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INDIA – Elia’s Blog

Published on June 5, 2013, by in community.

   Elia’s India Blog Posted on May 14, 2013               Greetings and Salutations!!   I hope this post finds all of you and your families healthy and happy! Thank you for stopping in and accompanying me on this so-called journey. It is a pleasure to share what my senses are

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Yoga for Runners

Published on April 22, 2013, by in community.

By JOE DALY I was such a snot. A good two years before I took my first hot yoga class, my best friend had become a full-blown hot yoga junkie and as we sat outside eating breakfast in La Jolla one morning, he peppered me with wild tales of heat, strengthening poses and all of

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Triple the Benefits of Your Practice, Here’s How:

Published on April 8, 2013, by in community.

By JOE DALY Last week, while waiting on an oil change that was a good 2000 miles overdue, I repaired to a local coffee shop to catch up on my reading and to enjoy a delicious, overpriced pastry with my fourth coffee of the day. Hey, sometimes you’ve just gotta splurge. As I sat in

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5 Spring Cleaning Activities That Your Body & Mind Will Love You For

by Traci Wallace Last week it was super warm in San Diego. I reluctantly pulled out my bathing suit on Saturday to get ready for a March beach day. “Yikes.” I thought to myself, this should be interesting.  I wasn’t quite ready for bathing suit season. Problem is, I haven’t been practicing as much yoga

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Cleanse Me Baby…

BY JOE DALY. For more on Joe, visit his blog. It had been a few weeks since I’d last seen my friend. When I ran into her at Starbucks, a question immediately popped into my head. “I need to know,” I said. “What’s with all the brown bag pictures?” My friend had taken to posting

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Yoga: New Years Resolution or Long Term Commitment?

In the days following my ego-shattering first hot yoga class, I wrestled with a thorny, nagging question. I called my friend Kerri, who had been practicing hot yoga for ten years. “Hey, can I ask you a quick question about hot yoga?” I asked. “Sure,” she said, “What’s up?” “Well, I did my first hot

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How Many Sun Salutations?! A Brief Look at the Number 108

authored by: Joe Daly.  Yoga Tropics will be hosting 108 Sun Salutations on Fri, Dec.21st at 6pm at our Encinitas studio. Free and open to the public! Somebody’s feet stank. The pungency fell somewhere between a hamper full of week-old wet towels and a summer day on a dairy farm. Maddeningly, I couldn’t tell if

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How do I stop sliding off my yoga mat?

So you’re into this yoga thing. Trouble is, the so called “sticky” mat you bought is not so sticky after all, especially during those hot and humid moments when you’re sweating your way to internal bliss. Somehow you’re perfect downward facing dog loses its restorative and invigorating effect when the pose slowly morphs into a

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The Bench

Published on November 20, 2012, by in community, yoga.

I had twenty minutes to get there and as I gathered my gear, I force-fed myself a big, chewy bagel for energy. Years of running marathons had instilled in me the practice of ingesting some form of energy—carbs, protein or glucose—before competing in anything. Plus, big, chewy bagels are twenty shades of awesome. Before leaving

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Why a Pro Golfer Loves His Yoga…

Meet Josh Kendall, golf pro and hot yoga enthusiast. We sat down with Josh to find out how hot yoga has changed his golf game: How did you get into golf? I got into golf a little bit later than most people. I started playing seriously as a college freshman. I had broken my wrist

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