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How Yoga Trance Dance™ Destroys World Weariness and Opens Up Creative Flow

October 20, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

yoga trance dance in action

by Kara-Leah Grant If you know me, you know I love dancing. Always have, ever since I saw Flashdance at age 8, and got hooked on the original Fame TV series. That was me... always dancing. But there was never any chance I could become a professional dancer because I had zero flexibility, plus at age 16 I had a spinal fusion. (I still remember the first day I danced again after that operation... the doctor said three months, I gave it two.) However... life moves in mysterious ways and in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles Tagged With: dance, Prana Flow, shiva rea, yoga trance dance

Yoga Explorations # 3: Music can move us into our practice

August 4, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Music can move us into our yoga practice

by Kara-Leah Grant Joy's been on my mind this week. Mostly because I was noticing a lack. Understandable - my life has been intense, on many levels, over the last few weeks. Seems just when I think I've got one area or aspect mastered, the stakes are upped again. That's cool. I can deal. But if I don't watch it, I can also get way too serious. Fortunately, I also have a magic tonic. Anytime I start getting too somber, too depressing, too serious, too stressed out, too hung up on life's ups … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video, Reviews, The Foundations Tagged With: home practice, joy, music, online classes, Prana Flow, shiva rea, twee merrigan, video

Diving into the flow of Fluid Power

November 3, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

It's day number.... something? on my Prana Flow teacher training with Shiva Rea. The training is at Exhale Spa, Venice, California and the apartment I'm staying in with another student is a short walk along Venice Beach. Ah Venice Beach... like no other I've ever encountered. Shops and cafes on one side... a wide pavement of walkers, bikers, rollarbladers & skaters, dogs and skateboards in the middle... and vendors, musicians, and hanger-ons on the other side. Beyond the vendors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: fluid power, Prana Flow, shiva rea, yoga teacher training

How a Non-certified Yoga Teacher With No Guru Ended Up Teaching (And Should She Be?)

June 11, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant 35 Comments

by Kara-Leah, This is a question I have contemplated many times since teaching was first thrust upon me. And it's also one this website has explored extensively in recent weeks. After reading all of the responses from other teachers, I began to wonder... how on earth can I call myself a yoga teacher? I have no qualifications. I've never attended a teacher training of any real length. I've never studied under a guru, nor a teacher for any length of time. I'm a long way from mastering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, Teaching Insights Tagged With: guru, kundalini awakening, prana, Prana Flow, swami karma karuna, Yoga certification, yoga teacher training

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