Mountain Pose: How-To Tips + Exploring the Pose
Mountain Pose is about learning to stand on your feet and connect to Mother Earth. It is about finding the alignment of your skeleton and subtly moving in and out of a fluid center. For those who are...
View ArticleFeed the Hungry, Fill Your Heart
My eldest brother is turning 60 today. Traditionally, 60 is a very significant birthday for the Chinese. I believe it marked a time when people would start letting go of their worldly possessions and...
View ArticleA New Look at an Old Yoga Pose
Reconnect with the reasons you came to love yoga in the first place. "Downward Dog Upward Fog" author Meryl Davids Landau suggests a visualization that will help breathe new life into your Sun...
View Article8 Ways to Accelerate Your Yoga and Learning
Prep (Research Phase): Be Specific First, decide if this is a physical or mental skill you want to learn. In the case of yoga, it most likely will be both! For the purposes of accelerating your...
View ArticlePassport hOMe
France is my happy place. I don’t know if I can even describe it, but France just has a certain je ne sais quoi that makes me feel at home. I first visited France when I was ten years old on a family...
View ArticleYogi Not Flexible
When You Aren’t The Most Flexible Yogi On The Block: One Woman Finds Her Niche As A Teacher Who is eligible to become a yoga teacher? Those with X number of years’ experience? The most adept...
View ArticleVariations on a Theme
Another triangle pose, another sun salutation, another day of yoga, sounds like drudgery to the outsider. So are we all changing to the next fitness fad? No way! There is never boredom in the ritual...
View ArticleSavasana with a Chair and Weight
Relief for back pain, exhaustion, fuzzy brain and much more! If you answer yes to more than two of the questions below, then find a chair and grab a sandbag. Tell everyone in the house that you’ll...
View ArticleYoga: The Mind, Body & Spirit Connection
Every day I teach and practice is a new day. As I work in my heart and body simultaneously, I begin to see how interconnected the two are. My body informs my feelings, and my feelings inform my body....
View ArticleYoga Accoutrements
Whether you’re new to yoga or have been on the mat for years, there comes a time when you want to have your own yoga equipment. Instead of using the mats, blocks, and straps offered in your local...
View Article3 Tips to Balance the Holiday Season
It’s the holiday season. A wonderful time of year that somehow gets stressful and chaotic with all of the things to do, events to host as well as attend, and relationships to celebrate through gifts...
View Article10 Ways to Practice Self-Care
To be your most authentic self, you need to incorporate self-care into your daily life. Self-care anchors you in kindness and love, even amidst a whirlwind of stress or trauma. Dr. Kristen Lee Costa,...
View ArticleSelf Love
Self love. It is the foundation of a happy life and yet, at times, is so hard to hold on to. So, what is self love? While some consider self love to be conceited, the Yamas and Niyamas of Patanjali’s...
View ArticleAlignment
The very first yoga class I ever attended was Iyengar-based. This was some fifteen years ago, when I was totally into Tai Bo, Spin and Step Aerobics. Kind of an unusual transition, really. Truth be...
View ArticleLearning to be Human
The other day I attended a new yoga class. Though I entered the studio with ten minutes to spare, the entire floor was covered with bodies. For a gentle yoga class? In my experience the gentle classes...
View Article3 Ways to Get Out Of Your Yoga Rut
You roll out your yoga mat, take your seat, and begin your routine before class starts. A routine comprised of stretching, sitting or lying down to mentally prepare, or maybe enjoying some time to...
View ArticleDiscipline
Discipline is defined as a branch of knowledge or the practice of training people. I find this interesting as a yoga “teacher,” for a few reasons. One is that that while I am a teacher, I am also only...
View ArticleOpen Your Heart
These Resource Girls avoided yoga for years. Lauren was never big into working out and Cat wanted a “real” workout, not to sit in a circle and hum. Clearly, we were misinformed. Have you ever firmly...
View Article3 Ways to Integrate an At-Home Family Yoga Practice
Family yoga is a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, incorporating the breathing, mindfulness, and physical benefits of yoga with the fun, creative spirit of your family. Yoga has many...
View ArticleKids Aerial Yoga Takes Flight
photo by Ashley Goldberg, Born Yoga Does your child need to unwind his mind? Aerial yoga is not only safe, but offers unique benefits for child yogis, says Ashley Goldberg, owner of Born Yoga in...
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