Blog
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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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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...
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Breathe Calm: A Simple Mindfulness Practice
We’ve all seen idealized images of meditation. Perhaps it’s a young woman on a deserted beach, hands in a meditation-friendly mudra, enjoying a sunset. Or maybe it’s an image like...
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Open Your Shoulders with a Yoga Strap
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...
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Navasana: Modify Your Boat Pose
A strong core is essential to so many aspects of our daily lives. Tending to our core muscles—the abdominals and back muscles—is core (so to speak) to our yoga asana...
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Supta Ardha Padmasana: A Lotus for Every Body
In 2001, I co-taught a teacher training with Donna Farhi in Vancouver, BC. The 50 attendees were experienced yoga teachers and body workers from all over the world. During the...
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Sphinx Pose: Ardha Bhujangasana
Snakes get a bad rap. True, the bites of the venomous varieties can wreak deadly havoc. But most snakes are not poisonous. Some are even beneficial, especially in our yards...
