How quickly should you ramp up a new yoga routine?
Starting a new yoga routine can be exciting, but it’s essential to approach it with mindfulness and gradual progression. While yoga offers numerous benefits—improved flexibility, strength, mental clarity, and stress reduction—it’s important to ramp up your practice at a pace that aligns with your body’s abilities and goals. Jumping in too quickly can lead to burnout, frustration, or even injury. Begin with [...]
A regular yoga practice can help you balance body and mind when the weather turns cold
When the weather turns cold, maintaining a regular yoga routine can be a powerful way to support your health and well-being. The colder months often bring challenges like reduced daylight, increased sedentary habits, and susceptibility to seasonal illnesses. Yoga addresses these challenges holistically by nurturing both the body and mind. Boosts immunity Yoga supports the immune system, which is particularly crucial during [...]
Some points of focus for those looking to start their yoga journey
Yoga is an excellent practice for beginners, offering physical, mental, and emotional benefits. Whether you're looking to increase flexibility, reduce stress, or improve your overall well-being, getting started with yoga can be both exciting and accessible. Here are some practical ways beginners can ease into a regular yoga practice. Start with beginner-friendly classes One of the easiest ways to get into yoga [...]
Sravana for Sylvia
Sravana By Carly Sachs for Sylvia Let the coffee pot and the crows, let the car horns and the upstairs neighbors, let the blow dryer and the bombs going off in your brain, let the meditation bell or the telephone be what wakes you up. Sweetheart, you do not need to be more than you are. Let the cadence of the morning walk be [...]
5 yoga poses that improve your sleep
Sleep is our mind and body’s best friend. Quality sleep helps the body function properly during the day, allows you to maintain excellent health, and helps clear and compose the mind. Without it, we get tired, unhappy, stressed, and lazy. This negativity can greatly impact our lives as it often a result of failure. Accomplished co-author of Principles for Success and experienced sleep dentist, [...]
3 ways to improve your yoga practice in 2019
Yoga has been adopted by the masses and it has become one of the most popular fitness related activities around the globe and especially in the United States. Because of this it’s no surprise that many people would have related their new year's resolutions to yoga, and that 2019 is likely to be the year when more people attend a yoga class than ever [...]
A big thank you to Wildfire Yoga!
Hi, my name is Yoon Lee and I’ve been doing yoga since Feb 2018. I originally took up yoga because of my chronic plantar fasciitis and metatarsal pain, and I immediately felt the difference after practicing yoga! Since then I've become a loyal member of Wildfire Yoga! I came to Lexington twenty two years ago from Seoul, South Korea. Have two daughters and one [...]
Wildfire Yoga — reflecting on a year in the industry
Reaching the one-year in business milestone for a yoga studio is a time of joy and reflection. Nearly every studio owner can look back on their first year and think of the times of success, as well as the bumps in the road. As Kelli Gabat, the owner of Wildfire Yoga in Lexington, Kentucky, plans her celebration for the studio’s year in business milestone, [...]
I went out on a limb and tried yoga, and my life changed
Trying a new thing can be scary. Whether it be trying a new food, a new job, living in a new city, or even a new workout. The first time for anything is intimidating. Jumping into an experience with no prior knowledge and no one to walk through it with you is tough and sometimes pushes us to miss opportunities in life. For the [...]
4 surprising benefits of yoga in everyday life
Since its introduction to the West, millions of Americans have begun practicing yoga. It’s been estimated that around 20.4 million Americans are regular yoga practitioners. It’s easy to understand why. Yoga isn’t just a way to get a great workout, stretch your muscles, and strengthen your body. Performed properly, yoga can completely change your outlook, and make you a radically different person – especially [...]