by Nitya Griffith | May 30, 2019 | Lifestyle, Yoga Wisdom
At the beginning of this year, one dark, cold, rainy morning I sat in front of my altar meditating. The heavy weight of grief from a relationship that had ended and the realization that for the first time in over two decades I was alone again muddied my mind as I...
by Nitya Griffith | Mar 13, 2019 | Yoga Wisdom
As a Yin Yogi, I cringe at how this practice is misrepresented on most yoga studio websites and throughout the yoga industry. It begs the question WHO is actually teaching authentic Yin and who is putting their students at risk of serious injury or simply not actually...
by Nitya Griffith | Aug 29, 2018 | Lifestyle, Yoga Wisdom
During this summer’s 5 week long Nitya Living Yoga Camp I had the blessing of witnessing the roles of being a parent and being a child. My daughter is nearly 20 years old and so much has changed in that time mostly from the technology explosion. When I was a young mom...
by Nitya Griffith | Feb 27, 2018 | Lifestyle, Poetry, Yoga Wisdom
A Dharma Tale: The Onion A young man had a small garden behind his cottage. He had enjoyed the bounty of his garden for many years. One day a terrible storm rolled in over the mountains and brought torrential rains to his valley. All of his garden was washed into the...
by Nitya Griffith | Jan 21, 2018 | Blog, Yoga Wisdom
Yoga with Nitya is now… NITYA LIVING Over the past 13 years my journey as an Integral Yoga teacher, as a children’s yoga teacher has transformed and evolved over and over again from the early years at Just Be Yoga on Main Street to Richmond Kids Yoga, to Yoga with...
by Nitya Griffith | Mar 31, 2015 | Yoga Wisdom
April marks the 10th anniversary of my being certified as a yoga instructor. This is a momentous and significant commemoration of the journey I have been on as I have grown into becoming Nitya. That first day of teacher training was my birthday, October 21, 2004, and...
