Yoga Insights Blog | Burning Wheel Yoga School

The 8-Limb Power yoga method is an alloy of all of my practice and study for almost 20 years, combining everything I know, love, and respect into the method. Yoga shows us that change is constant. This is my contribution to that change.

Imagine that moment in class when you are in a utkatasana twist. It’s so intense you are working, breathing, and sweating hard, but you give it everything. Then the release to the forward fold (uttanasana) comes, and you rest deeply. Everything drops; maybe you even drool a little (haha). The point is that you work hard, then rest deeply, then go back to hard work, twisting to the other side. ...

Yoga as a practice has been evolving since its inception, from meditation and breathing exercises into what we now know as yoga today. At the core of all these practices, variations across all yoga traditions and forms of yoga, is the intended goal of liberation, freedom from suffering, or what some may refer to as enlightenment. Yoga is fundamentally a spiritual practice. The original intention ...

Are you curious about joining a yoga studio but unsure which class suits you best? In this article, we will explore all there is to know about power yoga and its benefits, helping you make an informed decision.

Imagine this: stepping into a near sauna-level heated room, beads of sweat forming on your forehead as you move through a series of yoga postures. This isn't just any yoga class; it's hot yoga, a powerful practice blending the psycho, spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical elements of what it means to be human.

Yoga began as a practice of renunciation. That is to say; classical yoga encourages one to disengage from what is seen as the traps of the material world: no family, no possessions, no attachments. As yoga evolved and blossomed into what we now call Tantra, the practice was no longer focused on renunciation of life but full engagement with it. This engagement focus acknowledges that if we want to ...

When Burning Wheel was just a dream in my mind, it always centered around the people who would come here. I knew we’d be weird and we wouldn’t be a good fit for everyone, but that was the point. I wanted to make a place where people could seek Truth on the journey to find themselves. I knew there had to be other people looking for a community of seekers. The Sanskrit word for community is Kula. ...