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5 Balancing Poses to Keep You On Your Feet
Many years ago, my mother fell and broke her hip. Or maybe her hip broke and she fell as a result. Sometimes it’s impossible to know which is the chicken...
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Yoga 101: Ahimsa - Dynamic Peacefulness
There’s a lot of debate in the blogging/social media world about what yoga is and is not. Popular yoga is often seen as a sped-up version of yoga asanas (postures)....
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What’s the Best Yoga Mat for Balancing?
One of yoga practice’s great gifts is its emphasis on balancing. Poses such as Vrksasana (Tree Pose) are an integral part of almost every form of practice. The ability...
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What Is Your Motivation to Practice Yoga?
Why practice yoga? There is a multitude of different answers to this question. As with any longterm relationship, over time, our practice evolves; it ebbs and flows. Sometimes our practice...
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Foot Yoga: Tap into the Power of Your Own Two Feet
I recently published a blog on the 6 Elements of Balancing. First on the list of the balancing essentials is healthy, stable and sensitive feet. In this post, I'll introduce...
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6 Elements of Good Balance
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), falls are the leading cause of injury or injury-related death in older adults in the United States. There are many reasons that...
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Cell Phones in Yoga Class?
A few years ago there was yoga culture controversy over a teacher who was fired from a corporate yoga class for discouraging cell phones in yoga class. Hired by the...
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Breathe Easy: Camel Pose with Yoga Blocks
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on how to prepare your body for Camel Pose (Ustrasana). Camel Pose is a challenging backbend. It stretches the entire front body,...
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Stonehenge: Back Pain Relief
Savasana (Relaxation Pose) is a welcome respite, the well-deserved dessert after your asana practice. It’s a time of rest and integration, the time when you get to lie still and...
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Why Bendy People Might Not Make the Best Yoga Teachers
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...
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Breathe Easy with Hakini Mudra
There’s power in your hands, more than you might think. I was first exposed to hand mudras during iRest (Yoga Nidra) training with Richard Miller, PhD, decades ago. While I...
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Align Your Spine with a Yoga Block
Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide-Legged Standing Forward Bend Pose) is one of yoga’s more relaxing standing poses. Its symmetrical shape keeps your pelvis, sacroiliac joint and spine neutral, while the active rooting...
