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Four Unexpected Life Lessons from Yoga District Teacher Training
When I registered for Yoga District’s 200-hour teacher training program, I knew that three things would happen: I would learn to teach yoga, deepen my own practice, and meet some great people. And I was right on all three counts. Now, I can cue students into headstand...
This is Your Brain on Yoga
"Yoga starts as the process of harnessing the brain's capacities and naturally evolves into the art of living well," says Gabriel Axel, certified yoga teacher, neuroscience and cognition specialist. You may love your daily yoga practice, but your brain loves it just...
Yoga for Grief in DC
When I tried yoga for the first time before moving to Washington, D.C. a few years ago, I liked it. That was the most I could say about it. It felt good and I enjoyed myself, but my heart wasn’t quite in it. Many events occurred in my life over the past five...
Meditation benefits
To meditate, you don't have to sit like this. Meditation doesn't look a certain way. It doesn't even have to feel a certain way. The only trick is, you just have to do it. There's a meditation workshop coming up at Yoga District that will go over so many different...
Food, community, compost and the yogic diet
Recently at District Tea Lodge, DC's only vegan, gluten-free cafe, we had a great community roundtable. We discussed everything from the proper diet according to yoga philosophy, to GMOs, to composting and container gardening. To share some of the online resources...
Post-Workout Recovery Fuel: The Golden Rule
Diet crazes may come and go, but one macronutrient has always remained largely unscathed by the mainstream fitness and nutrition media. Protein is an essential part of our daily diet, forming the structural basis of our muscles, skin, nails and hair, amongst other functions. True, this macronutrient is mighty important, but the hype it gets […]