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Mindfulness Can Boost Your New Year’s Resolve
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? How do they usually pan out for you? The new year seems like a good time to start with a clean slate. Resolving to...
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Janu Sirsasana: Head-of-the-Knee Pose
Forward bends have a reputation for drawing us inward and encouraging introspection. While I doubt there’s scientific proof of this, practitioners report that these poses have a calming effect. Practicing...
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Soothing Winter Solstice Yoga Practice
The natural world has it right. In the winter, when it’s cold and dark, our animal friends turn inward. Some of them hibernate throughout the winter. Others only wake up...
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Shoulder Relief in Child’s Pose
When we think of Balasana (Child’s Pose), we typically think of back expanding, inward folding, and of course, rest. Child’s Pose is an opportunity for respite. We can pause in...
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Mindful Generosity All Year Round
Last week I played six performances in the orchestra for the classic one-act holiday opera Amahl & the Night Visitors. (Amahl was originally commissioned by NBC to be premiered on...
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Yoga 101: What Are the Yoga Sutras?
What is yoga? In another article, I attempted to summarize the different aspects of yoga. But I stated the caveat that yoga is not so easy to define. As a...
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Go with the Flow: Inversions and Your Moon Cycle
When I was a teenager, old wives warned that there were certain things you shouldn’t do when you were on your period. The forbidden activities included swimming, horseback riding, bicycling...
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Bird Dog Pose Variation: Bend Back and Balance
A few weeks ago Hugger Mugger Yoga Products published a post on Parsva Balasana (Bird Dog Pose). Bird Dog is a deceptively complicated pose. It may look simple from the...
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Parvrtta Ardha Chandrasana: Stabilize, Twist, Expand
There are poses that we practice often at home and in yoga classes. Think Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose), Trikonasana (Triangle Pose), and the Warriors (Virabhadrasana I, II...
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Yoga Injuries: When East Meets West
Thirty-some years ago, when I was beginning to teach yoga, injuries related to yoga practice were relatively rare. They did happen, of course, but they were an anomaly. In recent...
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4 Ways to Hone Your Balancing Skills
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 36 million older adults experience falls every year, resulting in more than 32,000 deaths. About 3 million people are treated in emergency...
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Parsva Balasana: Bird Dog Pose
Chances are Parsva Balasana (Bird Dog Pose) does not have a 2,000-year history in the yoga tradition. More likely, the concept of a bird dog—symbol of one of their favorite...
