The Hugger Mugger Yoga Blog

CI’s Wellness-Survivorship Center Heals Lives Not long ago, a patient at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) confessed to the institute’s Wellness-Survivorship Center manager, Shelley White, that she...

I was not born with a lot of hubris. When I started teaching yoga, I knew there was lots more to learn. But I felt that...

We all do it. Every day. Hunched over a computer, grasping a steering wheel, slouched on the couch or settled onto a meditation cushion—we all sit,...

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...

Huntsman Cancer Institute Improves Lives of Cancer Survivors and their Families By the time I graduated from high school, the mothers of two friends fell victim...

What is Kundalini Yoga? Kundalini yoga is an ancient form of yoga that has been practiced in the United States for only a short time. In...

Finding the Moon Did you stop now that you found the moon almost full, floating west across a small clearing between the clouds? Did you still...

Cherish Yourself It’s very easy to make other people and their priorities more important than you and your goals. Make sure to hold your own goals,...

One of the first things I did when I moved to Salt Lake City in 1982 was search for a hatha yoga teacher. Back then the...

When Digestive Demons Spring to Life in Your Yoga Class I had just led the class in the opening Sun Salutations when it hit: a fast-moving...

Last month I wrote about Garudhasana (Eagle Pose), a pose that honors Garuda, the eagle god whose 40-mile wingspan caused hurricanes and dried up the oceans...

How Daily Practice Can Change Your Life You know what they say about the chicken and egg situation, right? No, seriously. I don’t have an answer;...

Spring Cleaning with Kichari Spring is here! There’s nothing like the first time you open your windows and let fresh, spring air circulate through your house....

Yoga Poetry You Rise Up To Meet the Falling World Whatever you lift to the sky, the sky covers: middle-of-the-night exaggerations dissolve to slivers of sadness...

An Open Letter to New Yoga Teachers Yesterday was the last day of a yoga teacher training that began in September. Inspired by the group’s great...

Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah Saves Lives If you live in Utah, you may have traveled to the Farmington Bay Bird Refuge in February to...

Possession   Have the sun right there in the west on its own time, ready to fall away exactly when it should.   Have the cello...

What is a Yoga Visionary Anyway? This morning Maya Devi Georg, a blogger on Brahmaloka or Bust and Yoganonymous, posed an interesting question on Facebook: “Why...