Live Be Yoga Archive

"When you can calm yourself down, you can calm other people down."

Aris and Jeremy visit the headquarters in the Blue Ridge Mountains to discover the process.

Her journey, documented on Instagram, empowered thousands of people to get on the mat. Here, she shares her wisdom with the Live Be Yoga team.

If there's one high-pressure profession that demands calm, it's in the U.S. Department of Defense. The team gets an inside look.

Seeking out the future of yoga, ambassadors Jeremy Falk and Aris Seaberg begin their cross-country road trip aboard an innovative bus offering a serene hideaway amid the hustle of Manhattan.

Rosie and Brant reflect on how this “incredibly life-changing experience” has helped them expand how they see yoga.

A big thank you to 2017 Live Be Yoga Tour sponsor CamelBak, who helped keep our tea hot and our water ice-cold in our journey across the country.

The Live Be Yoga team spends a week in San Diego and checks out MINDBODY Online’s BOLD Conference.

Ellen Kaye, CEO of Kindness Yoga in Denver, explains why she’s such a big fan of MINDBODY Online and how they share her vision for a “wellness revolution.”

Our Live Be Yoga ambassadors visit prAna in San Francisco, where they are pleased to learn that everything is composted and recycled.

The team gets to know Jenn Crawford, owner of Zen Riot, a “traditionally basic beginners yoga studio” in Boise, Idaho.

The Live Be Yoga team meets Mary Bruce, a teacher at Moksha Yoga Phoenix who specializes in an individualized form of yoga.

The team has an “incredible” experience out on the mountains in Salt Lake City, and enjoys the “supportive” and “happy” yoga community.

In Salt Lake City, tour sponsor Hugger Mugger tells us how they became one of the first companies to make a dedicated yoga mat, without cutting corners on quality.

The Live Be Yoga team meets Carrie Coppola, owner of Mudita Be Joy Yoga in Salt Lake City, who explains how yoga helps us open our hearts and love not only ourselves, but everyone in the world.

Our tour ambassadors meet and pose for visual artist Robert Sturman, who uses yoga as a foundation to tell a story about humanity striving to be at its best.

Back home in L.A., we had so much fun practicing at YogaWorks and helping them celebrate their 30th anniversary.

The team meets up with the Phoenix Suns to talk about how yoga brings them together “beyond basketball."

In Boise, the team takes a yoga class mixed with Native American spiritualism—a great example of how the people here have made yoga fit what they need.

Our ambassadors felt so welcomed by the loving yoga community in unique and beautiful Seattle, where people did things “a lot more intentionally.”

The team takes a great class at Be Luminous in Seattle and enjoys healthy organic snacks provided by Made in Nature.

The team has a blast touring the EO Products facility and making their very own custom essential oil. Learn more about this all-natural, sustainable body care company.

Live Be Yoga Tour ambassador Rosie Acosta shows us around Portland and explains what makes the city such a unique and special place for yogis.

The Live Be Yoga team explains why they love the “effortless cool” of San Francisco, and how the yoga “changes completely” from one neighborhood to another.

The Live Be Yoga team hits San Francisco for a little shopping at prAna and visits Stephanie Snyder at Love Story Yoga.

The Live Be Yoga team spends an “incredible weekend” at 1440 Multiversity, an adult education center nestled in California’s redwoods that helps people bring more power and energy to their lives.

Austin was like a little oasis in the middle of Texas, with a slower pace than some of the bigger cities.

Austin yoga teacher John Mackey explains why yin yoga is so important for strengthening the joints and connective tissues that support the muscles.

Our Live Be Yoga Tour ambassadors can’t get over how big the yoga scene is in Houston, with classes of up to 100 students!

Live Be Yoga meets Dr. Brad Smith, a professor at the University of Houston studying ways to bring yoga and mindfulness to schools.

The Live Be Yoga team says goodbye to amazing New Orleans, where “everyone goes to everyone’s classes” and “all the teachers in the community know each other."

Our Live Be Yoga ambassadors meet Dana Trixie Flynn in beautiful New Orleans and learn more about her “pay it forward” yoga center, the Church of Yoga.

The team heads to Miami to meet Kino MacGregor, who considers herself a “pioneer” in the Miami yogi scene.

The LBY team experiences a wide array of yoga styles in Atlanta, including practicing in an ashram.

The Live Be Yoga team gets to know Chelsea Jackson Roberts and the one studio that's making a difference in promoting black yoga teachers.

Live Be Yoga meets local Nashville yogi James Cuzzort, who started practicing yoga when he was 50 and never looked back.

The LBY team had a great time in fun and friendly Nashville, enjoying the Southern hospitality and checking out the brand-new yoga community.

Our ambassadors took a road trip to Milwaukee to visit direct trade tea company Rishi Tea, which is one of our tour sponsors.

The team discusses the benefits of meditation with Claire Mark from Chill Chicago.

Our Live Be Yoga ambassadors experience a yoga class at Yogaview, which is “like a retreat in the city.”

The Live Be Yoga team had an amazing time in the nation’s capital, checking out yoga studios and meeting locals.

Dan Carter, manager of Past Tense Yoga Studio in Washington, D.C., explains how yoga has changed in the nation’s capital.

Our tour ambassadors Rosie and Brant try SUP yoga at Aqua Vida in Philadelphia.

Live Be Yoga visits the Philly Yoga Factory, the first establishment of yoga in Philadelphia.

What a great way to kick off the tour ... in this clip, our ambassadors experience the Big Apple.

The Live Be Yoga team visits Martin Luther King High School in NYC to experience Bent on Learning, a yoga program for inner city students.

Get to know this year’s Live Be Yoga Tour ambassadors, Rosie Acosta and Brant Williams, as they capture a snapshot of the unique yoga culture in 22 cities across the U.S. In this clip, they visit Boulder, Colorado, and check out a prAna store. Rosie wants a lot more stuff, but will she be able to fit it all in her bag?