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My Last Year to Live – An Experiment in Dying
June 25, 2018

My Last Year to Live – An Experiment in Dying

If you had only one year to live, what would you do? Imagine this was your last year to live. Would you change your work situation? Would you quit? Reduce work hours, change jobs, go to study long-admired skills which you haven’t done until yet because you thought they are not economically viable? Buy yourself [...]
Why do we Practice Yoga in Nature?
October 5, 2017

Why do we Practice Yoga in Nature?

Yoga In Nature At the Doron Yoga & Zen Center, we believe that being in nature re-connects us to Earth and the vital energy that sustains us. We practice yoga in nature to remember where we came from. We practice yoga in nature to allow the power of Nature to flow through us.    Yoga [...]
Tristana – The 3 Pillars of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
August 27, 2017

Tristana – The 3 Pillars of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

The Three Pillars of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Tristana is the foundation of the practice of ashtanga yoga. As such, it is a tool to help cultivate the ultimate presence of mind, focus, and stability. Tristana consists of three parts: Ujjayi breath (victorious breath), the bandhas (energy locks), and drsti (yogic gaze). These three tools transform [...]
Chakras and Ashtanga – is there a synergy?
September 30, 2016

Chakras and Ashtanga – is there a synergy?

How to Use the Chakras Together with the Eight Limbs of Yoga to Enhance Your Practice and Joyful Spirit? If you've been around the yoga community for some time you probably heard about the chakras. You may have also heard of ashtanga - or the eight limbs of yoga by Patanjali. Both are powerful systems [...]
The Perfect Yoga Body – Do You Have It?
February 7, 2016

The Perfect Yoga Body – Do You Have It?

The Perfect Yoga Body By Emily Becker Edited by Doron Hanoch Ever been to a yoga class where everyone seems to have a perfect yoga body? While you wait for the class to begin, you flip through yoga journal to see more of those perfect yoga bodies. What is the perfect yoga body? Is it [...]
Citizen Magazine Inner Peace Issue – Doron
December 16, 2015

Citizen Magazine Inner Peace Issue – Doron

 Citizen Magazine Inner Peace Issue Interviews Doron  Doron Hanoch spends his days doing what most of us dream of. He is a yoga teacher, who walks the talk. This ex NY photographer talks to us about inner peace, flexibility, spirituality and his soon to be realeased book “The Yoga Lifestyle”.     How has yoga [...]
What is Yoga of Patanjali?
November 20, 2015

What is Yoga of Patanjali?

Patanjali: Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi Yoga is a big term that these days is used in many different ways. However, many practitioners today look for answers in Patanjali's teachings - a sage that taught the essence of yoga in what is now known as the yoga sutras. It is a book with 196 short texts [...]
Guided Forgiveness Meditation – Letting go
September 20, 2015

Guided Forgiveness Meditation – Letting go

Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement When I opened my computer this morning I came across several messages for a Hatima Tova - Good signature.  In the Jewish tradition this means may you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. It is Yom Kippur, Day of atonement, when we hope to resolve old issues and clean [...]