Health and fitness have always been a huge passion of mine, and I live a very active lifestyle – always on the move! When the pandemic started back in March 2020 and everything shut down, I was forced to switch up my regular workout...
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One in ten adults experiences chronic, persistent back pain. At only 27 years old, I suffered a herniated disc in my lumbar spine resulting in sciatica and scoliosis. For months, I was unable to stand up straight, my torso collapsing to the left...
READ MOREMany people go to the gym to improve their physical health by losing weight, building muscle and increasing endurance. The concept of shedding mental weight through strength training is not often talked about, but is more common than you think...
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A key takeaway from the pandemic has been to realize the importance of adapting to circumstances that you cannot control. For most of us, COVID-19 upended our personal and professional lives. It forced us to redefine how we worked, played...
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Yoga is a metaphor for life. The work we put into our practice informs our daily interactions. With the mantra “No judgement!,” our Yoga teachers urge us to release our judgments of ourselves and of the Yogis around us. As we toil on our mats, a...
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#JOYAPROUD It continues to amaze me to consider that, at inception, Joya Yoga was a small one-studio operation that offered only Bikram Yoga. Just three years later, we have expanded to four locations that offer over a dozen fitness practices!...
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“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha This quote takes me back to a defining moment in my life with Razi. The real estate crash of 2008 had severely depleted our assets. We lost multiple...
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Joya’s growth over the last three months has exceeded Razi and my most ambitious projections: Joya Livermore now offers over 80 Yoga, Pilates, Barrre and Cycle Classes, morning and evening, seven days a week We have also expanded our Dublin and...
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“Life is about emotion. When we use emotion correctly, it becomes devotion. When we use emotion wrongly, it becomes commotion.” When I heard this quote at a seminar from inspirational speaker BK Shivani Verma, it resonated deeply with me and...
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Monday night, 11 pm. A day spent running from one task to another and working through my e-mail queue has left me in a reflective state of mind. I step away from crunching numbers, scheduling classes, and responding to messages to contemplate my...
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Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Like many of you, I am always on the move. My challenge is to avoid moving so fast that I fall over! As the owners of a fitness business with two...
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When I signed our lease on our Livermore Studio 3 years ago, I honestly did not anticipate the growth that we have had. As a community of yoga and wellness students, we have both struggled and triumphed together. All of you must know by now...
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