Deep Yoga

It has been my very great privilege to study yoga under Bhava Ram and Laura Plumb, a husband and wife team teaching through Ginseng Yoga in San Diego, California, and through their website, deepyoga.com.

I was interested in yoga even as a teenager, but never "took the plunge" until Bikram Yoga came into my life 9 years ago. After doing this form of yoga asanas (also known as "hot yoga"), I felt there was something missing, and just took a break from practice. The break lasted over a year, and as fate would have it, I took an apartment about a 15-minute walk from the Ginseng Yoga studio.

The great thing about Deep Yoga is that it is not all about the asanas, or poses. Many of us when referring to yoga immediately think yoga poses is all there is to it. Instead, the ancient science of yoga embraces all facets of living, breathing, thinking (or non-thinking), and human behaviors in a person's journey to self-realization. The goal is to strip away the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual reasons one is separate from their own divinity. For many, it is the true purpose of life--and I must declare I also believe this to be true.

The process of unfoldment during yoga practice (which is all day every day, on and off the yoga mat) can be profound. It is a deep and compassionate purification that clears the senses, sharpens the mind and opens the heart to Who We Really Are.

Vibrant Living Tip: I highly recommend Bhava's books and his meditational music, and Laura's Ayurvedic offerings, as well as the occasional online workshop.

Formula E-1 - Energizes balancing and normalizing in body systems, such as acid-alkaline, blood pressure, water, hormones.

E-3 Energy Cream - If you're new to doing yoga asanas, you are probably going to have sore muscles. E-3 restores the energy meridians interrupted by traumas to the body, whether it's stretching too far, or banging your head, E-3 will bring relief quickly.