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Jennifer Carter Avgerinos

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6 Ways to Create a Sacred Space at Home
It can be very difficult to cultivate inner peace if our surroundings are chaotic or cluttered. Cleaning is an everyday task that few of us can avoid, and it provides the perfect opportunity to become …
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The Power of Color
Color therapy, also known as Chromotherapy, is the principle that certain colors are infused with healing powers. The seven colors of the rainbow improve balance and healing in the mind and body. This …
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4 Nourishing Yoga Poses for Winter
Winter—the season of introspection, hibernation, and surrender—is the perfect time to go deeper into the practice of yoga or to cultivate a home practice. As the fourth season, winter is a time for st …
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10-Minute Yoga Break for the Office
It’s no secret that sitting for long periods of time is bad for you. In fact, sitting is being called the “smoking” of this generation. We’re averaging about 9.3 hours per day sitting, and after about …
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What’s the Difference Between Yoga and Pilates?
Nearly 20.4 million people were practicing Yoga in the U.S. in 2012, according to The Huffington Post, and those numbers are likely even higher now as yoga is at an all-time height of popularity. Pil …
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5 Yoga Poses to Ease Lower Back Pain
An estimated 84 percent of people may experience low back pain. If you’ve ever felt it yourself, you know that the most basic, daily movements can be challenging. Suddenly sitting, standing, and bendi …
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How to Clean Your Yoga Mat
If you find yourself in child’s pose and smell something funky during your yoga practice, it might be your yoga mat. Yes, it’s true. Regular use combined with sweat, dust, dirt, body oil, bacteria, an …
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Yoga Poses for Tight Hamstrings
Tight hamstrings are extremely common for beginning yoga students. Even after a decade of yoga practice, some students find that hamstring flexibility is still a work in progress. Although, some gains …
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3 Poses and 3 Breaths to Manage Your Stress
Take a moment and focus on your breath. What do you notice? Are you holding it? Are you taking shallow breaths? Is your breathing heavy and labored? Focusing on your breath allows you to gauge where y …
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The Essence of Yoga: Why Asana Is Only a Small Part of the Equation
As a yoga practitioner, you are part of an ancient tradition that dates back at least 5,000 years and has produced great spiritual and philosophical geniuses who have provided answers to some of life’ …
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Good Morning Yoga: 5 Stretches to Start Your Day
Kick off your day the right way with a morning yoga session. Not only can yoga help get your body and mind moving, it can also bring you into present moment awareness.All it takes is waking up just 5 …
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How to Integrate Karma Yoga Into Your Life
If only our life choices were labeled as clearly as our food. Instead of saying “now gluten free,” it might say something like “karma reducing or now with 50 percent less karma.”“Karma is the sum of a …
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Quiz: Do You Have a Yoga Obsession?
The popularity of yoga has soared in the past decade. Some 21 million people—double the number from 10 years ago—practice yoga, according to U.S. News & World Report.What was once an outlier has b …
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