For many Yogis, practicing in their own home offers a sense of comfort, ease, and privacy that you simply can’t get being in a studio. While there are so many benefits to practicing in-studio, living far from your local Yoga studio, or a busy schedule can make it difficult to commit to in-person classes. Many […]
Silence in the Age of Noise: Book Review, by Talia Varoğlu
The book has been beckoning to me for months now. Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge’s Silence in the Age of Noise (2018) has been definitively not-silent, asking me every day if now might be the time to begin. And now, it is. I open to the title page to begin reading in my parents’ living room. […]
Giving from the Heart: Here and ‘Meow’ by Alison LaTona, TTC Participant
When first contemplating what I could do for my Seva project, I knew almost immediately that I wanted to do something to help animals. As an avid cat lover and having adopted my own cat, Amanzi, from the Fort Collins Cat Rescue, it naturally followed that I thought of volunteering with their organization for my […]
Now, Yoga: The Beauty and Power of Patanjali’s First Sutra, by Talia Varoğlu
atha yogā ‘nuśāsanaṃ Now, Yoga. With these few simple words, we enter the path to infinite, unbounded peace; to harmony, unity, bliss; to a knowledge of the divine innermost Self. These words also introduce us to the sage Patanjali and his Yoga Sutras, both of which laid the foundation for the physical and spiritual practices we […]
Connecting Body and Mind….through Yoga & Farming by Sarah Breanne Shultz, TTC Participant
I decided to do my SEVA Project at by volunteering at GrowHaus…a non profit indoor farm, food production, distribution and education program in North Denver. Amidst the most polluted zip code in Colorado sits a beautiful Oasis of fresh organic produce. A hydroponic farm that grows lush leafy greens that are distributed throughout the Denver […]