All by Elyse Grossman
By Elyse Grossman
One of the most fundamental and rewarding parts of the yoga practice is to connect and reach the soul, and sometimes this requires breaking the heart open to feel what is buried beneath. My two biggest teachers that have guided my spiritual life have been Yoga and Poetry; there is nothing that I love more, and there is nothing that can ignite me and open me up the way poetry and yoga can...
By Elyse Grossman
The word mandala in sanskrit translates to “world in harmony” and is a geometric circle. Circles in themselves are sacred symbols in many religions, and even without religion, one can’t help but notice the shape of a circle is prominent in many important natural objects in this world...
By Elyse Grossman
One of the biggest and most important lessons I have learned from my yoga practice is to love my body, not if it was 5 pounds lighter, if it had a six pack protruding through my shirt, or if it would only do a certain pose, but just the way it is...
By Elyse Grossman
Turn to the mat: a beautiful reminder that life does not have to be perfect; rather, life is about learning how to show up, how to let go of expectations and how to practice: not perfection. Life will be messy and break even the most perfect of us; yoga allows us to look at circumstances like a beautiful mess...
