You’ve snagged your first yoga teaching gig. Now not only do you have to ensure your class is safe, intelligent and fun, but you must find music that will provide an appropriate experience for the students.

Some teachers craft a music mix long before they realize they even want to teach, while others know too well the dread of having to expose an uncultivated aspect of themselves.

The key to creating an inspired mix is an elusive and fickle prospect. Finding your own voice as a yoga teacher... Read more...

In today’s business world, seed money is capital that fuels a start-up business. Shares are the investments in your retirement account.

But for a growing number of food-conscious Americans, the term seed money is taking on a new meaning. It’s the money paid out at the beginning of the growing season to buy seeds in exchange for a share of the harvest. These shareholders participate in what’s known as community-supported agriculture, or CSA programs.

I have been a CSAer for more than three... Read more...

Danielle Levitt for The New York TimesThe recent New York Times article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” caused quite a ruckus.

Science writer William J. Broad is the author of the excerpt taken from his new book of the same name. A host of outraged responses from both yoga teachers and practitioners has emerged in defense of yoga.

In the article, the author enumerates a number of serious illnesses and injuries that have been caused by yoga. The lengthy list includes strokes, nerve damage,... Read more...

Looking like an aging, laidback surfer guy, yoga teacher Saul David Raye played his flute as he ambled through the parking lot of Marmalade at Smokebrush. He dressed for comfort in loose, dark pants, a t-shirt and a striped, button-up shirt. A colorful scarf with fringed edges hung loose around his neck and mala beads adorned his left wrist. If you could bottle his mellow and humble vibe, and feed it to the world, New York City would be a ghost town. There would only be a world of chilled out... Read more...