# Strength & Peace: Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor. ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.2.jpeg]] Via [Kino MacGregor](http://www.elephantjournal.com/author/kino-macgregor/) on Aug 1, 2013 ### ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.png]] ### Strength is something that has always been challenging for me and I work on it every time I practice. One of the things that I love about the Ashtanga Yoga method is that it constantly challenges me to be stronger and to find strength where I am naturally weak. Whenever I reach a plateau there is always a new posture or a way to look at an existing posture to bring greater [awareness to strength](http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/which-is-more-impressive-her-strength-or-her-flexibility/). Traditional yoga philosophy defines the practice of asana as a [balance between strength and peace](http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/balancing-between-strength-flexibility-josie-huang/) or between steadiness and comfort. Whenever you work on strength it is important to balance all efforts towards developing strength and steadiness with grace and ease. Focusing on core strength rather just upper body strength is a way to integrate the physical body with the subtle body and find that perfect balance in [asana practice](http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/more-than-just-asana-sherry-edwards/). #### _Like_ [elephant yoga](https://www.facebook.com/elephantyoga) on Facebook. Ed: Sara Crolick [Incorrect source, offensive, or found a typo?](mailto:[email protected]) Or do you [want to write](mailto:[email protected]) for Elephant? [{Waylon H. Lewis C Enterprises 2013: Use Rights in perpetuity. Ownership remains with author.}](http://www.elephantjournal.com/write/) ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.2.jpeg]] **Kino MacGregor** is one of a select group of people to receive the Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. The youngest woman to hold this title, she has completed the challenging Third Series and is now learning the Fourth Series. After seven years of consistent trips to Mysore, at the age of 29, she received from Guruji the Certification to teach Ashtanga yoga and has since worked to pass on the inspiration to practice to countless others. In 2006, she and her husband Tim Feldmann founded [Miami Life Center](http://www.miamalifecenter.com/), where they now teach daily classes, workshops and intensives together in addition to maintaining an international traveling and teaching schedule. She has produced three Ashtanga yoga DVDs (Kino MacGregor – A Journey, A Workshop; Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series; Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series), an Ashtanga yoga practice card and a podcast on yoga. Her next book, [The Power of Ashtanga Yoga](http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Ashtanga-Yoga-Peace-Includes/dp/1611800056), is set to come out in the spring of 2013 from Shambhala Publications. As a life coach and Ph.D. student in holistic health with a Master’s Degree from New York University, Kino integrates her commitment to consciousness and empowerment with her yoga teaching. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Yoga Mind Body Spirit, Yoga Joyful Living, Travel & Leisure Magazine, Ocean Drive Magazine, Boca Raton Magazine, Florida Travel & Life Magazine, Six Degrees Magazine as well as appearing on Miami Beach’s Plum TV and the CBS Today Show. Find her at: [kinoyoga.com](http://www.kinoyoga.com/). 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(We use PayPal but you don't need an account with PayPal.) ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.4.gif]] ### If you liked this, you might like these: * <http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/balancing-between-strength-flexibility-josie-huang/> ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.1.png]] ### Balancing Between Strength & Flexibility. ~ Josie Huang * <http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/push-ups-101-dropping-the-conventional-and-taking-the-long-way-home-heather-morton/> ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.1.png]] ### Push-Ups 101: Dropping the Conventional & Taking the Long Way Home. * <http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/06/virabhadrasana-iii-everything-is-impermanent/> ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.1.png]] ### The Four Desires Online Book Club – Virabhadrasana III: Everything is Impermanent. * <http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/06/the-four-desires-online-book-club-the-perfect-seat/> ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.1.png]] ### The Four Desires Online Book Club – The Perfect Seat * <http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/handstand-technique-video-the-four-ds-of-yoga/> ![[Yoga for Core Strength with Kino MacGregor__Strength_&_Peace_Yoga_for_Core_Strength_with_Kino_MacGregor.__elephant_journal__unknown_filename.3.png]] ### Handstand Technique Video & the Four D’s of Yoga. ## Elephant Journal's Daily Wake-Up Call Get elephant's Daily Wake Up Call: a gap for inspiration & meaning in the inbox of your mind [[#|Login]] [Follow the discussion](http://intensedebate.com/postRSS/174040124) ### Comments There are no comments posted yet. 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