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2024 Jade Yogi Artist Calendar Winner

I am happy to say that my perseverance and belief in Heartful Yoga has gained me recognition as an honored yogi artist chosen for this years Jade Yoga 2024 calendar. When we are disciplined to show up to our true ourselves on the mat in the process of disciplined practice (tapas), we actually receive the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual changes that occur by being in process of yoga. It does not mean pretending everything is fine or being in denial about what is going wrong or changing. But rather gratitude means choosing to focus your time and attention on what you appreciate with deep respect, acknowledgement and surrender.

Yoga Retreat March 23-31, 2024

Spend a week with Dani in the quaint beach town of Puerto Morelos where beach meets mangroves at Villa Shanti. Immerse yourself in a yoga retreat of creative exploration through the study of yoga, the chakras and art to explore all the colors of your life!

Back To Yoga Basics

It’s easy to be wide-eyed and present in a place of earthly awe and wonder like the mountains of Algonquin, Bell Rock or Cottonwood Canyon. But what about the family room or the yoga mat after years of practice? The yoga practice sometimes has to look different and when we are willing to let it be different with non-attachment (Aparigraha –one of the Yamas) to what it was and to what we want it to become. Join Dani in some with some in depth yoga and art workshops this fall 2023 in the Hudson Valley, NY, where there is time to build a solid foundation of practices to help you connect to your mind, body , breath, creativity and spirit.

Sea of Consciousness

Consciousness is the most widely used yet most underestimated form of power we have at our command. Our very lives, our very substance of all that is, and all our actions are dependent upon a conscious awareness or intelligence.

Join Dani In Mexico

Spend a week with Dani in the quaint beach town of Puerto Morelos where beach meets mangroves at Villa Shanti as you immerse yourself in a yoga vacation of creative exploration through the study of yoga, the chakras and art to explore all the colors of your life!

Danielle LocastroSeptember 27, 2021Heartful Yoga by Daniyoga vactions, yoga retreat, yoga and artComment

A Circle of Hope

So much to think about when reflecting on the Sacred Circle of finding oneself in todays’ circumstances.

The circle of hope is also represented and illustrated in Eastern cultures by the circular form of the mandala, a Sanskrit word for circle. As a matter of fact, the Circle is found in the art of every culture throughout time.