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If you engage at all in social media, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. There seems to be permission for reckless abandon in the way we engage with each other when...

Before the late 1980s, there was no such thing as a yoga mat. The small but dedicated population who practiced yoga cobbled together an array of towels, blankets and foam...

Decades ago the film, Annie Hall, embellished a famous quote about the art of teaching. In the film the quote went like this: “Those who can’t do, teach. Those who...

Hugger Mugger’s Para Rubber Yoga Mats are favorites among committed yogis and teachers. Part of our sustainable line of yoga mats, the Para Rubber Yoga Mat is thick, durable, and...

The first time I used Yoga Blocks 30-some years ago I can’t say I loved the experience. The blocks were very heavy—solid pine—and had sharp edges that dug into my...

  Are you working from home? These days, a whole lot of us are. And it looks like this will be reality for at least another several months. As with...

There really aren’t a whole lot of day-to-day tasks that require lateral bending. That’s probably why most people find side stretches in yoga—such as Parighasana (Gate Latch Pose), Talasana (Palm...

The second verse of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras describes the whole practice of yoga: Sutra 1.2 says: Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. (Translated by Alistair Shearer) For...

  Do you ever feel the need to just lie down and do nothing?  It’s no wonder. Most of us spend most of our time working, running from one scheduled...

  “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be...

Some years ago, a yoga teaching colleague related a story about a student at her studio who suffers from a rare neurological condition that causes tremors. Yoga, with its ability...

Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose) is a staple in my morning yoga classes. Years ago, several of my students made up unflattering names for it—Cow Pie, Mad Cow, etc.—because it was...