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Sondra Matara

Yoga Teacher

Sondra Matara is a yoga teacher, who feels passionately about living your yoga everyday. She believes it is truly a lifestyle, and it has touched her life in nearly every possible way. In addition to sharing her love of the practice through teaching, she blogs about yoga, natural living, and her daily adventures on her blog abhaya. She is devoted to chai tea lattes, going on road trips, thrift stores, and taking hikes to mountain lakes. She’d like to someday live in a tiny cabin in the woods with her husband and two cats, meditating to the sounds of nature and the rhythm of life.

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How To Use Yoga To Transition Into Fall

249 days ago by

Sondra Matara

If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, then you’ve undoubtedly felt it: Fall is in the air. Even if the temperatures haven’t started to dip where you live, there is a certain crispness about that lets you know that indeed, the change is coming. Along with the physical cues that the seasonal change is imminent, our [...]

Why “OMing” Is Awesome

277 days ago by

Sondra Matara

I remember the first time I was in a yoga class and the teacher invited us to chant OM with her. I shifted uncomfortably from one sitz bone to the other, took an inhale to prepare with the rest of the class, and then…I just sat there. I all but rolled my third eye as [...]

3 Yoga-Inspired Tricks To Fall Asleep

291 days ago by

Sondra Matara

Most people know that one of the benefits of an ongoing yoga practice is that you are supposed to sleep more soundly. But what if you still find your eyes popping open at 3am? Or laying in bed for an hour or two just trying to fall asleep? We’ve all been there. Sometimes no amount [...]