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February 2012
By Heather Eilering

We talk a lot about going to the Third Eye in yoga class but when was the last time you really considered what the 3rd eye is? Does it mean that Yogis are really mythical Greek creatures with an extra eye or is there some other mystical symbolic explanation here? Continue Reading…

January 2012
By Heather Eilering

It’s January 7th, how are your New Year’s Resolutions going? I notice every year on Jan. 1st a new hope arising in myself and those around me. Continue Reading…

December 2011
By Heather Eilering

Happy Holidays to my Santosha Family! An interesting tidbit for you. Ever since I passed the invisible line into adulthood my favorite holiday has shifted from Christmas to Thanksgiving.
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November 2011
By Heather Eilering

As most of you know Santosha recently celebrated 5 years of community, yoga and business. The more time I spend running the entity called Santosha the more my mind stretches and opens to see how vast & complicated yet purely simple this world really is.
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October 2011
By Heather Eilering

Have you ever wondered why the different religions seem to support multiple Gods, when Yoga supports the state of Union – One? Hinduism has their Trinity: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the sustainer, Shiva the transformer; as well as hundreds of demigods.
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December 2010
By Heather Eilering

I like to think of Santosha as a tree. It began as a seed within the hearts and union of Melissa and Heather. In those first years, the Santosha tree began as a seed reaching to the light of the sun it sprouted to a seedling, taking in nutrients from the soil and energy from the sun then grew into a healthy youthful tree, a sapling, young and strong.
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June 2010
By Heather Eilering

There’s the ancient statement that says, “The Truth is Hidden Within.” So why do we look for truth outside ourselves, and why is it hidden in the first place? It seems as if the first question answers the second so let’s examine the second question to begin with.
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May 2010
By Heather Eilering

Why do we practice yoga? Well, for many of us it is because it makes us feel good. It gives us stronger more flexible bodies, calmer minds, a happier outlook on life, go ahead and add whatever you want to the list.
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March 2010
By Heather Eilering

Have you noticed that there are hundreds of different styles of yoga out there to practice? It can become confusing when so many different yogic traditions exist, and the question that may then arise is, what is yoga?
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January 2010
By Heather Eilering

It’s that time again, time when the voice inside says, “lets start fresh, let’s be healthy, let’s be happy, let’s be powerful and beautiful and strong, let’s be the best I can be!”
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