Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
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The amount of twisting we do in our daily lives is minimal, yet spinal rotation is essential for keeping your spine healthy and your physiology running smoothly. Twisting postures involve[…]
To have a strong body, we need a supple spine, stable skeletal structure, supportive core, toned muscles, and stable joints, all linked together in an integrative way and balanced within[…]
Oftentimes our bodies try to get our attention through physical pain and discomfort. The messages that the body is trying to send us range from simple “Quit lifting heavy things[…]
Your right and left brain hemispheres approach the tasks you do throughout your day a bit differently: the left one looks at things linearly, as a sequence, and the right[…]
How do you feel when you are at peace with yourself? Inner peace (or peace of mind), by definition, is an absence of conflict; it is a state of calm that[…]
Happy New Year! Have you made any New Year’s resolutions this year? Time and time again, I see students start a new year on an optimistic note with a clear[…]
Would you like to feel strong? Would you like to feel vital? I am yet to meet a person who prefers to feel weak and drained, yet this is how[…]
Yoga is uniquely positioned to be very effective for dealing with anxiety because it addresses the symptoms and sources of anxiety on multiple levels of our systems. Our yoga practice[…]
Before I ever truly experienced anxiety, I studied it. I read about it. As a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, I was conscious about how to offer a calming, soothing[…]
Your spine is the structural center of your body. A stooped posture with a concave chest often accompanies bone loss. Our goal in working with posture for bone health is[…]
Muscle wasting is a common feature of osteoporosis, which also contributes to the weakening of bones. Bones get stronger in response to muscular pull in all directions. When muscles are[…]
How is your holiday season going? Do you feel active and vibrant or do you find yourself spending hours in the comfortable embrace of your couch? It’s so easy to[…]
According to Samkhya philosophy, each one of us is made up of different forms of energy, light, and matter that show up as an interplay of five main elements: air,[…]
Whether or not you golf, bike or drive long distances, you can use the short yoga practices below to reconnect to you body, deepen your breath and get yourself moving.[…]
How’s your yoga practice going this summer? Do you have an opportunity to luxuriate in your practice, or does it fall by the wayside of other activities? If it’s the[…]
There is a series of eight sequential movements in qigong called “eight pieces of brocade” or “eight silken movements” that has been around for hundreds of years. Individual movements of[…]
Many years ago, I took an anatomy and physiology course in college. I went in hoping to learn more about the muscularskeletal system and came out fascinated by this infinitely[…]
At the beginning of a class, I often ask my students to close their eyes and sense the quality of their energy. Then I ask them to show me their[…]
Your diaphragm is the primary muscle of respiration; it contracts like any other muscle and can be controlled voluntarily. It is important for your diaphragm to maintain tonicity, so that[…]
Lately, I find myself juggling more projects and responsibilities than ever, which often means that I usually don’t have enough energy or brain power left to be creative and ambitious in[…]
