The Hugger Mugger Yoga Blog

Betsy was tall, lanky and tanned. She loved to swim and take beach vacations with her family. Betsy loved a good joke, and knew how to...

In the past two weeks the pile of unopened mail in my kitchen has grown taller and more unruly. Every so often I try to neaten...

For decades, my sacroiliac (SI) joint was so completely, chronically out of alignment that at times I literally could not walk. I visited various therapists—a chiropractor,...

Back before COVID-19 upended our lives, many of us took travel for granted. It was just part of what so many of us did in the...

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...

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...

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...

In Part One, we saw how a Pranayama Bolster can support an expecting parent in a comfortable side-lying position for Savasana. For Part Two, let’s see...

It seems like Savasana is one of the favorite asanas and if anyone could use a mini-nap, it’s an expecting parent who just finished up a...

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...

Before the late 1980s, there was no such thing as a yoga mat. The small but dedicated population who practiced yoga cobbled together an array of...

There’s a lot of debate in the blogging/social media world about what yoga is and is not. Popular yoga is often seen as a sped-up version...

Recently a former high school classmate posted a meme that caught my eye. It went something like this: “At my age, when I drop something on...

Decades ago the film, Annie Hall, embellished a famous quote about the art of teaching. In the film the quote went like this: “Those who can’t...

Hugger Mugger’s Para Rubber Yoga Mats are favorites among committed yogis and teachers. Part of our sustainable line of yoga mats, the Para Rubber Yoga Mat...

The first time I used Yoga Blocks 30-some years ago I can’t say I loved the experience. The blocks were very heavy—solid pine—and had sharp edges...