What do you need for your practice?

What do you need for your practice?

It is always a good question to examine what you need and what you want...and consider the difference! Of course in "the old days..." people did yoga in a cave and ate only berries and had no sex and needed no special clothes or mats or props for their practice!...
hummm....things may have changed, but the human condition remains almost the same. We search and search for happiness in funny ways...love, yoga, new clothes...aren't you glad you can enjoy life now...!!

Well we would love to support you in finding a few special items to support you in your practice.

Clothing that moves with you is helpful and feels good. Yoga Moves selections of clothing is special...organic, fair trade, beautiful, quaility. If feels good to move with ease and in beauty!

They will last much longer than something you may find at a cheaper store...and you can be sure you are not supporting child or slave labour and the fields the cotton grows on is not full of chemicals. Yes, in this too we must become responsibile!

A sticky mat, block, belt, etc... The mats are so you will start to practice at home (!) and so you won't slip in standing poses. Having a couple of blocks or a belt or a yoga or meditation cushion can really help you achieve some semblance of the final postures - for those of us who are not yet bendy yogis - these things are really helpful!

Practice DVDs & CDs. Some of us love to practice at home sometimes, but can quickly discover our monkey minds don't really allow for a deep concentrated practice - and then the DVD of yoga practice was born and behold, home practice just became more accessable and real. We have lots of these and will help you find the one for you.

Music is a healer. Let us help you discover our favorite CDs for yoga and other related activities - like relaxation!

Finally a word about beauty...

Yoga origins come from the tradition of tantra. Everyone associates tantra with sex...yes that too. But the broader context of tantra suggests that we can hold everything as an expression of the divine...this moment and this moment.
Yoga invites us to be present. And the wonderful thing about being present is it often reveals a deeper beauty.
The feminine field of energy also expresses beauty. Yoginis and goddesses are always encouraged to be in touch with this expression.
So let yourself never be shy to express this nature.

Behold beauty.
Express beauty from within and without.
Let your yoga be beautiful
Let your body be beautiful
Let beauty be the way.