris Like the Ocean
Allie Kornbluth shares her path from addiction to recovery, surfing and the yoga mat, and how saucha, purity, became her practice of service and gratitude.
Teacher Training
Experience Is the Teacher of All Things
Amanda DiGiovanna on the prayer to the guru that opened her teacher's classes, why we can never truly own anything, and gratitude for life's hardest lessons.
Yoga
Spring Reawakening: Rebuilding After Life Changes
When Lisa Braun lost her job, everyone needed her to be OK. A spring reflection on sadhana, standing in the rubble, and rebuilding in your own time.