About: Emily Alp
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Do You Suck or Blow on Facebook?by Emily Alp on Mar 27, 2013 In the end, social media is revolutionary … you have power to brighten days, get people thinking outside the box, promote yourself in a classy way and do all kinds of things unimaginable just a half decade back. Why not max this opportunity out? 170 views |
The Top 5 Monkey Mind Maneuvers.by Emily Alp on Feb 4, 2013 In the end, these maneuvers are crafty and only-natural activities for the monkey mind. We don’t need to scold it, but we do need to be vigilant and fluid around its behavior. We are in charge, like a parents, but more like ninjas–don’t spend time in a cycle of beating yourself up if the mind wins out. Learn its strategy and rise above it. Sit on the cushion every day with the best you’ve got–focus on the roots more than the fruits … and go for the juice, fellow grasshoppers!! 1,635 views |
 10 Ways Mysore Practice Is Just like a Partnership.by Emily Alp on Aug 1, 2012 These days that click perfectly scattered among ones that are not always so flashy—but it’s the days in between them, dedicated, present, working on things, that lay the ground for them! 713 views |
If These Injuries Could Talk…by Emily Alp on Jul 30, 2012 They’d probably tell you to practice mindfully. This goes out to every yogi, especially those of us who have cultivated a daily practice and then found ourselves in the endless throes of injuries. Injuries tend to mess with us. And we, in kind, tend to let them mess with us for a while before we [...] 676 views |
Cutting through the B.S. of Politics & News.by Emily Alp on Jun 7, 2012 What this actually means is that we stop thinking that we feel a certain way about the suffering of others–by letting news and politics seed every thought–and actually feel a certain way about it. To do this is to embark upon the greatest journey of all–from the head to the heart. 98 views |
Eros is Overrated.by Emily Alp on May 30, 2012 There’s a reason that Thanatos shares love’s throne with Eros. Arguments, tension and differences are part of the process of being two, whole people in a relationship that is dynamic, not picturesque or prepackaged. Eros-dominated media might be fun, but it’s actually programming us too rigidly about what/how love should be. 334 views |
Charlie Chaplin: Bad-ass Example for Modern Times.by Emily Alp on Apr 3, 2012 When my partner first told me he loved Charlie Chaplin, I thought maybe he was joking or that he was one of those people who really, really liked clowns and ferris wheels. 413 views |
Dosha Think It’s Time You Learned About Ayurveda?by Emily Alp on Jan 27, 2012 The literature on Doshas is extensive. Some writers, like Robert Svaboda, are absolutely genius at taking a reader’s hand and walking them back into the sensitive recesses of the Ayurvedic collective mind to where the concept of Doshas began. And in these recesses is where the seeker finds the power that Ayurveda grants anyone willing to take it up. 1,105 views |
Real Estate 101.by Emily Alp on Dec 12, 2011 I, like many people, have had emotional releases when engaging in some Asanas. Most of mine have been triggered by chest opening…some junk in my heart and upper back, built up like a fortress to block anything foreign. 241 views |
Probiotic story: Because You’re Really Only 10% You!by Emily Alp on Sep 6, 2011 So many times over the years I’ve been inspired to sing praises about good bacteria to friends, family members, acquaintances, and even random strangers (for who wouldn’t leap at the chance to discuss gut flora on a long bus ride through Illinois?!). 550 views |
Yes, Polly Wants a Cracker. What a Parrot Taught Me about Desire.by Emily Alp on Aug 13, 2011 By day three, Kasuku began stuffing his head under my hands and arms. Suddenly, I was trying to manage his demands for attention over a good book! 293 views |
What’s the Deal about Five Breaths?by Emily Alp on Jul 27, 2011 I mean, how do you explain this five count of yoga teacher? Is it that they like to hear their own voices? Or more to the point, do they enjooy seeing your veins pop out of your forehead as you grimace?! 582 views |
Ladies, It’s Time We Took a Holiday: Part Two.by Emily Alp on Jul 20, 2011 So I tried it. I took three days off over my holiday and sat on the beach, walked along, played, did some restorative poses, listened to relaxing music… and because I realized how hard I had been on myself, cried myself clean. 348 views |
Ladies, It’s Time We Took a Holiday: Part One.by Emily Alp on Jul 19, 2011 Amidst the many pearls of wisdom that drop on my head through regular Yoga practice, one has proven more valuable than most. It’s related to female hormones. So gents, while I recommend you keep reading if you want to be in the know with some pretty critical biology, you’d do best to adjust expectations just a bit… 497 views |
The Skinny Behind Doing a Detox.by Emily Alp on Jul 13, 2011 Lots of buzz around the concept of cleansing. There are so many ways to tinker with food—including not tinkering with it at all for a number of days—in order to achieve that light, clear-headed feeling that hallmarks a good detox. 493 views |
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