How to anchor your attention in balancing poses

I cannot read in the back seat of the car when I travel – it…

How to minimize the risk of falling in our daily lives

About a month ago, I got this text message from my yoga student: “Can’t do…

Mighty Tadasana: How to use Mountain pose to train your balance and strengthen your hips and ankles (Part 2)

Have you ever sat at an outdoor café on a warm spring day people-watching? If…

“Magic three” yoga poses for hips and back

This is a short home yoga practice that you can do at any time. It…

Mighty Tadasana: How to use Mountain pose to train your balance and strengthen your hips and ankles (Part 1)

The classic version of the Mountain pose is as stable as any standing pose gets…

“Why is my balance not improving?”: Seven ways to troubleshoot your balance training

One concern that I hear often from yoga practitioners is: I keep working on my…

Yoga practice for static and dynamic balance training

My son loves to watch this YouTube video of Danny MacAskill riding his bike across…

Four easy ways to train your balance for daily life

When we work on balance postures in yoga, we usually focus on maintaining a steady…

How to align the body in balancing postures

Many years ago, I read an article on balance in one of the yoga magazines,…

How to train your balance

Watching your kid learn how to walk is a pretty fascinating experience. When you see…

Why do we need to work on balance?

The most dramatic experience I ever had with my balance failing me was about eight…

One simple move to loosen up your shoulders

There are many suggestions on the internet on how to “loosen up the shoulders.” Most…

How to heal your shoulder by working around it

When a new student comes to see me about her shoulder pain, the first thing…

Three ways to protect your shoulders in your daily life and yoga practice

I started taking tennis lessons recently. My tennis pro tells us in every class, “Save…

Get your shoulders out of the box

A few years ago, my husband developed a nagging pain in his shoulder. It wasn’t…

How to make an extension pose a focus of your practice

At first glance, it might seem that axial extension poses are easy – what’s so…

Let go of the iHunch: Improve your posture yoga practice

A few weeks ago, I took my son to get a haircut, and there was…

How to lengthen your spine without strain

There are two distinctive ways of lengthening the spine while performing axial extension postures: one…

Four steps to minimize the stress placed on the intervertebral disks

Did you know that astronauts get taller in space? According to NASA studies, when the…

When “good posture” is not so good for your body

“Sit up straight!” my dad would command every time he saw me lean over my…