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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 class plans, realizing that...

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 discover what works best...

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 I’ve never taught a...

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 of my reach. For...

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 when you look at...

Photo by Wonderlane 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 (kindness)...

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 history, practice was the...

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, my students and I...

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 will donate a percentage...

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 apparently de rigueur for...

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 many people,” she said....

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 havoc on our physical...