7 Keys to Longevity & Yoga Expo Love

Diana Dalton • February 21, 2024

7 Keys to Longevity ✨✨✨

1. move more
2. eat more fruits & veg
3. get enough sleep!
4. don’t smoke, don’t drink too much
5. manage your chronic conditions
6. prioritize relationships
7. cultivate a positive mind-set


So if
you can only pick 1? The advice is to do physical activity. If you can’t do that, focus on being positive.


My two cents? Yoga helps with both. Yoga also helps with #3, #5 and #6, because when you come to class you also make friends!


Read the full article by Dana G. Smith in The New York Times here ✨✨✨

Join me at the YogaExpo

Come enjoy the amazing community at the Yoga Expo. It really is the best part. Sure, there are tons of classes, music, food & shopping. But the best part is doing something fun and good for you with your friends! So come make new friends, come feel the love and good vibes of being together. Tend your garden and grow at the Yoga Expo. Last year I spontaneously joined an African Dance class that was starting in the main convention hall. It was so much fun to move, learn and laugh together. Being open to new experiences is the spice of life!


My class is the Daily Yoga Reset and uses the good actions of Iyengar Yoga to wake up, warm up, lubricate and align the body. We will learn a sequence that's perfect to take home for daily practice. Link for tickets 👇 I hope you'll join me!

Info & Tickets Here

Upcoming Class News


Reminder last week of the month is Restorative Yoga at Inner Balance
11 am Tuesday & Thursday
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I am subbing for my dear teacher, Rosa of YogaRosa

10am Wednesday 2/28 on zoom

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Find your teacher

Not near me or want to use zoom? No problem!

Iyengar Yoga is international. Look up a teacher near you here.
It's a link to the teacher directory of the Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States at
iynaus.org

Iyengar Yoga is for EVERYBODY. No one is too stiff, too out of shape, too large, too thin, too weak, or too old for Iyengar Yoga!


Best known for its attention to detail and use of props, BKS Iyengar pioneered an approach to classical yoga that is accessible to anyone who is seeking to improve their life.


Using physical alignment as a starting point, Iyengar Yoga encourages the spread of intelligence throughout the body, the growth of self-awareness, and an experience of the postures as a form of “meditation in action.”


Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers are recognized worldwide for their profound understanding of the subject of yoga that allow them to teach appropriately to the group in front of them, whether they are younger, older, athletic, or have physical limitations.

Iyengar Yoga Benefits
✓ Increase strength and endurance
✓ Gain flexibility
✓ Improve your posture
✓ Feel energized
✓ Lower your stress
✓ Develop concentration
✓ Decrease stress and anxiety
✓ Reduce chronic pain
✓ Cultivate peace of mind

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