Backbends: The Head to Heart Connection
Where you look matters. It’s a metaphor for keeping your eye on the “ball” of the positive things in life. Where you focus helps guide you where you want to go, not toward what isn’t serving… Continue reading
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The Best Thing To Do When You’re Stressed (Bonus; It’s Free!)
Stress is a killer. It’s the source of sickness, fatigue, loss of productivity and grey hair. There will always be stress; it’s an unavoidable part of life, but one that’s necessary for growth. Stressful… Continue reading
Yoga To Strengthen Your Core
You might call me a masochist, but I love ab exercises. Lately, though, I’ve been slacking off. Not because I don’t want to do this important strengthening work, but like everyone, I seem… Continue reading
Three Levels Of The Mind + Poses For Legs (All Levels)
To help us understand the complexity of the mind, yoga philosophy has broken it’s functioning down into three different layers. The outermost layer is where reception of sensory input occurs. This is called the… Continue reading
Three Powerful Restorative Yoga Poses To Combat Stress & Fatigue
There is a reason it’s called a ‘restorative’ practice. These yoga poses, with the use of props, offer the opportunity to rest, relax and receive the benefit of the practice without having to… Continue reading
How To Successfully Move Mountains
Sometimes I climb mountains. This year I summited three peaks over fourteen thousand feet tall, and that was just one day! It’s always an epic adventure, one that requires extensive planning, detailed map reading… Continue reading
Two Great Yoga Poses For Your Low Back
The reality is any yoga pose will likely help your low back. Of course, refinements to the specific alignment of your low back will increase the efficacy and safety of any yoga pose.… Continue reading
Stretch Break For Work: Standing Sequence
This sequence is your solution to sitting at a desk all day. The entire practice is done standing with feet hips-width or balancing on one leg. There’s one forward bend, but otherwise all poses are… Continue reading
Five Ways To Find Balance & Ease When Life Overwhelms You
1. Pause Sit down, close your eyes. Listen to the sounds around you —better yet, listen to the silence from which all sounds arise. Breathe deeply and evenly for three to five breaths.… Continue reading
Purna: An all levels practice on being present
When we get busy or overwhelmed with a mountain of tasks, it’s very easy for our attention to scatter and to feel fragmented. But wholeness is our natural state. We are full and… Continue reading