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Feb 18 2013
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ā€œIf there was a drug that could mimic the effects of yoga, it would probably be the worldā€™s best-selling drug.ā€

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ā€œIf there was a drug that could mimic the effects of yoga, it would probably be the worldā€™s best-selling drug.ā€ In anĀ interviewĀ on the CBS show This Morning, P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Duke University said that studies have shown yoga practice to produce a relaxation response that mimics the best anti-anxiety drugs on the market today, and that it can also help people with mild depression, insomnia, and ADHD.Ā ā€œStudies have shown that yoga affects…

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Feb 14 2013
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Last Night Round at the Hub

By Dublin, Teachers, Yoga

Last night we rolled ourselves out and as we lay supine we lovingly rocked around the edges of our heart shape bone from North to South and East to West; we drew the sweetness of the inhale from crown to tail and the lightness of the exhale from muladahara to sahaswara. We flowed like light and gave love, gave our hearts away (to the sound of McYogi). We placed our hands under our hearts, yielded to the softness of the…

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Feb 12 2013
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Dive Deep & Flow

By Mindfulness, Motivational, Teachers, Yoga

The more we practice yoga the more parts of ourselves we discover. The physical body with it’s muscles, bones, ligaments and joints acts as a map that leads us to understand how the interrelations between these structures helps us to optimally align. Ā Optimal alignment connects our postures in a fluid way. Knowing there is a stable base we can extend out and explore new edges and layers (kosha) of ourselves. We follow the current, diving deeper into the vastness of…

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Feb 05 2013
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Welcoming Menchu Hernandez to the Yoga Hub

By Teachers, Yoga

Yoga for me is self exploration. I deeply believe that however I conduct myself on the mat is a metaphor of how I conduct myself in daily life; the mat is for me both a diary and a teacher; and also a healer. My two guides are ahimsa (compassion) and anicca (impermance), and my personal struggle is tapa (self-disciple), which makes me an eternal student. I am indebted to my own teachers, who showed me this path of self-knowledge; teaching…

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Jan 24 2013
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Meghan Currie Workshops at the Yoga Hub Dublin

By Dublin, Ireland, Teachers, Workshops, Yoga

Meghan Currie at the Yoga Hub March 2013 When I teach I let go as much as possible so I may be an open channel for creative energy to pass through Every student is everyones teacher so I plug my heart into everyone and do my best to translate the teachings which present themselves in the moment I believe itā€™s not all up to me. Like any recipe, there must be just the right amount of all the ingredients to…

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Jan 23 2013
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Still Life: An Introduction to Meditation

By Meditation, Mindfulness, Teachers, Workshops, Yoga

STILL LIFE An Introduction to Yoga Nidra, Pranayama & Meditation A workshop with Aiden Condron In association with WHAT IS YOGA? Yoga is a spiritual science developed over thousands of years by the sages of India. The Sanskrit word yoga has the literal meaning “to yoke”, from the root yuj meaning to join, to unite, harmonise. Yoga is comprised of eight ā€˜limbsā€™ as set down by the great sage and father of yoga Patanjali in the 10th century. These are:…

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