Welcoming Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice is tomorrow, Thursday, December 21st, 2017. The Winter Solstice is the precise moment at which the Northern Hemisphere is...
Sanskrit: the Language of Yoga
Pascimottanasana -- that's the Sanskrit translation for the Seated Forward Bend that you see in this photo. Did you know that? Do you...
My Aroma Yoga® Certification is Complete!
For the past several years, I’ve been offering workshops that combine gentle yoga with Young Living essential oils – two of my favorite...
Why Goat Yoga?
Sharon Gaughan, MS, RYT Essential Journey Yoga Sitting in front of my chair yogis just before starting class, I announced (as I proudly...
Teaching What is in My Heart
My current yoga read is Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by one of my favorite authors and yogis, Judith Hanson...
Do You Read "Yoga Journal"?
I don’t recall when I read my first issue of “Yoga Journal,” but I do know that it was many years ago. I later subscribed, and then let...
Our Limbs, Tree Limbs, and the Eight Limbs of Yoga
The focus for my yoga classes last week was an intersection of limbs -- our body's limbs (our arms and legs), tree limbs (we practiced...
Add a little "Christmas Spirit"!
One of my favorite Young Living essential oils to diffuse this time of year is "Christmas Spirit"! Christmas Spirit is a delightful (and...
Quotes on Gratitude
In preparation for my recent "Cultivate Gratitude through Gentle Yoga & Essential Oils" workshop at The Yoga Effect, held the Friday...
The Story of a Website
Once upon a time, in the yoga, herbs, and essential oils life of Sharon... It was late winter of 2016, when my Essential Journey Yoga...