There are reasons to practice Yoga. This category describes the benefits that you can derive from Yoga. Stress relief, flexibility, strength, endurance, peace of mind are all intended benefits from Yoga.
Solstice Yoga Last night was the longest night of the year. When I drove to my yoga class yesterday morning, there was not even a hint of morning light in the sky. The dark days beckon us to hibernate, and yet, the holidays are some of our most socially scheduled days of the year. I love practicing Restorative Yoga in the winter. It’s a time when conscious rest is the
Benefits of Yoga: Strength, Flexibility and Much More Last July, I passed my twenty-fifth year of teaching public yoga classes. Over the years, countless people have asked me what benefits my students feel when they practice asana. A quick Google search on the benefits of yoga (i.e., asana) yields an astounding 4,480,000 listings. While I confess that I did not get much past the first page of the list, the
The Gift of Presence: Yoga for Stress The holidays are always quite the Catch-22, aren’t they? On the one hand, we look forward to them all year—the friends, the family, the festivities, heck—even the over-abundant yard displays. But on the other hand, they can often suck us into a vortex of stress—things to buy, gifts to wrap, food to cook, parties to attend, and seemingly more commitments with each passing