The Hugger Mugger Yoga Blog

Sometimes you just need to get away. Last April my friend Danielle and I drove to Moab, Utah, for the last two days of Shiva Rea’s...

by Amy Putney Conn Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true merciful generous or honest. ~ Maya Angelou...

Sometimes a single moment can change everything. You’re going along, living a life of seemingly mundane concerns—job, family, home maintenance, etc. Then one day everything changes:...

by Matthew Coles My first time at Yoga was more strenuous than I anticipated in many ways. Though I never broke a sweat, my muscles were...

This post will kick off our October blog. Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve chosen to feature periodic posts this month that focus on...

Send Us Your Photos! I often say my cats are my greatest Yoga teachers. That first looooonnnggg stretch they do when they get up from a...

by Matthew Coles “New Kid on the Yoga Block” is a new series written by writer, designer and Yoga novice, Matthew Coles. Matt’s column will follow...

As summer slowly comes to a close, I am inspired to honor autumn. Although the official first day of fall is September 23, 2011, I find...

Today, Rosanne Harvey of the wonderful blog, It’s All Yoga, Baby, posted this news story from Denver. It seems that Yoga teachers and studios in the...

A week ago I wrote about Mama Kitty, an 18-year-old feral cat who walked into my house for the first time ever (see previous post). I...

In 1994 a small feral cat had a litter of six kittens in my back yard. Known by my neighbors and me as “Mama Kitty,” she...

Color is back! Contrasted with winter’s palette of greys, spring’s panoply of brights invites us to open up, to expand, to step out after a long...

Back in January, I wrote a post about my resolution to practice pranayama every day this year. As my third month comes to an end, I’m...

February was awarded month-hood relatively late in the game. Along with January, it was the last to be added to the Roman calendar in 713 BC....

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I’ve never felt the beginning of a calendar year was sufficient reason to commit to anything, so the...

Parighasana:  Open to the New Year Perhaps it’s the year’s darkest days that inspire us to midwinter reflection. Or maybe it’s a few thousand years of...

Relentless desert sun and stinging mega-raindrops. Stalwart rock walls and delicate cryptobiotic soil. The lilt of laughter punctuating endless desert silence. Lazy flatwater and heart-pumping rapids....

Last night I returned from what has become the most consistent annual mile marker in my life, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I first attended on a...