May 12-13 catch us at Veggie Fest for a taste of this yumminess! We want you to be happy, healthy and balanced. Eat your greens and save room for a little bit of sweet. In order to be healthy, why should we feel deprived of sweets? I adapted these treats to use date paste instead of sugar […]
Has Jazzfest left you feeling sluggish? You are not alone. I started last week feeling tired, sluggish, and my nerves were even frayed from the copious amounts of coffee that I was ingesting to make up for my fatigue. I decided to do something crazy – start a detox in the middle of jazzfest week […]
Many years ago, I came to yoga with the idea that I was going to fix myself. Somehow 90 minutes at a time, I would feel relief from a continual feeling of being stressed out. The physicality of asana practice and hearing bits of positive philosophy in class would get me out of my negative […]
Vibrant health comes by balancing good diet, exercise, lifestyle and personally fulfilling activities. At Balance Yoga & Wellness we offer packages which address all of these areas: yoga has profound and deep effects on both the outward muscular form and inner strength. For example I’ve been using this amazing Country Recipe Book where I read […]
Check out our three minute routine designed to open up your hips so that you can move and groove at Jazzfest!
This clear, nicely written introduction to Ayurveda originally appeared here in Elephant Journal on January 27, 2012. It is written by Emily Alp, who studied ayurveda with Balance co-owner Jessica Blanchard. When I start describing them, so many people become instantly intrigued about Doshas. Yet there is always a moment where I just trail off and can’t […]
This post is written as a response and commentary on an article that appeared here last week in Vanity Fair. Skim the Vanity Fair article first, or this won’t make much sense. Many of us are wondering why Vanity Fair published a long and detailed article, “Whose Yoga Is It Anyway?” about the politics and […]
If a cobra and a dog got into a fight who would win? According to Thai legend (where there are many cobras), dogs can kill snakes. It is good to have a dog around for this reason. Growing up in south Louisiana, I remember our dog CoCo picking up a non-poisonous garden snake and run […]
Each moment we have the possibility of being fresh and new, but very often we live of our lives from a habit pattern established in the past. Once these patterns are established the flow of human consciousness gets organized into certain repetitive patterns. The Sanskrit word for these repetitive patterns is a samskara. These are […]
Each year when I travel to Koh Samui, Thailand to teach at Yoga Thailand, my first stop is at About Art Cafe, owned by the lovely June. She has two of the best items on Samui – muffins and chocolate cake. Unfortunately the chocolate cake is made by her friend and she won’t share. I […]