3 Part Breath with Erica Kafka

Join Erica Kafka for a special video featuring Long Deep Breathing- a breath technique that is relaxing and calming as well as helpful in increasing the flow of prana and the strength and endurance of your muscles of respiration.

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Spiritwell Live Gig, March 2020

As the impact of the coronavirus outbreak started to become apparent in mid-March, Spiritwell cancelled a show at Ohana Kava Bar and decided to take to live-streaming in hopes to get people on their feet, out of their heads, and into their hearts. The musical project, led by Austin Richman, brings original, heartfelt & diverse music and in this session along Erika de la Cuadra and Rebecca Burdick Meyer, offers music to dance to and chant to. Shout out to Tony Paul who we dearly missed that night on the drums! Please enjoy!

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Body Scan & Relaxation by Erica Kafka

In this week's installment of Yoga Living Project, Erica Kafka is back with another tool to help you tune in with a Body Scan & Relaxation meditation. Give it a listen and let us know what you'd like to see more of or if you would like to contribute by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Finding My Roots Through Yoga By Deepa Patel

Yoga Living Project is proud to offer a story from first time guest author (and current yoga teacher in training) Deepa Patel. In this installment, Deepa shares her journey from India to the United States and equally her journey into the truth of her yoga practice. This week's work is definitely food for thought as it touches on some important discussions in the yoga community such as appropriation vs. appreciation, decisions to study yoga deeper, and the all-important sangha.

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5 Surprising Reasons to Use CBD for Your Fitness Journey by Grace Hawkins

Welcome to the Yoga Living Project first time guest author Grace Hawkins on compelling reasons to use CBD for your fitness journey. Click below to read! As always, if you are interested in contributing, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Breath Awareness by Erica Kafka

Love Is by Alyssa Corley

As always with Alyssa Corley's contributions to the Yoga Living Project, there isn't much we can put into words to preface it, it's just one you need to read, to let sit on your skin and seep into your heart. If you're looking to challenge the barriers of your love and explore our current theme from one of our teachers who notoriously lives from her heart, this week's contribution has got you covered!

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Introduction to the Yamas & Niyamas: The Ethical Guidelines of Yoga by Michael Lloyd Billington

Guest author and fellow Colorado yogi and blogger, Michael Lloyd Billington, offers his work (from his own blog ironically titled the “Living Yoga Blog”) on the ethical guidelines of yoga: the yamas (how you treat others; external disciplines) and niyamas (personal duties or observances; inner disciplines). The Yamas and Niyamas are the first two of the eight limbs of yoga, they are the home base that you can endlessly return to to find your footing on the yogic path.

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Delightful Detours by Cami Gage

We are about to head into a new theme, to some the most daunting theme of the year: Love. And, as first time Guest Author (and current YTT student) Cami Gage reflects: love starts at home, with yourself. Get a head start on March by giving this installment of the Yoga Living Project a read and let us know your thoughts or future blog ideas by emailing Austin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

4 Apps You Can Use to Get the Most Out of Yoga by Aleah Kristy

Can't make it to the studio today? You're in luck as guest author Aleah Kristy returns to the Yoga Living Project in this week's installment to share 4 apps to practice along from home, work or school. While we obvsiouly think making it to the studio is an important part of your routine, it's just as important to have a plan to handle the stressful times when life keeps you away. So pull out your phone, book your next class, and then scroll through your cyberspace options to keep you connected to your practice. 

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Yoga for Digestion by Anita Fernandes

No matter how healthy your diet and lifestyle may be, there’s no escaping the occasional bout of indigestion. Digestive disorders tend to surface occasionally without warning and can cause considerable discomfort. While common digestive problems like bloating, cramping, and constipation are non-threatening, it’s no fun having to deal with them. Read this week's installment of the Yoga Living Project as first time guest author, Anita Fernandes, shares 5 poses for these troubling times and how to pracitce them.

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6 Rules for Spiritual Practice

What makes yoga special? People often make claims that their yoga is this or that referring to something outside of a conventional practice. Then there are the people who know nothing about the benefits of yoga outside of stretching. So what makes yoga different than lifting weights or swimming and couldn’t those activities be someone’s version of yoga? One hallmark of yoga is that it cultivates 2 things specific to it that are not intrinsic to most other activities: being and intention. ‘Being’ in the respect that one shifts the frame of their life from ‘doing’ to ‘being’ in a ways that are subtle yet profound. Intention is in the way that we have the ability to tap into an unlimited resource for creativity and creation in our lives. There are caveats to both however, and restrictions to access this potential as they are only within our ability when we play by their rules, so in this week’s installment of the Yoga Living Project I offer an outline for the 6 rules for spiritual practice that, no matter what the activity, will help cultivate the superpowers of being and intention.