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 → 
Yoga is not about how it looks. It is about how it feels. In our yoga classes, we encourage every student to close their eyes and listen to their own body. When you breath, and stay with the breath, you will know your edge and get unstuck. Vinyasa Yoga moves energy! It is about waking […] Continue reading → 
The sixth Clayton Yoga teacher blog interview is with an outstanding yoga teacher at Clayton Yoga, Linda Multack. Linda, originally brought up in a small town of less than 600 people, has worked professionally in St. Louis for many decades, lives with her long-time husband Dennis, and has raised two beautiful children, who now work […] Continue reading → 
Linda Wasmer Andrew in her book titled Meditation debunks several myths regarding meditation. The myths include the following: “you have to be a little flaky to meditate” or meditation is about perfect silence. You have to be a religious person to meditate or “adults are the only ones faced with real stress”. Andrews ultimately encourages […] 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 → 
When life gets difficult or challenging, putting yourself first, often can feel like the most uncomfortable position. Nothing what is arising in the present moment with judgment is called mindfulness. Take a moment right now to notice your breath, and see if you can allow yourself to absorb present moment without needing to change or […] 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 → 
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 → 
In this fast paced, high-stress world, do we really need our workouts to be driven and competitive? I have been a yoga teacher for 14 years and I really don’t think I need to be competitive at all. In fact, growing up, I played competitive tennis and won many tournaments. I began taking yoga 14 […] Continue reading →