The Hugger Mugger Yoga Blog

Hugger Mugger Joins TreeUtah in Restoring Redwood Nature Area Last summer we at Hugger Mugger chose the Utah nonprofit organization TreeUtah to be our beneficiary for...

Step Out of Your Own Way So easy to forget how to walk through your thoughts, to let the weather in your head erase the weather...

The Yoga of Empowerment I came to yoga right around the time I came to social justice work. For me, the two will always be inextricable—and...

  After a pretty white winter, spring is finally edging its way into the Salt Lake valley. Gentle rains replace the several feet of snow that...

Why Supta Baddha Konasana is My Favorite Pose We all have our favorite yoga poses, and Supta Baddha Konasana is mine. For one thing, it’s done...

Getting to Know Our Students The greatest reward of teaching yoga for the past 26 years has been getting to know my students. Maybe this is...

Choose Faith There are super frustrating times on The Path. Instead of fighting against frustrating times with more frustration, anger and resentment, take a higher road...

Every once in a while, I reflect on what it means to have practiced yoga for 38 years. It’s honestly hard to fathom. Time is a...

Welcome You come through the gate, and your life on earth begins: green wavering into the hue of early spring, the growing heat pouring leaf into...

How Yoga Can Help You Silence Your Inner Critic I recently had a new student come to my class. As we were chatting before class, she...

Superfood Breakfast:  No More Oatmeal Fatigue I stopped eating meat in 1978 and haven’t looked back. The truth is, I never liked meat. My body doesn’t...

Santacon and Jivamukti — Lessons in Sangha We were late to getting to class, again. On a Saturday morning in December, instead of hopping off the...

Saturday Yoga With the Happy Dog, Old Dog & Purring Cat When I unroll the mat, the big, young dog trots across its length, leaving big...

Healthy Boundaries:  The Teacher-Student Relationship It seems to happen with alarming regularity that a spiritual teacher is exposed (no pun intended) for having misused his position...

Why Are Boundaries Important in the Teacher-Student Relationship? It seems to happen with alarming regularity that a spiritual teacher is exposed (no pun intended) for having...

Power Up:  Fire Up Your Belly! Have you ever heard that phrase “fire in the belly?” Although I always understood what that meant in a colloquial...

Yoga Poetry: Who I Didn’t Know I Was I didn’t know I was a runner, even in one-minute spurts between long walks on uneven sidewalks. I...

What It Takes To Even Reach My Edge Each time I stand up today, my thighs burn and my butt aches. As I make my way...