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Getting More From Your Yoga Practice
Sometimes the best answer is rolling out your mat. I started my Yoga practice about 7 years ago, and I have practiced on and off since then. To be honest, when I first began practicing, I did it mostly for the physical aspect and did not have an instant love affair with my initial class. I actually was not into Yoga that much at all. It wasn’t until I was living in NYC and found a solid class with a teacher who I loved that I started to consistently show up, regardless of how my day unfolded or how tired I was, and I began to truly reap the benefits.…
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Aromatherapy Workshop Sept 27th 12 noon to 2 pm
BPY is hosting an Aromatherapy Workshop on Sunday, September 27th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Aromatherapy is the use of aromatic plant oils, also called essential oils, to improve mental, spiritual, and physical wellbeing. Aromatherapy combined with yoga can be a powerful way to bring clarity, focus, energy, and stress-relief into our daily life. Aromatherapy, also known as Essential Oil therapy, can be defined as the art and science of using naturally extracted aromatic essences from plants to balance, harmonize and promote the health of body, mind and spirit. The goal of this practice is to bring together physical, psychological and spiritual processes to enhance an individual’s natural healing process. The National…
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What’s your story?
What’s your story? You know, the one you keep carrying around with you that informs all your decisions. The one that may be holding you back. The story that says, “I’m not good enough”. The story that says “I’m too old”. “No one ever likes me.” “I’ll never find the right relationship”. The story that “it’s not my fault”. How are those stories working for you? In Budokon, we talk a lot about our stories. We are not all physical practice – we are a life science; a living art-form. We are committed to doing the really hard work of looking at our stuff. More so, we are committed…
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Budokon Yoga – A Night with the Professor
Find your inner ninja with Budokon Yoga You know how much we love Budokon at BPY! During our last trip to Budokon University we invited Professor Donato to visit us on his way to NYC and we are thrilled to announce Professor Donato will return to BPY, sharing his favorite lessons from the Budokon® system. Budokon®Yoga will reenergize your body with this graceful sequence that took the Yoga Festivals Worldwide by storm. Professor Donato will go pose by pose through our primary series, a powerful uninterrupted flow of Yoga Asana, linked together by aware circular transitions. Experience Budokon®Yoga directly from one of the most advanced teachers in the system.…
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Our Journey Through the Yamas
THE YAMAS Ahimsa – ‘Non-Violence’ Satya – ‘Truthfulness’ Asteya – ‘Non-Stealing’ Brahmacharya – ‘Right use of energy’ Aparigraha – ‘Non-Hoarding’ The last five days we have been exploring the Yamas as part of our Balanced Planet Yoga Instagram challenge – #BPYMindBodyChallenge. We have been able to just provide a drop in the bucket of what understanding and making these precepts a part of your daily living can do. The Yamas and their counterpart the Niyamas are a framework for living. You may have noticed how these first five Yamas are so interrelated. One of the questions that I have explored involves Ahimsa and Satya or non-violence and truth.…
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BPY Voted One of the Best 2015
BPY says thank you to their yoga family! Marlton, NJ – We are pleased to announce that Balanced Planet Yoga was recently voted as “One of the Best of 2015” by the Burlington County Times Readers Poll. We are humbled by our selection to this list and are so grateful to those of you who took time to vote for us. Bringing BPY to life has been a dream come true. The BPY studio is a beautiful space from our practice area to our spa grade bathrooms and showers – we still can’t believe how perfectly everything has come together on this journey. And in very large part, we owe the success…
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BPY Yoga Challenge Begins August 21st!
Yoga Challenge! Starting August 21st BPY’s #BPYMindBodyChallenge! This challenge is all about creating a healthy lifestyle on and off the mat. Each day we will focus on one of the code of ethics that yogis follow – the Yamas and Niyamas. These are the first two limbs of the eight limb path of yoga. Each day, beginning on the 21st, we will post a pose, an explanation/application of how that Yama or Niyama may apply to you, and a food tip or a recipe to go along with that challenge. So, here is what you need to do if you want to participate: 1. Repost the challenge post to your Instagram…
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Yoga: Alignment over Depth
If you have attended yoga class at BPY, no doubt you have heard your yoga teacher calling out alignment cues as you move through your practice. These practice cues include “keep your knee over your ankle,” during our low lunges or “roll your shoulders away from your ears” during up dog and are important reminders for keeping the body safe. Listening for and trying to incorporate these alignments during a slower paced class is much more easily done than during a faster-paced Vinyasa flow or Budokon class, which could cause some of students to overlook alignment and this can contribute to habits that over time can lead to injury. I am sure…
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Yoga Lingo – Sanskrit Tips Part II
Hello BPY Yogis! Next up on our journey through yoga lingo, I would like to introduce some of the Sanskrit basics when learning yoga posture names. To facilitate understanding the names of poses in yoga, you may find it to be most helpful to gain an understanding of what the root words are that forms the construct of each Sanskrit word or phrase. The names can be broken down into similar categories and then observed how they can be combined. When we see the separate names that combine to create a pose, the logic of how they are formed easily leads to the understanding of other combinations/pose names, for many…
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Yoga Lingo
Have you heard your yoga teacher say something that you were pretty sure was not English? At the time you are desperately trying to stand on one leg and it just doesn’t seem the time to raise your hand and ask. In fact, you are sure you may be the only person that didn’t understand, and you certainly don’t want to call attention to that or the fact that you actually cannot stand on one leg. You get to the end of class and you know you wanted to ask your teacher something…what was it, what was it???? You are not alone….with the struggle to learn yoga’s terminology, balancing on…
