Posts by Pilar
Can Anxiety Help Our Yoga Practice?
It has been said that the practice of yoga can highly contribute to alleviating anxiety disorders. Yet is the opposite true as well? Can anxiety help us somehow to go deeper into our yoga practice? In short, I think it can. Here are the reasons why I believe that, as well as a bit about…
Read MoreFoundational Yoga Book Recommendations
In the first installment of our Bodhi Surf + Yoga Book Club, we will hear from head yogini and Bodhi Surf + Yoga co-founder, Pilar Salazar, about the yoga books which have had the greatest impact on her, and have changed the course of both her yoga and life paths. Without further ado, let’s get…
Read MoreYoga in Our Daily Lives
As a yoga teacher, I constantly remind my students that the real yoga begins off the mat. Although many practitioners in the Western world discover yoga through asana (or the physical postures), true yoga is a philosophy of living. When we commit ourselves to the practice of yoga we must remember that it is not…
Read MoreMeaning of Anjali Mudra
Anjali Mudra is a large part of the culture and practice of yoga. In this blog, we will discuss the Anjali Mudra meaning and in so doing, we hope that you will walk away with knowledge of when, why, and how to use it. Learn yoga online! Discover more of the meaning, philosophy and practice…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Pranayama Breathing
“When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace.” ~Author Unknown In the great ocean of knowledge inside the science of yoga, there are many essential principles which we can learn to improve our quality of life and our relationship with the outside world. Among them, a very important one is Pranayama. It is…
Read MoreCost vs. Value: Lessons in Discernment
It’s been a while since I have written a blog. Although since childhood I have loved to read and write, thankfully, our team has been growing and we have much better writers among us. So I have left that blogging to those who do a better job than I. But today, I have something to…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Yoga Teacher
Once upon the time, there was a system that was so hard to access, that you would probably have to travel far and wide to find your yoga teacher (or guru), who would hopefully share the knowledge of an unknown and mystical practice call “yoga”. In order to receive that precious gift of knowledge, a…
Read MoreI’m Not Flexible, Is Yoga Right For Me?
If there’s a topic I can talk about knowledgeably, it’s this one. Over the past eight years that I’ve been teaching, I have received this same question (or comment) over and over again. It has been a strong “disclaimer” from a great many students as they enter the door. Speaking from experience I started practicing…
Read More3 Main Reasons to Start Practicing Yoga
I started practicing yoga when it was still fairly new in my country. I was curious to learn more about what was considered at that time a strange and sort of “hippie” Eastern philosophy. I was also very intrigued about the complex postures and movements and how they could actually affect my state of mind.…
Read MoreThe Sacred Side of Aging
I recently celebrated another birthday, and I was reminded of something I learned in India that, this week especially, resonates with me greatly. It is this: in our “modern”, westernized world, we have lost the value of aging — instead of something beautiful, natural, and ultimately graceful, it has become a painful step in life…
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