How can we add love to everything we do, think, and say?

One of the foundational principles of yoga is the practice of AHIMSA, loosely translated as “non-violence.” It teaches us to embrace non-violence and compassion in every thought, word, and action. 

Ahimsa is a concept that everyone can use d...

"What you think you become, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you create" -Buddha

Our minds are way more powerful than we think. 

Have you ever heard the Buddha quote ‘what you think you become’? The same thing holds true to your arm balance practice!  How you think is how you show up, a...

Self-doubt sits on our shoulders like a heavy weight.

Some shrug it off easily and continue moving forwards at an inspirational and awe-inspiring pace, while others find that they have to make friends with self-doubt in order to achieve anything. It’s a mindset and whichever camp you identify with,...

Abhyāsa vairāgyābhyām tannirodhah.

This is yoga sutra 1.12 from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and its message is practice and non-attachment - showing up and doing the work of the practice of yoga, the work of life, of being present, without attachment to the result.

That tends to be really diffic...

 At Yogi Flight School, we spend a fair amount of time discussing the stories that we’ve created about ourselves.

These stories are often beliefs that we’ve adopted over time and are keeping us stuck in the same patterns, places, and as the same person. Growth becomes unimaginable, because growth r...

"Yoga is the journey of the self
     Through the self
          To the self"
~ The Bahagavad Gita

When you’re not able to nail a pose, you have an incredible opportunity if you’re not yet nailing it. Consider that as a gift, because you are being delivered an opportunity to look at yourself and...

Life has a funny habit of installing fear in us in even the most subtle of ways.

Where, though, does the stress come from? It’s a response to our fear. The human stress response is intended to keep us safe from catastrophic events (like being chased by a velociraptor in prehistoric times). 

Prolon...

We tend to wait until the “right time” to do the things we want in life. 

When is the right time? Most of the time, the opportunities that are offered to us, the ones that really stretch us out of our comfort zone, don’t come at the right time. They come at the most inopportune, inconvenient, and l...

The beauty of a yoga mat is that it is a safe and separate space from the rest of the world.

Here, you can begin to break down and tear apart the beliefs that you’ve created about yourself. At Yogi Flight School we refer to these beliefs as our stories. 

Our mats are our mirrors. The way that we a...