The Secret to Discovering Your Destiny
Practicing sankalpa, the yoga of purpose, can help clear the path for your seeds of intention to grow.
Rina Deshpande is a teacher, writer, and researcher of yoga and mindfulness practices. Having grown up with Indian yoga philosophy, she rediscovered its profound value as a New York City public school teacher. For the past 15 years, she has practiced and shared the benefits of yoga across the globe. After studying yoga and mindfulness as self-regulation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she designs curriculum for science research and K–12 education. She is the author of Jars of Space, a new book of handwritten and illustrated yogic poetry. Learn more at @rinathepoet or rinadeshpande.com.
Practicing sankalpa, the yoga of purpose, can help clear the path for your seeds of intention to grow.
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Yoga teacher and mindfulness researcher Riya Deshpande on expressing appreciation and humility through Namaskar.
Move your body slowly and find stillness with Rina Deshpande.
It wasn't something that transpired on a mat—it was a way of life.
Yoga teacher Rina Deshpande shares her perspective on creating a holistic practice.
Yoga teacher Rina Deshpande explains how each of the yama—or yoga's primary tenets—relates to the other yama and broader yoga philosophy.
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You've probably been saying it wrong this whole time.
When we place our hands together at heart center and say "namaste," what are we really saying? Rina Deshpande explains.
Detach from anxiety and come back to the present.
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A first-generation Indian-American yoga and mindfulness researcher and teacher reflects on what feels misrepresented and appropriative to her in modern yoga.