Why 2018 is My Year of Gratitude
I was venting. About my family. My friend looked at me semi-incredulous, “At least you can see your family if you want to. They’re 3 hours away and you can go there easily.” She actually can’t. Her...
View ArticleMy Sister’s Boobies Can’t Do Yoga?!
I feel like I am forever nagging my sister to do some yoga with me because I know how much she’ll benefit from even a short Hatha session, let alone a daily Ashtanga workout. I’ve given her a yoga mat,...
View ArticleWhy You Should Take Sundays Off
Last autumn, I was doing way too much. I was both studying and working, filling my schedule completely with all kinds of different tasks. Those tasks all had some external expectations. I was either...
View Article3 Ways to Re-Commit to Your Resolutions
Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, said once that “if we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.” In today’s supercharged world, it can be hard to imagine carving...
View ArticleThe Power of Green (Tea)
Before I begin, I have a confession to make. I’m sorta an ‘all or nothing’ personality. And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Now, let me tell you why that matters. Recently, I decided to quit...
View ArticleEpisode 13 – WTF Are the Yogic Texts? – Part 2
The WTF Yoga Podcast is a project by two seriously bad yogis, Katie & Anna. They’re here to deliver knowledge about yoga and exploration of what it is to be a yogi in our contemporary times. But it...
View ArticleForward Fold: Am I Doing This Right?!
I wanted to try something new, so today I’m introducing this new mini-series called “Am I Doing This Right?!” Each episode will focus on a different pose with the main points and pitfalls of each....
View ArticleWhat I Learned from a Sugar-Free January
At first, I was sure that I didn’t need a sugar-free month. It goes against my current values, as I want my diet to be without these kinds of restrictions. Instead of quitting things cold turkey, I’d...
View ArticleFebruary Giveaway: Manduka eKO Yoga Mat!
Manduka is kind of the star in the yoga mat world, so we’re giving away one of their awesome eKO mats this month! It’s cushy and grippy and will last FOREVER, so hurry up and enter!February Giveaway:...
View ArticleFast Whole Food: Why Cooking Is Yoga Too (with recipes!)
I am not a food blogger. In fact, when I look at food blogs, I generally skip all the chit-chat and pretty pictures and head straight to the recipe. And even then, I don’t really follow what they tell...
View ArticleWhy is my hair PURPLE?!
It’s not technically Q&A Wednesday, but I wanted to do this video as a bonus this week because there’s a VERY pressing question floating around on social media: “Erin, why did you dye your hair...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Trust the Future
When I was younger, I was obsessed with the future. I would daydream, dreaming of all the things that could happen. Of how different things would be then. As a consequence, I would rarely enjoy the...
View ArticleThe Five Stages of Having Overdone It
Fellow Bad-Yogis, I am sitting here on my couch in a state of semi-shock. I can barely move, let alone move to get more hot chocolate from the kitchen. My hips are in the deathly throes of pain, and my...
View Article5 Things You Didn’t Know about Hypermobility
We, as yogis, have this awe and fascination with flexibility, stretching, and people who can touch their toes to their head while vacuuming, or something, right? I mean, who hasn’t scrolled through an...
View ArticleDemystifying: Muladhara (The Root Chakra)
Knowledge of the chakras dates back in history over 5,000 years. This gem of wisdom was first found in the Upanishads, sacred Hindu writings that collectively from the Vedas. The word Veda means...
View ArticleRapid Fire Q&A! Getting REAL about what it’s like to quit your day job
I got a bunch of questions on Instagram this week and I wanted to tackle a few here. We’re talking about everything from how & why I quit my “real” job in finance to pursue Bad Yogi full time, what...
View ArticleWTF Yoga Podcast Episode 14 – Author & Spiritual Activist Emma Mildon!
The WTF Yoga Podcast is a project by two seriously bad yogis, Katie & Anna. They’re here to deliver knowledge about yoga and exploration of what it is to be a yogi in our contemporary times. But it...
View ArticleHow I Manage Different Diets in My Family
One thing I learned in studying the yamas and niyamas from the Yoga Sutras in my Pranalife Yoga Teacher Training this past year was to withhold judgment of others. I realized the yamas and niyamas...
View ArticleRelationship “Therapy” with Erin & Adrien: Bad Yogi Podcast Episode 6
I’ll just say right off the bat that we use the term “therapy” lightly here. We wanted to record a podcast together & do something for Valentine’s Day that wasn’t overly corny. I put the question...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Be Grateful
I remember the struggle. I knew that keeping a gratitude journal was something I should do. So I got a book, and I started. I wanted to. And still, remembering to write in it was a struggle. Finding...
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