Bad Yogi City Guide: Eugene, OR
Eugene means different things to different people. It’s a college town for sure, but it’s also full of older hippies, travelers, lifelong Oregonians, and Portland-spillover hipsters and young...
View ArticleFake It Till You Make It: The Recipe for Believing in Yourself
One of my favourite pieces of advice to give to any new young professional (especially including myself) is to fake it until you make it. What does that mean, you might ask? To bring it back to basics:...
View ArticleI Tried It: Cycling to Work
As an American expat living in the Netherlands, you cannot miss the massive amount of Dutch people who bike to work every morning. Legitimately: you cannot miss them. They will hit you otherwise. Even...
View Article10-Minute Yoga Sequence for Hips with Kassandra
I’ve got a different kind of class for you from a special guest teacher, Kassandra! It’s a 10-minute sequence for the hips which is always much appreciated 😉 Kassandra is a fellow yoga teacher and...
View ArticleIs Yoga a Religion?
Is yoga a practice closely related to religion? Is it just a bunch of exercises to gain flexibility? Or is it something in between? To be honest, when I was a teen and didn’t know much about yoga, I...
View ArticleQ&A: How do we stop social media from ruining our self esteem?
How do we stop social media from ruining our self esteem? Here’s the thing: Living well with social media requires some very intentional boundary setting. Especially if you rely on it for business or...
View ArticleHow To Be Present When That Doesn’t Come Easily
How do you “be here” when your heart is stretched between two places? How do you stand strong and find stillness in life’s ever ebbing, flowing—and sometimes raging—waters? How do you claim the truth...
View ArticleBad Yogi Recipe: A Kale Salad for the Masses
Kale! You either love it or you hate it. BUT this recipe is for all the doubters. Even if you “hate” kale with a passion, give this a try. I can almost guarantee your tastebuds will thank you! For the...
View Article4 Japanese Wellness Concepts That Transformed My Body
This is the first of a four-part series on health and wellness from holistic health coach Katheryn Gronauer. Stay tuned every Saturday this month for more! I remember feeling really confused and...
View ArticleLooking for Progress, not Perfection
I’ve always struggled with motivation. I’ve bought and tried various fitness programs, only to quit after a of couple weeks. I end up feeling like I have to start all over again from day one because...
View ArticleBad Yogi City Guide: Reykjavík, Iceland
An Icelander´s disclaimer: As a true Icelander, I am very proud of my country. After living abroad, I love it even more. However, I am from the north of Iceland and therefore think it is the best part...
View ArticleSalam: Living at the Intersection of Yoga and Islam
SALAM is an Arabic word that literally means ‘’peace,’’ but is also used in many Arab countries and by Muslims as a form of greeting. Indeed this is my first post for Bad Yogi, so I have to start...
View ArticleTeacher Talk: Starting Yoga Teacher Training
Hi, y’all! This is the first in a series of articles featuring “letters” (ok, emails) between two of our regular contributors, Chuck and Kaitlin. Chuck and Kaitlin are both starting yoga teacher...
View ArticleA Bad Yogi’s Guide to Prenatal Yoga
I decided in the middle of 2016 to start my journey toward becoming a prenatal yoga instructor. Little did I know, the day after I received my official certification I would be sitting on the floor of...
View ArticleAn Insider’s Look at Madonna’s Eating Lifestyle
I took a sip of tea and smiled at my guest. Sitting in my living room was Madonna’s former personal chef, Mayumi Nishimura, and I was about to ask her all things health and diet for high-powered women....
View ArticleAdulting Is Hard, But I’m Not Scared
Right now, I am 22 years old. About a year ago I finished a degree in translation, but I felt like I wanted to do something more. I just couldn’t see myself as a translator for the rest of my life, but...
View ArticleBeing Kind Comes Back To You
In Western culture in particular, it’s often acceptable to not even say “thank you.” Why smile at a stranger when you’re in a hurry to get to work? Cutting someone off while driving won’t make you...
View Article5 Ways to Make Yoga A Full-Time Career
Yoga is really, really popular right now and what’s even more popular is teaching yoga. Yoga teacher trainings are popping up on every corner all over the world. That means there’s lots of YTTs and...
View ArticleWhen Adulthood Gets Hard, Be A Kid
I recently rediscovered some of my childhood joy. The most wonderful thing about this is that it happened in the middle of a spell of anxiety. I’m the kind of person who has to always be doing...
View Article2 Key Mindset Shifts for Long-Term Body Balance
Have you ever heard that success is all about mindset? Well…what does that even mean? Unfortunately for me, dreaming and thinking positively about getting healthy didn’t stop me from bingeing. It’s...
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