Tips for Balancing Vata: Grounding through Commitment to Self & Practice

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Tips for Balancing Vata: Grounding through Commitment to Self & Practice

The autumn season is known as Vata season - when it’s easy to go out of balance in what Ayurveda calls Vata. Vata dosha is comprised of air and ether, and it’s characterized by these qualities: dry, light, cool, and mobile.

If our lifestyle and basic constitution create too much of these qualities, we can go out of balance. This shows up as scattered mind, doing 10 things at once, too much anxiety or stress, constant "doing" to the point of exhaustion, dryness, feeling cold often, flightiness, and overstimulating the sympathetic nervous system (fight-flight-freeze response, among other things).

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Need some motivation / inspiration? Join our 30-Day Challenge

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Need some motivation / inspiration? Join our 30-Day Challenge

30-Day Commit to Practice Challenge

Deepen your Sadhana ~ Commit to your Practice

Sadhana means daily practice and relates to the power of your personal efforts.

Grounding, creativity, realizing your full capacity, a sense of well-being and lightness, strength and balance in body-mind-spirit are among the many benefits of consistent practice.

Consistent practice is transformative. So for the month of April, we're offering fun challenges to commit more deeply to your Self and your Yoga.

Practice makes practice!

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My 200hr Story by Melissa Wojcik

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My 200hr Story by Melissa Wojcik- I have been doing Yoga for almost 10 years and I love it. I am diagnosed as depressed so this is something I can do that I feel is good for myself but is good for the people around me because I can see things with a little clearer mind and take time to notice my feelings before reacting. I feel more confident and have more energy after an hour long practice. I am also more present which can help because I have two young kids, a Husband, a dog and we live on the opposite side of the country from most of my family.

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Dhyana On-Demand ~ Perk for Unlimited Members Only

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Dhyana On-Demand ~ Perk for Unlimited Members Only

Hi DYA Fam,

Thank you to our DYA Members for staying with us! You’ve continued to be dedicated throughout this uncertain time of the covid pandemic, and you all are my heroes. You're keeping our studio going, which is a massive blessing. You've been amazing and committed and such a joy to be around! You're constantly sharing great feedback about how online classes have been awesome for you. And it means a lot. I want you to know that we, your devoted DYA Team, count our blessings every day that we all get to stay connected! We appreciate you.

Love,

Deanna & the DYA Team

P.S. See below for special PERK for UNLIMITED MEMBERS only! Thank you for being YOU!

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Ayurvedic Healing & Cleansing ~ Kichari & Oatmeal Recipes

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Ayurvedic Healing & Cleansing ~ Kichari & Oatmeal Recipes

Ayurveda a holistic form of medicine from India that is over six thousand years old and is known as the Sister Science of Yoga. It can be utilized for optimal health through daily lifestyle habits, diet, and activities tailored to the individual's unique needs. It recognizes that each person is different and that ways to stay healthy and happy are not a one-size-fits-all kind of thang. Ayurveda honors that each individual can make small changes in daily habits to balance for their unique prakruti (individual constitution). I’ll share more about Ayurveda another day. Today I want to focus on how according to Ayurveda, good digestion is of high importance, so I’m sharing two simple recipes to get your inner fire awakened. Great for cleansing the liver, boosting the immune system, stimulating digestive fire, absorbing nutrients, and super yummy!

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Why I Practice and Why Dhyana Yoga Arts Trainings are Unique ~ by Tami Frankel

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I practice yoga to become more connected to my true self....to learn and experience life more fully and completely...to become more present physically, emotionally and spiritually...to give myself time and space to listen, to feel, to cry, to laugh, to play, to have fun, to JUST BE...

Everyday is different, some days are better than others - and to me thats one of the beautiful things about yoga.  It has taught me, and continues to teach me,  to embrace all of it...( especially the messy part) to be "all in" fully and completely...and to be ok with whatever happens as long as I know I have tried my best.

Check out this video on why Tami feels Dhyana Yoga Arts & DYA trainings are unique and one translation we share in YTT of the togetherness mantra.

Journey to Strength & Transformation | Megan Brown Testimonial

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Journey to Strength & Transformation | Megan Brown Testimonial

My first class at Dhyana Yoga Arts was April 14, 2018. By the end of May, I was transformed. Transformed or transformative may get used casually these days, but I don’t mean it lightly. When I first came to the studio, I was in a depleted state following of a four-month transition to relocate our family across the country, including an extended period with myself and the children apart from my husband. I was also nine-month post-partum, after the birth of our third child. I was not feeling strong. I was drained emotionally, I was in poorer physical shape than usual, and my back ached.

I was also nine-month post-partum, after the birth of our third child. I was not feeling strong. I was drained emotionally, I was in poorer physical shape than usual, and my back ached.

I started coming four times a week for six weeks or so. By the end of that time I was in a totally different state. I was happier, I was calmer, and I had some serious bicep muscles!

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On Metta, Herniation, and Yoga for Back Care | Danielle Finkelstein Testimonial

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On Metta, Herniation, and Yoga for Back Care | Danielle Finkelstein Testimonial

I've realized that in order to keep my loved ones happy and healthy, there needs to be more focus on my health and happiness. Approximately seven years ago, I slipped while walking down a flight of stairs, landed on my back which caused a lumbar herniation.  For years, I struggled with chronic pain, which prevented me from living a normal, pain free life.

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5k for TWLOHA with Meghan

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5k for TWLOHA with Meghan

I am organizing a 5k run/walk for non-profit organization, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) to be held on April 14th. To Write Love On Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.  TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.  Through our One Love Flows program, supporting a different non-profit every month, February proceeds went to this organization.

Inspired by ahimsa, the yogic principle of non-violence, my mission is to bring people together for a common cause and to foster non-violence in words and actions in the ways we interact with ourselves and others.  I have experienced this at Dhyana Yoga Arts— the first time I met Deanna I knew…

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Today Lived Well & Back Care for Herniation | Raisa Tiedemann Testimonial

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Today Lived Well & Back Care for Herniation | Raisa Tiedemann Testimonial

I’ve had lower back pain for about 8 years now, which became worse after having my daughter. 

It wasn’t until learning from Deanna Sidoti, Backcare Specialist, that I found I needed to have a good foundation to know how to REALLY take care of my back.  In the past, I endured years of physical therapy, daily chiropractic trips, and even two injections to try to relieve the herniation pain.  After the pain started to come back after the last injection, I knew it was only a matter of time that the pain before the pain would be just as bad as before.  I knew I had to find something that actually works… After the first couple of weeks of daily practice and working with Deanna twice a week in back-care only classes, I was able to stay in a seated position for 30 minutes without being in pain …

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The Power of Practice & Yoga for Scoliosis | Autumn Onderko Testimonial

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The Power of Practice & Yoga for Scoliosis | Autumn Onderko Testimonial

What better way to celebrate my first anniversary at Dhyana Yoga Arts, than to share my experience with scoliosis. 

I was diagnosed (such a scary word) when I was eight years old with two curves, a left lumbar and a right thoracic (both at a degree in the high teens, low twenties). It wasn’t until my teens that it progressed enough to place me into a nighttime bending brace. As if my teenage years weren’t awkward or difficult enough, I was now spending my nights in a very large, uncomfortable and unwanted back brace.  I remember feeling embarrassed, miserable and alone; there were many nights that I even cried myself to sleep.

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Bhakti Yoga in Chester, New Jersey!

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Bhakti Yoga in Chester, New Jersey!

Bhakti Yoga: Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana with Dr Edwin Bryant

Chester, Long Valley, Morristown, Bedminster, Califon , Flanders & all local friends!  This workshop is not to be missed.  Dr. Bryant teaches throughout the country and it is an honor to have him teach here.  You'll leave feeling inspired, refreshed and with a deeper understanding of Yoga Philosophy.

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20 in 30 Day Challenge!

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20 in 30 Day Challenge!

20 IN 30 Day CHALLENGE!

Dhyana Yoga Arts invites you to ignite some FIRE into your Yoga practice!  Starts November 1st.

This Challenge is for all levels and is an invitation to ignite some fire and discipline into your Yoga.  Consistent practice cultivates strength, balance and peace of mind.  Commit to yourself and experience the transformational power of your devoted efforts!  

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Our New Home for Yoga in Chester, NJ, opening this April! And Professor Edwin Bryant teaching the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali!

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It's official! Our new Yoga home is scheduled to open early April in Chester, NJ!!! Thank you to all of our devoted students, family, and friends - this is happening because of all the big and small ways you've shown up, supported, and offered your great efforts and requests for more classes and advanced learning. We will have a full schedule of classes and will be updating the website soon. Painting is almost done and the rope wall building starts this weekend! 

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Restorative Yoga

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Restorative Yoga

Why Restorative Yoga?

There are countless studies referring to the rising numbers of people who suffer from issues related to stress. In modern everyday life, many of us tend to be bombarded by stimuli and operating in a state of “fight-or-flight,” aka stress-response. This response is part of the autonomic nervous system and helps us in certain situations such as recognizing danger, giving us strength in emergency circumstances, and getting tasks done. It is common to be living in a state of stress-overload and for this response to be overactive. It can affect overall health, including heart rate, blood pressure, reproduction, sexual function, job and athletic performance, digestion, elimination, energy level, and sense of self.

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