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Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) is one of yoga’s most versatile poses. When I studied with B.K.S. Iyengar in India, variations of Bridge Pose were a...

Sometimes just the right adjustment from a trusted teacher brings about a breakthrough in your practice. A gentle tug on your shoulders in a back bend...

Several years ago, as part of a teacher training I was co-teaching, I demonstrated the problems with squaring your hips in wide-legged standing poses to the...

The tech age has brought with it several well-known maladies. I wrote about Text Neck and Text Claw way back in 2015. But I found out...

Do you like to buy American? Truth be told, it’s not as easy as it once was. In the mid-20th century, manufacturing led the U.S. economy....

Most of my students have been attending my classes for many years—some for decades. When a newbie comes to class, they often remark that their fellow...

So far in this series, I’ve focused on what not to do to maintain a healthy SI joint. This post will focus on what yoga practices...

Right now, much of the world is sleeping. Creatures such as bears, marmots, bats and bees hibernate. Reptiles fall into a state of sluggishness and inactivity...

If you look at the appendix of Light on Yoga, you’ll see that going upside down is central to BKS Iyengar’s system of asana practice. In many...

In our Western addiction to busyness we often feel we have to justify taking time out, even if it’s to practice a restorative yoga pose. If...

So many things we buy these days are made in huge factories halfway around the world. It’s increasingly rare that we can actually meet and get...

If I had to pick yoga’s most complicated yoga asana—among the more commonly practiced poses—Parvrtta Parsvakonasana (Rotated Side-Angle Pose) would get my vote. Parvrtta Parsvakonasana is...

Back in 1986, when Sara Chambers founded Hugger Mugger Yoga Products, she couldn’t have predicted its future. From its humble beginnings of a single strap and...

Yogic Help for Headaches Some of us suffer from minor headaches occasionally and we don’t always have or want to take something. This article is for...

Balasana: Practicing Child’s Pose on a Bolster Few things in life are more comforting than curling up in Balasana (Child’s Pose). Balasana quiets the mind and...

How to Use Your Yoga Props Blankets and bolsters and blocks, oh my! Wedges and straps and mats, oh my! You’ve probably seen them all, in...

A few items have lived in storage for much, much longer than two years, but they are not going anywhere, despite the fact that I don’t...

What It Takes To Even Reach My Edge Each time I stand up today, my thighs burn and my butt aches. As I make my way...