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Adventures Through the Depths of India
My Yoga Retreat Experience As some of you may know, I just returned from an incredibly thought provoking journey through the sacred cities of Varanasi, Bodhgaya, and Nalanda, India. It was beyond question, the most revealing yoga retreat experience I’ve been on thus far. Known by the Sadhus and Rishis as the “Abode of the Gods”, [...]
Aloha State: Getting Grounded
Back in February I took a trip to Hawai’i on a one way ticket. Living in Los Angeles gets extremely hectic at times and I felt the need for a getaway. The purpose of not having a return flight was to give myself time to explore the islands with no rush whatsoever. I had never [...]
Don't Let Stress Effect Your Skin!
Living in Colorado, skin care is a major battle with the relative humidity sometimes dropping as low as 10%...and when stress creeps in, I have to be even more on top of my skin care game! Though I live a relatively stress-free life as a yogi, no one is immune to stress - it happens. When we were building our [...]
Meditation & Mindfulness | Tips from YUNI Beauty
Meditation has been a staple in many cultures around the world for thousands of years, and it helps our bodies and minds in many different ways. Today, researchers are starting to gain a new understanding about the benefits of mindful meditation — whether participants are seeking pain management, coping with emotional difficulties, or simply striving [...]
Being Fully in the Moment: What Does that Really Mean?
Let’s talk about time. The new age, self help world, and most schools of yoga are big fans of the present moment. They are so into “being present” that they often glorify it at the expense of the other aspects of time, the past and the future. You’ve heard the mantras: “The present moment is all you will ever have” “Let go [...]
Time for A Nature Retreat!
Nature. What a force of beauty. It’s the essence of which we all are born from and the indispensable commodity that we often forget to appreciate. Although I live in the densely populated beach city of Venice CA, I make sure to get outdoors for a nature adventure at least once a month. It [...]
The yoga mat that revealed so much
A while back, I was in an amazing yoga class. It was one of those “great instructor, 90-minute, the right level of hot, slept great the night before so I’m hitting all my poses” classes. In the middle of the class, during a long-holding pose, our instructor told us: “ How you show up on your yoga mat is how [...]
THE lifeline as a new mom
I am a new mother ; my beautiful baby boy is just 5 months old. I vacillate between feeling like he has been a part of our family forever and the feeling of it being like yesterday when I first saw his beautiful face. It has been quite the whirlwind! A girlfriend recently visited me to meet the baby, and [...]
5 Ways to Exude Beauty from the Inside Out
I was at the dermatologist’s office a few years ago to check out a suspicious spot on my ankle that I thought might be pre-cancerous. On my way out, the doctor handed me a pamphlet for Botox and told me I should have started in my twenties, but not to worry, they were running [...]
Love the One You’re With | Pampering and Yoga
Growing up, I was never much for facials, lotions, or mud masks. Pampering seemed indulgent, not something I deserved or needed. In truth I think I was not alone… people often feel guilty about spending time or money on self-care. It wasn’t until I’d been practicing yoga for about 11 years and entered into a yoga teacher training that I started [...]