Blog
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Gratitude for Yoga Practice
Recently a former high school classmate posted a meme that caught my eye. It went something like this: “At my age, when I drop something on the floor I have...
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Peak Pose: Revolved Side Angle Pose
There are a handful of yoga poses that I’d classify as “complicated.” By complicated, I’m referring to the number of elements that need to line up in order for a...
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Balasana: Bolster Your Child’s Pose
Few things in life are more comforting than curling up in Balasana (Child’s Pose). Balasana quiets the mind and restores spent energy. Among its many benefits, Balasana focuses the breath...
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Yoga Warmup: 3 Basic Fuzz-Busting Poses
What are your go-to poses right after you step onto your mat? I like to warm up with a “gooey” Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose). By gooey, I mean...
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Why Don’t My Knees Reach the Floor in Baddhakonasana?
John Szewczyk-9173643533-COPYRIGHTED Sometimes when I look back at my early yoga teaching, I have to cringe a little (or sometimes, a lot!). Like most yoga teachers, I’ve never taught classes...
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Beef Up Your Skeleton: Yoga for Osteoporosis
Images of witches, ghosts, black cats, zombies and skeletons abound this month. These iconic images are meant to be scary, and some of them are—although I have to say that...
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Change Up Your Yoga Cues
As yoga teachers, we face different learner types in every class we teach. Some people are visual learners. Demonstrating poses clicks in for this group. Others respond to manual adjustments....
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Yoga 101: Asana - The 3rd Limb
Asana, the physical practice, is the most recognizable of the eight limbs of yoga. If you mention “yoga,” most people will automatically picture a person in some beautiful, bendy position....
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Stabilize Your Center: Yoga for Core Strength
When we think of balancing in yoga, Tree Pose (Vrksasana) is often the first pose that comes to mind. Of course, there are lots of other poses that can challenge,...
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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...
