Dispassion to Devotion: My 8-Year Journey Eight years ago, I walked into my first yoga class. I needed a physical education credit in college, and I thought the yoga class sounded like an interesting way to earn this credit. Little did I know, I was beginning my journey into a practice that would end up […] Continue reading → 
Clayton Yoga offers students from all backgrounds great Vinyasa style yoga practice. One of the most fundamental tools to practicing and teaching great yoga is to be authentic. When you are called to accomplish extraordinary goals, one must be up to the task and have an unstoppable desire. The best yoga students I have ever […] Continue reading → 
One of the easiest yoga practices you can include in your life is breathing – the yogic way. Doing yoga breathing slows down your heartbeat and helps you relax. Have you tried the simple practice of exhaling twice as long as inhaling? This means that you inhale for 2 counts and exhale for 4 counts. […] Continue reading → 
The secret to longevity and great health is breath and to a large extent readily available and within our hands. Yoga breathing requires no equipment, is free and is readily accessible. Our breath is both deliberate and automatic. Yogi’s have known for centuries that long, victorious breathing is the best for detoxing the body but […] Continue reading → 
Breathing and breathing correctly is agreed upon by many, many world experts to be the most single important key to happiness, great health, gratitude, body elimination of toxins (up to 70%), clarity and balance in one’s life. As Dr. Andrew Weil says, breathing is FREE, REQUIRES NO EQUIPMENT and is RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE. Here […] Continue reading → 
In our yoga teacher training courses, we begin each day at 6am with breathing exercises designed to calm the mind, and prepare the body for sacred movement. As we practice more and more breathing exercises together, we become more awake, loving, aware, and confident. We discover in many ways, how beneficial it is just to […] Continue reading → 
This short article was first published in Uptown Magazine, March April 2010. Sharon McClinton, found yoga when she was 50. She discussed her fear of weakening bones, and the aging process in general, with her husband, a chiropractor. “You know, I really don’t want to get osteoporosis”, I want to remain flexible throughout my […] Continue reading → 
One of the reasons water is the most powerful of all 4 elements and can literally bend or shape rock, is its ability to ceaselessly and continually put pressure on the same place. This is also the force that creates diamonds. In our yoga practice, breathing and noticing our breath is very similar. With perseverance, […] Continue reading → 
Mindful Breathing brings you into this precious moment. Practice this as often as possible. Some yogis believe we are allotted a certain number of breaths per lifetime. Many stress-related diseases are due to lack of breath. It’s so simple, breathing is the first thing we do when we are born and the last thing we […] Continue reading → 
Vinyasa yoga is a style of yoga which combines yogic breathing with playing the edge. These postures promote healing and stimulate circulation in the body. When we feel sensation or reactivity in the body and stay with the breath, we learn to remain calm and neutralize the negativity. It is then that we are able […] Continue reading →