“How Do I Stay Accountable?”
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

“How Do I Stay Accountable?”

Establishing a life anchored in yoga, well-steeped in rhythms that serve you, evolves step by step. Most people I know make a start, and soon the commitment falls away. Very few, as the student called it, “stay accountable”. They run out of energy.

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Work With What You Have
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Work With What You Have

“This is just how I am,” you say, as you realize that some extremely tight place in your body (or tough corner of your mind) just doesn’t want to shift. What’s the point, after all, of trying to stretch into something that you are not?

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Recommended Retreat Spots
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Recommended Retreat Spots

As you plan a retreat for yourself, the place you choose to spend your time can contribute richly to your experiences. To help you find your way, here are some of our favorite retreat spots.

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Four Types of Retreats
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Four Types of Retreats

Retreats are powerful places of opportunity for the body, mind and spirit. Stepping away gives time and space to explore what lies under the surface of one’s life, as well as a chance to rest and reset.

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Overwhelm or Gift?
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Overwhelm or Gift?

I may have complicated a lot of people’s yoga practice over the past few weeks.

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When It’s Time to Go
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

When It’s Time to Go

Sometimes it’s hard to go. Sometimes it’s hard to let go. Either way, to be aware of what’s happening under the surface reveals gold.

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Stay Present When Planning for the Future
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Stay Present When Planning for the Future

When I teach the importance of remaining present, the question often rises, “How can you live in the present moment when so many things require planning and preparation?” An experience I had earlier this week, watching my own mind, might illuminate how to handle this quandary

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How to Choose a Yoga Mat
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

How to Choose a Yoga Mat

My first yoga mat was turquoise. That’s all I remember about it, besides that by the time I disposed of it, threads hung from every edge, chunks were missing from the top layer, and permanent hand and feet marks made it look like I never cleaned my mat.

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Quite a Year
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Quite a Year

There has never been a year quite like 2023 in TriYoga of Central Pennsylvania’s twenty plus years of existence. What changed this year? You’ll be amazed.

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Chandra and God
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Chandra and God

Glenn Mitchell returns this week and writes about choosing the back corner in the yoga room to avoid notice, until Senior TriYoga teacher Chandra settles in next to him.

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Listen to Your Teacher
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Listen to Your Teacher

Our guest writer this week, Cindy Spiegel, writes about what happened when she took a break - from her yoga teacher.

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One Superpower Good for 30 Years
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

One Superpower Good for 30 Years

Returning from Kentucky where she was surrounded by nearly all the teachers who have guided her over the past 30 years, Theresa reflects on the superpower that has kept her flowing for all these decades.

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The Deity is OM
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

The Deity is OM

Travel via these words and images to Kentucky to visit the newly opened SoHum, TriYoga International’s new program space. Theresa has just returned from the grand opening celebrations where she contemplated the sound of eternity. Sound and light flood in as we open the doors to you.

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What’s Up in Kentucky?
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

What’s Up in Kentucky?

Theresa has traveled this week to Georgetown, Kentucky, to be present for the grand opening of Sohum, TriYoga International’s new program space. The names of these buildings are imbued with yoga philosophy, explained here along with an introduction to the facilities built with love for the extended TriYoga family.

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Fall Retreat in Pictures & Words
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Fall Retreat in Pictures & Words

Under the energy of the full moon, we gathered last weekend at the Himalayan Institute in the Pocono Mountains for the TriYoga Fall Retreat.

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Christian
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

Christian

This week's guest writer, Glenn Mitchell, reflects on identifying as a Christian in the face of war.

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War and Peace
Theresa Shay Theresa Shay

War and Peace

When war breaks out (again), what is the place for the peace yoga teaches us to embrace?

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