What’s SUP? Paddleboards allow yogis to take to the water
Iowa and stand-up paddleboard yoga seem like unlikely mates. Landlocked and known for our fields, we’re not the first state that comes to mind for water sports. But a quick…
4 Iowa athletes who fell in love with yoga
When preparing to run a marathon or ride RAGBRAI, yoga likely isn’t at the top of the training schedule. But these four Des Moines-area athletes have used yoga to reach…
Making the leap back into yoga
My journey with yoga started a few years ago. Initially, it was intended to help me cope with my anxiety and depression. Most recently, it’s been an amazing tool that…
Starting a Yoga Journey: Getting in the habit
For some of us, yoga is a little too much like meditation. There’s not enough cardio, we aren’t fighting gravity to overcome heavy objects and there’s a lot of slow talk and heavy breathing. Making time to attend class, or even turn on 12 minutes of YouTube, seems like the last thing we should be doing in a world full of deadlines and commitments. We can’t spend our time doing nothing. We need bigger, better, faster, more….
Yoga on the prairie
On the morning of April 28, the sun is high over the patio at Cedar Rapids’ Indian Creek Nature Center, which is covered with unfurled yoga mats. Her back to the lush prairie, instructor Cassie Hammermeister leads poses and invites guests of the 25th annual “Women in Nature” retreat to join her and “let light shine on the dark places in [their bodies].”
Meet Nicki Doane, international yoga teacher and co-founder of Maya Yoga
Have you ever met those few special people that live and radiate the practice of yoga? To me, Nicki Doane is one of those rare specimen. Nicki is not only…
YogaIowa Recommendations: Summer 2018
Books Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth Duckworth was often talked down to by her scientist father for lacking “genius.” By after a long career of...
Transformative Travel: Adventures in a minivan
Photo courtesy of Reanna Spain. I tiptoe barefoot towards the pebbled shoreline as the rain mists my face and exposed shoulders. I feel the water inviting me closer -- reaching...
Astrology forecast (July 2018): Solar and lunar eclipses
A partial solar eclipse will take place on July 12, and a total lunar eclipse on July 27. Typically, there can be unfavorable events worldwide during this two-week period. (Watch…
Astrology forecast (June 8-July 4): Venus transits Cancer
Venus, also known as “Shukra,” is personified as a teacher and a lover. When strong in the birth chart of a person, it gives affluence, pleasures, luxury, beauty, harmony, creativity, love, clarity, balance and sensuality. It also indicates inclination towards the fine arts, performing arts, healing arts, fashion, photography, architecture, romance and all things beautiful.
Astrology forecast (May 26-June 10): Mercury transits Taurus
Mercury is considered weak in degrees until May 30. This means it cannot protect or promote its significations. Be careful with stocks, business, computers, technology, communications and intellectual property. From June 2-10, 2018, Mercury will be closely conjunct with Sun in the sign of Taurus. Find out how this transit affects your sign.
An introduction to Vedic astrology
Vedic astrology is thousands of years old; in fact, it was originally done in Sanskrit, which is the mother of all language. It predates Chinese, Egyptian and Western astrology. Let me guide you through the signs, terms and methods that define Vedic astrology.