Yoga Practice

A couple weeks ago, I attended a seven-day silent meditation retreat at The Last Resort in Duck Creek, Utah. Due to COVID, it was my first...

Yoga first became popular in the U.S. in the 1960s. While I was not privy to the practice back then, several friends did practice during that...

Years ago, I attended a yoga teacher training with a well-known teacher. The teacher shared lots of helpful information about alignment and adjustments. Early in the...

There’s nothing easier than lying down on the floor for Savasana, right? In many cases, the answer is yes. But in some ways, Savasana demands more...

Right off, I’ll say that the chances that Dekasana (Airplane Pose) is one of yoga’s ancient staple poses are slim. Unless an ancient yogi sage predicted...

Like it or not, the pandemic has changed the way we live. Social and cultural events we used to take for granted have been disrupted. Many...

Few members of the animal kingdom elicit more passionate reactions than snakes. Mostly known for their stealthy, slithery sinews and the venomous bites of some species,...

Few positions are more ubiquitous in yoga practice than Anjali Mudra (Prayer Position). We often practice Anjali Mudra to begin and end a class. We begin...

Most of us are creatures of habit, and that’s neither good nor bad. Healthy habits provide a strong foundation for our daily lives. Unhealthy habits can...

A few years ago, I visited the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. In my childhood, I’d spent many days wandering around visiting animals in this same...

Vinyasa (aka flow yoga) has been all the rage in the yoga world for a while now. Based on concepts introduced through Ashtanga Yoga, vinyasa features...

Decades ago I attended an early morning—6:00 to 7:00 am—asana class for a few months. While I’m not a natural morning person, I attended the class...

There’s a popular meme going around on social media. It goes something like this: “If you haven’t learned a new skill in the past year, it’s...

Earth Week is a great time to recommit to greening our lifestyles. This includes all areas of our lives—how we eat, how we travel, how we...

If you engage at all in social media, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. There seems to be permission for reckless abandon in the way we engage...

Are you working from home? These days, a whole lot of us are. And it looks like this will be reality for at least another several...

There really aren’t a whole lot of day-to-day tasks that require lateral bending. That’s probably why most people find side stretches in yoga—such as Parighasana (Gate...

Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose) is a staple in my morning yoga classes. Years ago, several of my students made up unflattering names for it—Cow Pie, Mad...