Hello yoginis! The theme I noticed going through the blogroll was not surprising, Valentine’s Day is a great topic to write about! Whether you are “for” it or “against” it, the day of love made a splash in YIOM.

Go to Chakra’s blog to read the sweet story of a beautiful friendship.

Bee, touring NYC for Fashion Week, blogged about forgiveness and how she merged yoga and fashion.

At Capricious Yogi’s blog you can read about how to embrace both the good and bad days, the lesson of loosening the hard gaze, and what she’s learned as a yoga teacher.

Erin from Happy Om Happy Home came back from the dead (ok, not DEAD but very long hiatus) to share with us a beautiful quote

Jennifer shared 14 things she loves in honor of the day of love

Eve asked the fabulous question – Are some yoga poses lemons? She also advised on how to make those poses into lemonade

Thais brought some of her favorite old posts back in her Blast From Past series

Amy asked us to find love after Valentine’s day and shared a video of making love viral.

Over at MamasteNJ we learned why we should say thanks to our exs and making believe

Construction is still going on at My Creative Fling.

On An Inhale blogged about a quinoa recipe, wishing her readers a happy Valentine’s, her wedding plans, and a little tip.

Tree of Yoga found her Tadasana and Sheri connected with her own teaching style.

Zoie shared five things she’s grateful for and how she’s living a life of respect

Lorin wrote the difficulties of practicing ahimsa with our bodies and how to go meatless in an omnivore family

Make your way over to Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom to drool over heart shaped foods, take a stand against cancer and her views of John Friend’s step down from Anusara.

Rash brought a old newspaper yoga article back from the past.

Betty invited us to a heart to heart and also invited us to a little wiggle wiggle session.

Yogi Crystal wrote a touching letter about dealing with hate through yoga and Yogistastic showed us how to start a healthier path and answers the tough question of “who am I”.

Another delicious Valentine’s Day recipe can be found on Izabela’s blog.

Yoga Geek asks us to keep our heart open on the day of love.

Find out how yoga and muslim go hand in hand over at Yoga in all Things.

Yoga Life Way gave a shout out to Adele.

Read about compassionate listening as well as learning the boundaries of how far you should go at Yoga Flavoured Life.

~ Teeg

A lot of yogic drama has been circulating the web sphere and I don’t know about you but I simply don’t allow myself to get riled up in it. Every community has its share of problems, we are all humans and yogis are just as susceptible to misconduct as the rest of them. But personally, yoga for me is more than just a group of individuals who enjoy the same experience. Yoga is about MY experience. And as I watch life unfold around me, I keep my focus on my breath, my body, and what I can do to become a better individual.

The yogis and yoginis that post for YIOM have dedicated time out of their day each week to share with you their own experiences. Let’s go explore the stories shall we?

Yoga Geek wrote about partner yoga in honor of February, and announced the start of her podcast project. It’s pretty awesome let me tell you so go check it out and support her!

Over at Yoga for the Long Run you can read about setting goals the yogic way.

An endearing post about how to find boundless joy can be read at Yoga Flavored Life as well as what to do when your identity shifts.

If you’re a baker you’ll definitely want to stop by Yogini Self Portrayal and learn how to make carrot chocolate protein cake and you while you’re there definitely catch the cutest picture of a pup.

Yogi Crystal answered some big questions such as “what fulfills you” and “what’s your greatest fear”.

Jennifer from Yoga Life Way makes peace with God via Lieutenant Dan and shares some of the awesome posts she’s been writing for the Elephant Journal.

f you want an excellent personal story about one of the many yoga dramas going around you’ll want to read Tree of Yoga’s Satya and Yoga Scandals blog post.

Zoie wrote a beautiful letter to her kids and shared a post she wrote for the Family Size Blog Carnival.

Over at Think Body Electric you can read about Kripalu’s scandal a few years back and how it made the community stronger than ever.

Sheri blogged about how she took her yoga off the mat while Yoga Betty decided to incorporate the sutras more into her life and taught us how to revolve our hearts.

Catch some inspiring daily affirmations on Andrea’s blog and have a girl’s night out with Beth (not forgetting to send out some valentine’s day card while you’re at it!)

Kendall, busy as ever, blogged about finding her teaching grove, missing her running routine, her thoughts on Madonna, and some tips for the Super Bowl.

Flissy reminded us that you can’t cheat your practice.

I loved this post on grounding in times of uncertainty from Nourishing Origins. This quote really stood out “The only way to truly find the answers we seek is to allow the space to open for them in our minds”.

Heather wrote about yoga prayers and her renewed faith and Faern discussed how to work with the void in our lives

At Everyday Yoga you learn how to be a better person (who doesn’t want that right!)

The Curious World of L is moving!!!

Discover the small but amazing wonders of this life with Grace at Graceful Simplicity.

Dance and drum your way through life with Flowtation Devices.

Thais wrote about her love for physical asana, as long as it doesn’t take away from the true intention of yoga and asked the question of how to become spiritual.

Read Amanda’s review of The Professor’s Assassin by Matthew Pearl and read The Capricious Yogi’s guest post on Yoganonymous about Letting Go.

Catch a short but powerful blurb on breathing over at the Blissful Yogi and Bee shared her love for Juil as well as how to tame the inner critic.

We have three fabulous new additions this week! Please welcome Danielle from Body Divine Yoga, Sarah from The Search of Ananda and Farida over at Yoga in All Things. We currently have 66 members and growing!

One thing last, if you haven’t noticed we’ve been trying to make YIOM more accessible for you. Not only do we have a facebook page and a twitter account, but we also set it up so you can receive our weekly reviews right to your inbox! Just add your email address to our subscribe box on the right and make sure you confirm and voila! YIOM comes to you!

~Teeg

Happy Friday sweet readers! Believe it or not, February is upon us. The month of LOVE. I used to hate February, especially when I was single and had not a single rose waiting for me when I got home. But now, I have a whole new perspective on this delicious month. You see, the month of love isn’t implying you are lesser than those in a relationship. Rather, this month reminds us to love everyone that’s in our lives, the people that pull us up AND down. The people that we love inspires us to be the best we can be. And the people that drive us nutty keeps us humble and brings out the things we still need to work on in ourselves. Everyone we encounter is a lesson of love. How will you celebrate??

As you ponder, go read some of our awesome bloggers!

Up first, we have Bee from Beeyond Yoga sharing with us how juicing is much like yoga and her experience with Stretch for Survivors.

Let your love SHINE this February with Capricious Yogi.

Learn a little lesson about paying attention with Grace.

Eve asks us for our thoughts on humility while Faern continues to share with us her beautiful Untapped pictures

Go to the Curious World of L for blogs that are beautifully poetic and insightful

And on the other side we have Jennifer at Flowtation Devices and her knack of drawing us into her delightful stories with titles such as “Burpees, planks, and a port de bras” and “Chaos in my Bra“.

Hari Kirtana Das cleverly related the Bhagavad-gita with the Super Bowl.

Kat reviewed Steve Gold’s “let your heart be known” and Yoga Flavored life reviewed “when the body says no”.

Thais shared big news with us as well as what spirituality means to her.

Amy asked us her thoughts on the controversial new book The Science of Yoga and gave us her experience of returning back to her asana practice.

Sharon from MamasteNJ wished us a happy February and Elizabeth gave us insight as to why she loves being a yoga teacher, even if she can’t do the “sparkly stuff”.

Sheri wrote about how she eased her nerves of teaching by letting go while Megan discussed establishing a home practice.

Think Body Electric gave us a fabulous post praising a local yoga teacher.

A real deep post about tuning in and touching down can be found at TouchstoneZ.

I love this quote from Tree of Yoga in her blog post on Body Talk “For me, the words, the practice, the breath, the body…are celebration of nothing in particular except this moment right here. Bow down to your verbs, your pronouns, adverbs and the mighty adjectives..give them space to surprise you and express you. “

Serve up some Self-Compassion with Nourishing Origins.

Kendall gave us a low down of her weekend and her Chia Joos Reboot diet

The Vegan Asana shared a delicious looking vegan chocolate cupcakes recipe and blogged about her dislike of huge heart openers.

From Yoga and Soul you can review Nadine Fawell’s yogAttitude cards and watch a video on power yoga.

Learn about the sixth, seventh and eighth limbs of yoga from Loo over at Yoga Betty.

At Yoga for the Long Run you can read about goal setting and its yogic application

Beth blogged about how she kept her cool during her 4pm “witching hour”, her January photo challenge and a spinach chickpeas recipe.

Yogitastic is taking the plunge and going alcohol free for the month of February. Go support her and learn how to handle non-alcohol drinking friends.

Crystal alerted her readers about her blog post on YIOM.

And over at YogaLifeWay told us a pretty exciting secret.

Enjoy your weekend of love!!!

~Teeg

Hello everyone!!

Apologies this post did not come out yesterday. You see, as I was about to start perusing the blog roll to write up the weekly review, I decided I wanted to do something slightly different in honor of the last week of the month.

So after some thought I decided every last week of the month I am going to randomly choose a blog to highlight. The question I will ask the blogger will remain the same – Write about a difficulty you’ve encountered in the past month and how it relates to your yoga practice.

I think this is an excellent way to accent the variety of bloggers we have in our community and find out a little more about each other.

Since I made this decision last minute, I reached out to Crystal, a dear friend and fellow YIOMer and asked if she would quickly put together a post for me for the week. Not only did she follow through, but her post really warmed my heart.

Without further ado, here’s Crystal’s post!

January. In my little corner of the world January is a cold, unforgiving lady.  She tries to break you with ridiculous amounts of snow, dark days, and -40 C (-40 F) temperatures (don’t you want to move here right away?).  Sometimes she wins and this month she almost took me down.  Almost.

photo curtesy of Yogi Crystal

Last week as our temperatures slipped down into the -30s, I managed to keep a little optimism while wearing 13 layers of clothes to stay warm.  But, as it started to move to -40, I began to feel the winter blues come on and the hibernation of Crystal began to set in.  I’ve mentioned in my blog before how I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and I can say that last week, it started to hit me hard.  I used to be ashamed of this condition, but now I find it helps to speak to others about it.  Occasionally, someone will open up to me about their experiences with SAD or they’ll rally behind me to get me outside and not let me hide away at home all winter.  Being able to share freely about the winter blues really helps and also reminds me that I’m not the only one.  Unfortunately, this recent dip into the frigid winter temperatures caused me to skip some yoga classes – shameful, I know!  It took a lot of effort to just get myself back and forth to work in this weather, so motivation to venture out and do other things was non-existent.  It’s hard to admit this to you, but that’s what happened.  Even as this was going on I felt awful and beat myself up over the inevitable hibernation that was starting.  I knew it wasn’t a good idea, so why couldn’t I just bundle up and go to class?  I’m not really sure, but most people with SAD can’t describe why they just want to stay inside and hide during these months.  They just do it.  I did it last winter and it’s not really something I want to repeat.

It’s also challenging because I know in my heart how much yoga helps me in times like these.  Almost instantly, I could feel the positive changes to my body when I was in class this week.  Heart opening, shoulders relaxing, mood improving.  Somehow, an hour and a half class can feel like a full body transformation – and I love it!  It’s my winter version of summer sunshine and just like in the warmer months, I can’t hide from it.  There’s no shame or real control in being affected by the winter blues, but changing the way I react to frigid temperatures is in my hands.  Taking the time to notice when I’m trying to avoid activities in the winter, acknowledging it without judgement, and then getting those layers on and my butt out the door.  No sense staying in a funk all winter long when I know how much yoga boosts my mood and makes me feel better all around.

This year, January almost consumed me but she didn’t know that I’m better equipped this

photo curtesy of Yogi Crystal

time around.  My yoga has made me stronger and even though there are still some bumps along the road, I’m more aware now because of my practice.  It’s true that the SAD is still there, but the awareness is a powerful tool for managing symptoms and empowering myself to feel better everyday.  Now, here’s hoping it warms up soon!  ॐ

Thank you Crystal for sharing with us! If you would like to read more of her posts, check out her blog here.

I would also like to mention two new members that joined this week!!

Please welcome Jocelyn  from Nourishing Origins and Amy from Living Yoga!

Have a fabulous weekend all!

~Teeg

The big news of the week was the battle between large internet companies and the government as people around the world protested the new bills, PIPA and SOPA from being passed. If you haven’t heard the news, I highly recommend learning the facts about what is being proposed and what you can do to help resist the passage of the bill here.

But here on YIOM, it was just another week in January. Reading through these wonderful blogs, I noticed there was a peaceful feeling to them all. A quiet power of tranquility. It’s truly beautiful. So grab a cup of tea and enjoy this week’s YIOM review!

The Capricious Yogi posted three blog posts this week, beautiful advice’s from a tree, a plea to stop talking and practice more yoga, and the benefits of yoga

The Humble Yogini herself has a new column she’s excited to share with us

Bee wrote a beautiful ode to the sun and the opening of new opportunities and Georgia shared insight of her love of the ocean.

At 5 Minute Yoga, learn how yoga wrecked Eve’s life

Jennifer from Flowtation Devices shared her personal stories of swimming, dancing, and sitting.

Graceful Simplicity blogged about the cutest little brown ba

Bram got a very curious visit

Keishua reclaimed her power

YogaDawd raised some really valid points about yoga ads and videos

Heather at Namaste Heather shared her two cents about the NY Times yoga article

Kendall wrote about meal planning, experimenting with pulp, and down dogging

At Living in the (k)now, Thais shared her awful experience with restorative yoga, her discovery of cleanses, and a guest post from on holding your space

Hari Kirtana Das ever so eloquent, gave us insight into his 2012 intention.

Learn about the health benefits of green tea over at A PHD In Yoga.

Emily shared with us her own cleanse, Sheri made a new discovery about the power of attitude, and Megan wrote about one of her favorite mudras.

Want some articles on mindful parenting and the likes? Then head over to TouchstoneZ blog post here and here.

Read a pretty raw article at Tree of Yoga here, or learn about creating a home yoga practice, and the life of an introvert

At the Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom you can enter a Vita Coco water giveaway and read a short but sweet post on Martin Luther King

Head over to the Vegan Asana’s blog to read about how to eat vegan around the world

Learn about your dark side at Yoga Flavored Life.

Suze blogged about January, Yoga Geek highlighted a yoga teacher and Rash shared a video blog on a 5 year regret

Yoga Betty had a busy week!! Read her MLK mantra, catch her webinar and see her response to the NY Times yoga article

Crystal wrote about one of my personal favorites restorative poses

Izabela reviewed a vegan restaurant and a recipe for vegan chocolate almond cups (yum!!)

And last but definitely not least, send supportive love to Yogitastic and her February alcohol abstinence

~Teeg

Here we are in our second week of the year and it’s off to a scandalous start. The NY Times article ruffled more than a few feathers in the yoga community and I know we are all waiting to see if the author has anything to say in response to our outcry.

But much more happened this week than just that article. On YIOM this week –

Four ladies that had a mini blogging hiatus decided to say their hellos once more!

The Vogue Yogini came back to share with us her work with the Travis Manion Foundation’s 9/11 Heroes Run

Emily changed her blog up and bit and caught us up on her life

Heather is sponsoring a YJ conference give away

And go send PHD in Yoga some extra yogi loving. Sounds like she needs some support!

Kelly from Yoga Flavored Life wrote about Yoga Warrior, a yoga practice for soldiers, what to do when dark feelings come upon you, and how to find peace on and off the mat.

Yoga Betty shared an awesome tree salutation video and insight into a workshop she recently took with Shiva Rea

Over at Yoga and Soul you can catch some yogAttitude cards

Yoga Geek gave us a tour of her five senses

Crystal resolved NOT to give up on her dreams

Jennifer referred us to her elephant journal post about 10 Reasons To Go Vegan That Have Nothing To Do With Sex

From the Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom, learn about some cool finds in the interwebs, how she felt with her meditation practice and her views on The Real Housewives

Tree of Yoga got a cool new layout you should check out plus a blog post about our should

Zoie from TouchstoneZ shared a post about refusing to be negative

Go to Sheri’s blog to learn about what true strength means to her

YogaDawg always has a few (or millions) of funny yoga related things to share. I wonder how he finds all this stuff! His site is definitely one not to miss

Flissy blogged about Svadyaya (self practice) and her bellydancing practice as well as her review of The Four Desires by Rod Stryker

Kendall has been keeping a secret that she finally shared with us, her small dedication to loving her yoga studies, and the importance of modifications.

Meet Charlie, the cutest pup ever at Creative Fling

Elizabeth discussed her lack and desire of knowledge (I’m a junkie too Liz!)

Thais shared her musings over tea and addressed the NY Times Article with her view point of a yoga teacher’s humility

View some lovely, gyraceful, simple but beautiful pics over at Graceful Simplicity

Over at Flowtation Devices, catch Jennifer as she goes on a youtube craze, and why she didn’t dismantle her Christmas tree.

Be ready to get your breath taken away from these all too real pictures of yoga on Linda’s blog

Bee shared her yoga retreat in Turkey (I wish I could go!!) and the importance of creating time for yourself

The Humble Yogini blogged about her pilates experience

Over at 24 Things, we went through a roller coaster of confused closet identity

Bram, articulate as ever, shared a beautiful little post with a line that touched my heart “My being is literally alive with the vibration of all that is, and that vibration is stronger than ever. This is union. This is home. This is Om”.

Let’s welcome two new members of YIOM – Sharon from MamasteNJ and G from The Blissful Yogi

~ Teeg

First week of 2012 has just flown by! I hope everyone is still as hopeful as you were that first beautiful day of the new year.

Without further ado, let’s review our week here at YIOM shall we?

Go over to Yogitastic for a little lesson on self love

Get moving with a New year yoga video at Yogini’s Self Portrayal and get a great Protein Apple Cinnamon Bar recipe

Crystal reviewed her 2011 and Jennifer wrote a letter to 2012.

At Mana Yoga you can read about how surrendering is so essential for contentment through the words of Patanjali

The Yoga Geek gave us creative ways to color our lives, er I mean, our journals

William wrote a sweet beautifully post on his gathas for the new year.

Yoga Betty reminded us that yoga requires practice, and shared a few vids for building our yoga muscles!

Check out a picture of Zurich at Yoga and Soul

Lorin from the Vegan Asana shared a very succinct post about embracing different perspectives

Yoga Mom wrote about meditation, donating to an adorable little boy in need of a bone marrow transplant, and the double lives we tend to lead

Go over to Stefanie’s blog to read about a secret she has decided to share with us

Zoie wrapped up the Mindful Mama Carnival of 2011 as well as her blog in general

Kendall shared her week’s stories including a post on the Biggest Loser, her experience at Life Alive Café and the importance of drinking WATER!

Sheri blogged about her new year intentions while Pawel presented his intention predicament

YogaDawg shared the Sh*t Yogis Say vid, a pretty sexy adverstisement for a phone, a blog post from the past titled The Pose, and the truth about yoga teacher’s income. You can find them all here.

The lovely OM Chantress decided 2012 is going to be the year of light.

Over at Living in the (K)Now, Thais asked for donations to help achieve her dream and wrote about her Laughing Lotus class with Dana Flynn

Linda shared her teacher’s thoughts on mantras and raised an excellent point on the yoga norm

Kat honored a Denver teacher, Janet Casson

At Graceful Simplicity, Grace shared why she’s not having a new years resolution this year

Michelle walks us through a cleanse for the new year and 

Jennifer graced us with her dancing

Faern continues to amaze us with her Untapped pictures

You can learn how to reprogram unhelpful thoughts through meditation at Everyday Yoga

Keishua wished for a beautifully “small” year

Bram responded to the “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” article

Learn the meaning of Kalpana at Chakras Yoga and at 24 Things

Go on over to Capricious Yogi to learn the power of January and to read a guest post by  Jodi Lobozzo

Beeyond Yoga also had a guest post from a fellow YIOMer Liz Vartanian. She also asked her readers to join her in helping raise money for Yoga Bear and to be more self compassionate

At Amanda’s Weekly Zen we are introduced to many different types of meditation tools

And to wrap up the week got a new member, Megan from Showing Up For Life. Follow her at @108meganpowell and please give her a warm welcome!!

Have wonderful weekend all!!

~ Teeg

It was a pretty quiet week for our YIOM bloggers. I think everyone is still in a food coma from the holiday festivities!

To no one’s surprise, this week’s theme throughout the blogging world revolved around the New Year. Whether you are for or against resolutions, you cannot deny the sense of hope in the air for a brand new year. The last week of December is a great time to reflect on the past year and look at what we want to accomplish for the new year. An amazing variety of posts here at YIOM is just a click away so without further ado~

Beautiful Bee reminded us the importance acceptance and kindness in setting intentions as well as highlighted poses she wants to work on in 2012.

Ray at Everyday Yoga gave us a raw post and showed us how great it is to get “mushy” in the new year.

Kat Saks reviewed Nada Shoes.

Faern continued to show us pictures from her Untapped extragavanza.

Jennifer from Flowtation Devices gave us insight to her Christmas celebrations by documenting her beautiful decorations and Christmas Day (sick and all looks like she had a great day!)

Thais wrote about the Buddhist teaching of the second arrow and related her increase bingeing to being internet free.

Over at Me and Les Girls, Elizabeth philosophized about new year’s resolutions and letting go. It’s a powerful post definitely make sure to check it out!

YogaDawg posted a snippet of a movie and brought back the yoga douche

Kendall from On An Inhale gave us her weekend highlights, decided to take her workouts up a notch, and blogged about the top three things she’s in love with this week.

Learn about mandala meditation from Sheri at Sheri’s Yoga Musings

At Think Body Electric you can read about an interesting discussion of yoga teachers with guns.

Zoie is learning how to handle a technology free life (we do miss you!!)

A sweet wish over at Yoga and Soul made my day

Jennifer from Yoga Life Way wrote very raw, honest, beautiful posts in honor of #reverb11. Check them all out here (that one post brought tears to me eyes!)

Lorin shared her wonderfully deep insight on gratitude

Kelly wished us a belated Merry Christmas and reviewed some of her yoga gifts

Get a quick overview of Izabela’s Christmas celebrations here

Over at Ups and Down’s of a Yoga Mom you can learn tips for having a successful trip to winter wonderfest and catch her review of 2011.

Enjoy a fun list of top songs for Stefanie here as well as a review of her 2011.

And lastly go wander around Yoga Geek’s site for some holiday recovery yoga and her own Final Reverb of 2011.

Enjoy the last review of YIOM for 2011. 2011 was a big year for us, the year of our inception, and we look forward to another year of yoga insights and love.

~ Teeg

That’s right yogis and yoginis, YIOM is taking on twitter!!!

As most of you know, we are already on Facebook (if you didn’t know – go “like” us!)

And now we’ve decided to join the twitter sangha.

Come be part of the fun! Follow us at @YIOMsite for updates and blog posts from your fellow YIOM bloggers.

~ Teeg & Lorin

The peak of the Holiday Season is almost upon us and I congratulate these yogi bloggers for making time to share with us their insights! We have a vast array of blog topics, so go grab a warm cup of tea, make yourself cozy and read some of these wonderful posts!

Bee from Beeyond Yoga equated yoga drishti to life and philosophized about religion and yoga

Becca gave us a solution for the holiday blues with a heart chakra meditation and discussed the 5 Tibetan Rites.

Over at Keishua Thoughts, the beautiful lady shared with us this touching quote “Keeping at it. One day and one step at time. This is what helps you build the life you desire”.

Mr. Yogeshvara took a unique perspective on the holidays and encouraged us yogis to continue to open our hearts during this time of the year.

Feel the snowflakes fall upon you as you visit Faern In the Works as you read about her transformative shift and salivate over her beautiful pictures from Untapped.

Jennifer at Flowtation Devices gave us insight in the importance of slowing down in order to find energy and gave a small ode to her favorite breakfast.

Michelle advised us on how to cope with Holiday stress as well as some meal ideas

Learn how to make Creamy Rice Pudding at Graceful Simplicity.

Jo shared the beauty in tantra.

Take a journey through one of Maria Garre’s class through Thais’ words or read the importance of developing more patience in your life.

Lynette was too busy enjoying the holiday’s with friends and family (we forgive you!) to blog much but she did at least give us a line or two.

Yoga Dawg never misses an opportunity to lovingly poke fun at yoga and shared a bunch of funny posts. Go over there and take your time perusing!

On An Inhale had a busy week! She blogged about being held accountable, how to jump start your body after a week of feasting, why you should treat yourself kindly, AND her intentions for 2012. You go girl!

Sheri encouraged us to listen to our body after discussing her own migraine discoveries.

Zoie wrote about some of her favorite blogs, added a part 4 to her series on Giving and Forgiving, and a part 5 titled Why I Don’t Believe in Santa Claus, and lastly had a beautiful guest post from the lovely Cora Wren.

Over at Tree of Yoga, Stefanie mused about who we REALLY are and how yoga asana helps us accept change.

From the Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom, learn how giving can be better than receiving, how to make your own leg warmers (very nifty!), and why no one talks about how hard marriage is.

The Vegan Asana herself, Mrs Lorin commented on accepting yourself.

Rash decided maybe it’s best not to start off every morning reading negative news and shared an interesting version of surya namaskar.

The quirky Liz from Yoga Betty gave us a few asana’s to Un-Grinch-ify

Kelly told a gripping story about leaving a yoga class.

Yoga Geek gave us a TON of beautiful posts this week. It’s definitely worth it to make it to her site, listen to calming music, enjoy her pictures and read her wonderful words.

After a small blogging hiatus, Shareen came back in full force with a in-depth blog post about Patanjali’s yoga sutras.

Over at Yogini’s Self-Portrayal, Izabela shared her Christmas decorations and how she is challenging the typical holiday traditions.

And rounding up this week’s blogs we have the YogiTASTIC’s view on why she’s not joining in the positive cult.

If you don’t have enough to read with this week’s blog list ~~ then you need to go buy a book!

Merry (err.. or unmerry)… Holidays everyone!!

~Teeg