Yoga Props vs. Your Ego Some say there are two generations of yoga: one before the widespread use of yoga props, and and one after. Before props hit the mainstream, yoga...
Why Use Yoga Props? For centuries, solitary yogis practiced meditation, pranayama and postures on the dirt floors of simple huts. But something changed in the last century. Yoga became accessible...
4 Essentials for the Traveling Yoga Teacher At the outset, I want to clarify that the traveling yoga teacher in the title of this blog may not be what you think. In this...
7 Ways to Reuse Your Old Yoga Mat Most yoga mats are made to last a very long time. I have Tapas® Original Yoga Mats at my studio that are 20 years old and...
Restorative Yoga: The Ultimate Gift for Mom Being a mom is a lot of things—challenging, sometimes frustrating and ultimately rewarding. Being a mom also means being extraordinarily busy. Most moms these days juggle...
Salamba Sarvangasana: Shoulderstand Looking to see the world from a new perspective? Going upside-down is one way to shift your point of view—literally. Inverted yoga poses can shift your...
How Yoga Props Advance Your Practice Some of my students have been attending my classes since the early ’90s. Over the years, it’s been interesting for me to watch my students using...
Take a Seat: How to Choose a Meditation Cushion or Bench People sometimes chuckle when I tell them that sitting meditation is physically rigorous. But it’s true. When you sit still and tune into your body for...
The First Sticky Yoga Mat: A History There was a time when yogis in America practiced on bare floors and bath towels. If you were lucky, your yoga class took place on a...
Zafu or Bench? How Yoga’s Vayus Can Make or Break Your Meditation In the early 1990s, when I was just a few years into vipassana meditation practice, I sat a 10-day silent retreat. It was my fourth such...
Back to School: Refresh Your Yoga Supplies It’s that time again. It’s time to “get serious” and get back to school. You may be about to return to a formal institutional-type educational setting....
Invest in Some Yoga Teacher Training Essentials You love yoga. You want to share it. Or maybe you love yoga, you don’t really want to teach it, but you want to study the...
The Return of the Yogatard We’ve all heard this old fashion trope: If you wait long enough, everything comes back into fashion. It seems that day has come for a longtime...
American-Made Yoga Products In recent years, there’s been a whole lot of discussion about “buying American.” Truth be told, it’s not as easy as it once was. In the...
Why You Will Love the Para Rubber Yoga Mat Just in time for summer, we’re introducing a fresh new color for our popular Para Rubber Yoga Mats: Juniper. A soothing, leaf-green hue, the Juniper yoga...
5 Great Yoga Mats for Tall People Imagine practicing Downward Facing Dog Pose or Warrior II on a mat where your hands and feet are at the very ends of your yoga mat....
Enjoy a Massage Anytime: 5 Ways to Use a Foam Roller If there was a way to see a massage therapist every day, I’d likely do it. But besides being cost prohibitive, getting a daily massage would...
4 Reasons to Choose a Hugger Mugger Yoga Bolster Way back in the mid-to-late 1980s, Hugger Mugger Yoga Products was a fledgling business in Sara Chambers’s basement. She started with a pair of thigh-hugging shorts...