Dear Yoga Student, Many of the people touting healthy living and wild-style foods are people like me, people who have never really had a major health crisis. Don’t get me wrong… That doesn’t make the message any less valid (I hope:) but the people who most-inspire me are those that have had health challenges and [...]
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Can Yoga Remove Cellulite? [free report]
Dear Yoga Student, At 5 months, my baby son had cellulite on his legs, his arms, and his back… … just like most babies! And you know what? By the time he turned 1 year old, it was all be gone. Why? Because he’ll start walking and developing muscle tone. And muscle tone smooths cellulite [...]
Are You an Amateur or a Pro? [yoga student]
![Are You an Amateur or a Pro? [yoga student]](http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/garfield_yoga_lazy1.ax1rvdl7rb40888wkscok0cok.dyvz4sut4lc04scss800sgw48.th.jpeg "Are You an Amateur or a Pro? [yoga student]")
Dear Yoga Student, Here’s a great quote I like to keep in mind always when practicing feels like a struggle… “An amateur yoga student is someone who practices when she feels like it, practice whatever she wants or whenever she wants. A professional student practices on purpose, even with a headache, even when no one [...]
Can Yoga Wreck Your Body? (and other nonsense)
Dear Yoga Student, After that last email I sent you about NOT reading the news, (because it’s too negative focused) one of my students sent me an email: “Yeah, but Lucas… the New York Times has great articles about yoga sometimes…” And she sent me a link to an article about how yoga can allegedly [...]
CNN is Evil – Everything is OK!
Dear Yoga Student, CNN is one of the worst things that ever happened to human happiness. Suddenly, stories of death, struggle, and misery (the so-called “news”) were available 24/7. Now, I know that CNN also does sports and stocks, and I’m sure some of those things have improved the quality of our lives. But watching, [...]
HELP WANTED: Vegan Chef
I’m looking for a vegan chef who is healthy looking (no need for models, just healthy and smiley) to create unique and original recipes for my subscribers. Here’s what I’m looking for: *Plant-based recipes *No use of weird mock meats or funny stuff *Minimal use of tofu (some OK, some tempeh OK) *Legumes are great [...]
Never Take This Medication While Doing Yoga
Dear Yoga Student, I need to tell you about an extremely common antibiotic that can cause massive tendon problems according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. But first… a story. When I was 16 years old, a dermatologist put me on tetracycline (an antibiotic) for the better part of 18 months. That couldn’t have [...]
CENTRAL PARK: Cobra Pose Tutorial & Seated Twists
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Hot Yoga Teacher Training – Yoga Training Thailand
Dear Yoga Student, I just returned from one of the bi-annual yoga teacher training programs I produce on Koh Samui Island in Thailand. We had a group of 41 people form 23 countries, all transitioning from yoga students into yoga teachers… … it’s one of the coolest things I get to be a part of. [...]
The Scream Room (an alternative to yoga)
Dear Yoga Student, As a teenager, I worked in Starbucks back when there weren’t that many Starbucks, so the line was out the door from 5:30 a.m. until closing. I’ve had 51 different jobs in my life, and to be fair, pouring coffee wasn’t a bad one… … but after 6 or 8-hours of grind, [...]
3 Tips for Quitting Coffee (doh!)
“Lucas, I know coffee is frying my adrenals but I don’t know how to wean myself off it… what should I do?”
Bike 2,132 miles Eating Nothing but Plants?
Dear Yoga Student, American Tour de France cyclist, David Zabriskie, is going the distance eating almost nothing but plant foods. And he’s not the only athlete going green… There’s a subculture of extreme endurance athletes who swear by plant-based foods as a way to stay light, fast and energized. Ultra-marthoner Scott Jurek, for example. Tri-athlete, [...]
Know Any Good Baby Names?
Dear Yoga Student, My wife and I are about to have a baby boy (any day). We have ONE name picked out, but we’re not for sure yet. Do you know any good baby boy names? Can you post them here? I’m 100% serious, I’d love to get some fresh ideas. Time is ticking;) Stay [...]
Positive Thinking Myth: “Smile or Die!”
“Why is it that people who are obsessed with positive thinking are always so miserable?” I didn’t have a good answer because it’s usually
true. And even more true is that the most positive people I know have no problem whatsoever having
When Self Practice Sucks [extrovert]
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Dear Yoga Student, When people get frustrated with yoga, it’s usually because they’re trying to do something that just doesn’t fit with who they are. Extroverted yoga students often struggle with trying to maintain a self practice, while introverted students sometimes get bored or anxious in group classes at their local studio. ************Quick Quiz************** Q: [...]
“Why You Eating Bugs?” she said
Dear Yoga Student, “Why You Eating Bacteria?” she said. It was my daughter. I explained *some* bugs are really good for your gut. They’re called probiotics (a.k.a. “good bugs”) and here’s what they do: *Starve off the bad bacteria by eating their food *Synthesize vitamins K and B *Reduce inflammation *Produce short-chain fatty acids to [...]
15,000 Thoughts Per Day [most are reruns]
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Dear Yoga Student, Neurologists and researches estimate that we have somewhere between 15,000-50,000 thoughts per day. And most of them are fear-based thoughts (how do I avoid __ conflict?); and maybe 80% of them are reruns, thoughts we’ve had before. How can you really measure this? How can we REALLY know? Well, we can’t. But [...]
3 Sore Body Foods [and why they might not work]
Dear Yoga Student, If you’re stretching and doing lots of yoga, you’re bound to get sore. It’s normal… all part of the process. You’re also bound to start craving different kinds of foods. That’s your body telling you what it needs to make the changes you’re asking of it. Here are 3 GREAT sore body [...]
When Natural Medicine is NOT Strong Enough
Dear Yoga Student, I’m a natural kinda guy… I avoid the doctor, I eat organic foods, and I rarely take pharmaceuticals. But sometimes the alternative medicine camp really pisses me off. Case in point: I recently heard about Patrick Swayze’s pancreatic cancer that turned fatal. I don’t pay attention to stars, but the natural vs. [...]
5 Things I Learned in California
Dear Yoga Student, California has more yoga studios per capita than any place I know and every 5th person is (or was) either a real estate agent, a yoga teacher – or both! For me, California never stops being an amazing, frustrating and compelling part of the world for me. Here’s what I learned my [...]
