TC 221: Yoga 101 Part 2

In this episode of the Transformation-Cafe podcast, Robin welcomes back Lauren Rovira, founder and owner of Source Studio in Riverside, California. Lauren shares some tips for deepening your yoga practice, and how it applies to our everyday lives.

Lauren has studied Iyengar yoga at the University of California, Riverside, Nithya yoga in India, and Kundalini yoga at Yoga West in Los Angeles. Lauren now hosts Yoga Teacher Training at Source.

Beginning poses for Sun Salutation

In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the guidebook of classical yoga written at least 1700 years ago, the eightfold path is called ashtanga, which literally means “eight limbs” (ashta=eight, anga=limb). These eight steps basically act as guidelines on how to live a meaningful and purposeful life. They serve as a prescription for moral and ethical conduct and self-discipline; they direct attention toward one’s health; and they help us to acknowledge the spiritual aspects of our nature.

In this episode Lauren describes the 8 Limbs of Yoga.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
– an excellent book on the philosophy of Yoga.

Another excellent book is The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner by Michael Stone.

Source Studio (http://sourceyogaca.com) offers yoga classes, Zumba classes, and R.I.P.P.E.D, a high-intensity workout that combines a cardiovascular routine with resistance and weights.

Check out Source Studio’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sourceyogaca

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