How Growing Up in a Commune Shaped My Approach to Wellness

I was raised in a intentional community. This particular variety of intention community was an authentic hippy commune, created in 1969 by a group of young people living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California who were looking to live an alternative, experimental lifestyle. It was founded on a philosophy that you are perfect the way you are – not broken, wrong, or needing to be fixed. This was, and still is, a radical idea that has been around for millennia and is also a key pillar yogic philosophies.

Practical ArticlesSierra WagnerMarch 14, 2025perfection, morehouse, sangha, purnatva, commune, community, yogic philosophy

Team-Building and Community-Making with Group Yoga

Team-building exercises, like partner and group yoga, teaches people how to trust each other and work together to achieve common objectives, whether it is in a corporate, home, or social space. What communities are you a part of, including work, school and social circles, where group/partner yoga could help support the community to build bonds and grow together?

Five Reasons to Go On A Yoga Retreat

The purpose of a yoga retreat, workshop, or intensive is to allow yogis to deepen their practice without the pull of everyday distractions and responsibilities. Retreats give participants an experience of connecting to something bigger than themselves and building community. Here are five reasons why a yoga retreat could be just the refresher you need!

Practical ArticlesSierra WagnerMarch 7, 2022retreat, learning, nature, community, intensive, workshop

Interview on the Yoga For Aging Gracefully Online Yoga Program System

After spending years working with older adults and seniors I created an online program for aging gracefully. In this 30 minute interview with Changing The Face of Yoga podcast I discusses my teaching techniques and philosophy, as well as, the theory behind the program.

InterviewsSierra WagnerJuly 11, 2019interview, online program, community, kosha model, chakras

Happy Mother's Day: What My Mother Taught Me About Yoga

In celebration of Mother’s Day and my truly amazing mom, Joy Wagner, I’m sharing some of the things I learned from her that I later found out to be yogic concepts.