Prevention | How Yoga Makes You A Nicer Person

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By Jenna Bergen Southerland

Mar 14, 2014

As if a toned body and calmer mind weren’t enough, practicing yoga also makes you a nicer person—who just happens to have better sex, according to two new studies. According to a Journal of Holistic Nursing study, yogis credit their practice for making them nicer, kinder, and more patient. And just two hours of yoga a week is enough for a boost in the bedroom, finds a study from the International Society For Sexual Medicine.

YogaDork Ed | From Tight to Tender: Opening the Heart in Loving-Kindness

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By Jillian Pransky

February 14, 2011, was the most heart opening Valentine’s Day to date… As the sun rose my father passed on. And forever now, Valentines Day will be truly a day that takes me deep into the heart. Amazingly, if you asked me a few years before what it would be like for me to go through this loss, and through the three months of his illness, my answer would have included words like “anxious, scared, frozen, tight, angry, etc…”

YogaGlo | The Language of Yoga: Prana

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Prana comes from the prefix “pra,” and the root word, “an,” which means to breathe. The word translates as “to breathe forth,” or often even more simply, “life.” Jillian Pransky, director of Restorative Therapeutic Yoga teacher training for YogaWorks, and a founding Director of Bright Spirit Yoga Trainings, says that the concept goes back thousands of years, to the ancient writings known as the Vedas.

Yoga Teacher Magazine | Whatever Terror or Beauty Arises in This Pose

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It was as if I had only been waiting for the opportunity for my own understanding, but it was an unconscious understanding and in my first yoga class I put it all together. the practice itself was like sitting with the master of all teachers, instantly. It was another world--from my first class forward.

YogaDork Ed | Flowing into Spring's Rigor and Renewal

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By Jillian Pransky

This past weekend I led a spring yoga retreat at Mohonk Mountain in New Paltz, NY. With morning temperatures at a frigid 29 degrees, the only sign of spring was no snow on the ground and a radiant, but teasing sun. Because spring alleviates the heaviness of winter with its fresh, effervescent energy, we tend to forget that it also comes with a rigorous intensity. It’s like nature’s way of *‘Rolfing’ the environment (and us.) 

YogaDork Ed | Learning to Receive and Restore: The Benefits and Significance of Restorative Yoga

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By Jillian Pransky

I was originally drawn to yoga in the early 90s as an athlete and a typical over achiever.  I played sports all my life, was a collegiate soccer player, a marathon runner, and an avid 7-day a week aerobics junkie.  In my business career I held a fast paced position as a Mass Market, Marketing Director for a Major Publishing house. After work, and every day between 1986-1994, I taught 5 fitness classes a week. That was until I discovered yoga.

YogaDork Ed | Lessons of Impermanence: The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

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By Jillian Pransky

Tragedy, disaster, our deepest challenges, leave us feeling strangely present. They force us to stop, immediately. Seizing our attention. Convincing us, instantly, to open our eyes, ears, mind and eventually our hearts. Oddly, this is very similar to the type of presence we are practicing cultivating on our yoga mats and meditation cushions. To show up most fully.

YogaDork Ed | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Training for Meditation

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By Jillian Pransky

Let’s be straight, sometimes our life circumstances just plain suck. This is often the very heart of the teachings I have received from the masters I study with. What I learn from them, what I also know to be true from my own practice and life experience, is that while my situation sucks, I don’t have to. How I respond is up to me.

YogaDork Ed | Time to Spring Up: Lighten Your Mind to Brighten Your Life

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By Jillian Pransky

For as long as I can remember, I have loved spring. It is a joyful season. Nature’s regeneration ignites our faith and happiness; with the buds bursting and birds singing our hearts organically bloom open. Optimism flows more effortlessly.