The Hugger Mugger Yoga Blog

If I had to pick just one quality that separates a good yoga teacher from a great one, it would be humility. Of course there are...

Revolved Camel Pose shares many of the same benefits as traditional Camel Pose, and then some. The backbend mobilizes your lumbar spine, and the twisting aspect...

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...

Decades ago, a student came to my class wanting to learn how to practice Padmasana (Lotus Pose). At the time, I had long since ditched my...

Home yoga practice is essential to developing a deep and enduring relationship with yoga. It’s your time to explore practice on your own terms and to...

One of the most daunting tasks when I began teaching in 1986, was coming up with a yoga class plan. I worried about sequencing. Even though...

Until the ACA went into effect, I didn’t have health insurance for decades. I’ve been self-employed as a yoga teacher since 1986; expensive premiums were out...

You won’t see them often on Instagram. There are so many other backbends that look way more impressive. In fact, they may barely register as backbends...

I recently returned from a 19-day silent retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. In the first half of the retreat we practiced metta...

Walk into almost any yoga asana class and you may notice is that the overwhelming majority of students are women. For at least some of yoga’s...

In the spring and summer, I have the good fortune to teach a weekly mindfulness class in Salt Lake City’s beautiful Red Butte Garden. Each week,...

Practicing yoga has so many benefits. The best known of these include stress relief, along with physical strength and flexibility. But there’s more. Practicing yoga can...

At Hugger Mugger Yoga Products we are excited to partner with Girls Inc. for the next three months through our non-profit program. Through September 30th, we...

For several years now, I’ve been hearing of a popular yoga teaching technique. I’ve heard about it directly from friends and have read it online. It’s...

What are your go-to poses right after you step onto your mat? I like to warm up with a “gooey” Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose)....

Years ago, I remember a senior Iyengar teacher telling workshop participants that she’d abandoned teaching Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III Pose). “It’s just too hard for too...

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...

Most of us spend an awful lot of time sitting. Desk jobs may seem easy on the body, but in reality, all that sitting can wreak...