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Vata Grounding Autumnal Butternut Buckwheat Breakfast Bowl

2023-09-27T01:51:18+00:00

Autumnal Butternut Buckwheat Breakfast Bowl Autumn is the Vata time of year, enjoy this deliciously grounding meal. Pitta suggestion: Use less of or omit cinnamon. Kapha suggestion: Double buckwheat, may omit oats. 3 cups water 1/2 cup buckwheat groats (can substitute brown rice) 1/2 cup steel cut oats 1 cup butternut squash, cubed 1/4 cup craisins 1 teaspoon coconut oil, melted 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt Unsweetened soy milk or plant-based milk of choice Maple syrup Combine the first 8 ingredients in a medium-sized pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and cover, simmering for 30 [...]

Vata Grounding Autumnal Butternut Buckwheat Breakfast Bowl2023-09-27T01:51:18+00:00

Frequently Asked Questions from a Pioneer in Christian Yoga

2023-08-31T17:16:26+00:00

Dayna is the founder of New Day Yoga, A 20-year-old Christian Yoga School out of Kennesaw, GA. She is a registered Master Trainer and School with Christian Yoga Association (R-CYAMT, R-CYAS) a yoga trainer with yoga Alliance (E-RYT) and leader of Yoga for the Christian Woman. Whether it is at one of her trainings, her group Yoga for the Christian Women, or any of her classes, you can expect: Physical Postures: To align bones and balance muscles of the feet, legs, pelvis, torso, shoulders, arms, hands, neck, and head. Breathing Techniques: To strengthen and increase lung capacity, [...]

Frequently Asked Questions from a Pioneer in Christian Yoga2023-08-31T17:16:26+00:00

My Journey with God and Yoga

2023-02-17T21:40:17+00:00

My Journey with God and Yoga, Part I On a cold January morning with the snow on the ground, I woke up in the hotel close to where I’m working this week. I work all over the UK and Eire so this is just another hotel room wake-up. I stretched my toes to the end of the bed, tensed my legs, hips, stomach, arms and gritted my teeth for about five seconds before relaxing back on my bed.  I focused upon my body touching the surface beneath me and performed a body scan, top of my head to the bottom of [...]

My Journey with God and Yoga2023-02-17T21:40:17+00:00

Our Favorite Yoga Mats

2025-01-01T17:56:18+00:00

#2 Jade Yoga, Voyager Mat Jade was the #2 vote mat in our poll, with the Voyager being highly rated. The Jade Voyager Yoga Mat is perfect for the traveling yogi. The extra-thin and foldable mat packs easily in any yoga bag, weekender tote, or suitcase, so it can go with you everywhere and anywhere.      [Shown to the right] Jade Yoga Voyager Natural Rubber Yoga Mat 68" 1.5mm We love Jade for many reasons including, made in the USA, amazing colors, but mostly their philanthropy. For every mat sold they donate 5% to [...]

Our Favorite Yoga Mats2025-01-01T17:56:18+00:00

10 Tips For Creating Your Best Playlists

2022-08-23T23:07:14+00:00

10 Tips For Creating Your Best Playlists By Kristen Campbell, with ChristiansDoYoga.com  Click on the image to get your {free} PDF Download of this article. Music has a way of reaching our souls like nothing else can. I get feedback all the time from my students about how they love my playlists! Honestly, building playlists is one of my favorite things to do. Sometimes I even build the playlist before I set the intentions for the class! It used to take me a really long time to build playlists; I didn’t have a method to the madness. But now I’ve got [...]

10 Tips For Creating Your Best Playlists2022-08-23T23:07:14+00:00

FULFILLING YOUR CALLING IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT

2025-01-01T18:09:01+00:00

“God, how did I get here?” I sat in my car, weeping, after witnessing a young girl graduate as valedictorian. This young girl lived in our Hope House— our safe house for minors who were victims of sex trafficking. I was one of the only ones sitting in that crowd who knew the significance of this moment. Three years earlier, this girl was a victim, but now she was a valedictorian. I couldn’t stop wiping the tears from my eyes and thanking God for what I just witnessed. And in that moment I asked, “God, how did I get here? How [...]

FULFILLING YOUR CALLING IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT2025-01-01T18:09:01+00:00

Bible Passages Regarding Physical Fitness

2022-06-29T17:27:48+00:00

Free PDF Available   Your Temple   Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Jeshurun grew fat; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.   Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.  Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.  For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.   Proverbs 31:17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.   Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in [...]

Bible Passages Regarding Physical Fitness2022-06-29T17:27:48+00:00

Mudras from a Christian Perspective

2024-11-18T23:37:09+00:00

To receive the full 17 page PDF see here. Mudras from a Christian Perspective by Michelle Thielen   And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. Luke 13:13, ESV Mudra means “seal ”, “closure”, or “gesture” in Sanskrit. We use these gestures mostly in meditation or in pranayama practice to direct the flow of energy within the body by using the hands. If you or your students feel uncomfortable with this term, you can simply refer to them as hand positions or postures of prayer. We will also explore the hand positions [...]

Mudras from a Christian Perspective2024-11-18T23:37:09+00:00

The Return

2021-03-22T15:48:29+00:00

The Return  Published in FROM THE GARDEN, 2020  Bonnie McDaniel McClure  I grew up across the street from a thirteen-acre garden plowed and planted by a  single, lifetime farmer, his plow, and mule named Midnight. Mr. Freddie Crawford  came from a long line of farmers. Farming was all his family had ever done for  livelihood. He knew intimately the timing, care, and touch required to help  something grow. He was humble and hardworking, quiet and non-assuming. He was  deeply kind. Throughout my childhood, each summer, he would tell me that he had a  watermelon growing with my name on the vine.   [...]

The Return2021-03-22T15:48:29+00:00

Pray Fast Vote!

2020-09-26T01:10:26+00:00

PRAY FAST VOTE The statistics are staggering. Over 15 million Christians are not registered to vote. Because we know the importance of voting, the urgency in this space and time to do so, as well as the incredible privilege that many were denied in history, this is the time to vote and make your voice known. We realize that social and political unrest have caused great tension, anxiety and even depression. Please find a class from our Class Theme Resource at the end of this article. You have all become true children of God by the faith of Jesus the Anointed [...]

Pray Fast Vote!2020-09-26T01:10:26+00:00
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