Sarah’s Nut Mylk Recipe
Sarah teaches us how to make homemade almond nut mylk using only two ingredients! This recipe is clean, paleo, vegan, keto, Whole30 & delicious! Customize your nut mylk for smoothies, baking, or even cereal and feel good that you’re using clean, simple ingredients. Feeling chocolately? Try adding cacao powder, maple syrup (or your fave sweetener), […]
Maple Candied Pecans (Vegan!)
Roasting nuts at home is so easy and it helps you avoid all of the processed sugars and oils that conventional companies use. Who doesn’t love a roasted nut?! These candied pecans get me excited for Fall and are a fun way to start including some pumpkin spice. Plus, your house is going to smell […]
MYS Navajo Nation Service Project
The COVID-19 crisis hit all of us hard, but the marginalized communities were hit particularly hard. In June of 2020, Mountain Yoga teamed up with our community to provide support and relief to the Navajo Nation. It is true that the Navajo Nation has been receiving a lot of aide from many organizations, however, we […]
Tips to Create a Home Practice
There’s nothing like your home yoga studio- the friends, the energy, and the perfect practice space. When you can’t always make it to the studio- whether you’re on vacation, working extra hours, or #quarantining- maintaining your yoga practice is important to keep stress under check, and maintain physical health. We highly encourage you to take […]
Reduce Stress with Yoga
By reducing perceived stress and anxiety, yoga appears to modulate stress response systems. This, in turn, decreases physiological arousal — for example, reducing the heart rate, lowering blood pressure, and easing respiration. There is also evidence that yoga practices help increase heart rate variability, an indicator of the body’s ability to respond to stress more […]
What no one tells you about yoga and flexibility
Poor flexibility can lead to back pain, which is one of the leading causes of disability throughout the world, according to medical research. Stiff muscles can also cause a limited range of motion in joints, making ordinary tasks more of a chore than they should be. Baptist Health, South Florida Have you been avoiding yoga […]
Catherine’s Immune-System Boosting Smoothie
I don’t drink a lot of smoothies in the winter, but this one goes on repeat during cold, flu, and covid season since it’s high in vitamin c and anti-inflammatory properties. Ginger and turmeric are two of the most powerful medicinal herbs that have been used for centuries to treat various ailments. Studies have shown […]
Why should you try Yoga Nidra?
Have you heard that joke about how it would be nice to go to yoga and sleep? Well you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that sleep yoga exists. It’s called Yoga Nidra (Yoga Sleep) and Mountain Yoga offers it at the studio! Yoga Nidra is not easily defined but it is a state of […]
Tips for Beginning a Meditation Practice
Meditation has been around for a very long time, in fact it’s been around for over 5,000 years. To say it has passed the test of time would be an understatement. Whether you practice yoga or not, you can benefit from a meditation practice. Meditation can reduce stress and anxiety, can improve sleep, and so […]
Perfecting the Handstand
Have you seen all of the yogis on social media doing epic handstands anywhere and everywhere they can? They do their handstand, then push-up, and even take it to one side and balance on one arm. But here’s a secret… a proper handstand is not some trick yoga that you can’t achieve without gymnastic level […]