Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
With COVID-19 still wreaking havoc around the world, the race for the treatment is on. Different organizations use different strategies to combat the virus. Just last week a biotechnology startup[…]
Do you hold your breath while typing, emailing or texting? Apparently, this is such a common occurrence, that Linda Stone, a writer and speaker, had coined a phrase “screen apnea”,[…]
The normal unconscious exhalation is a passive process, as one simply relaxes the muscles that were engaged on the inhale. However, in our yoga practice we purposefully augment the natural[…]
Many of your body’s physiological processes have a rhythmic nature: your heartbeat, blood pressure, digestive peristalsis, breathing rate and many others proceed in pulsating (or wave-like) fashion. Each system has[…]
In college I majored in Russian literature, and I remember being fascinated by the sheer number of heroines in the Russian classics who would faint at the slightest sign of[…]
A diaphragm is the primary muscle of inhalation; it is responsible for about 75% of the air movement in normal breathing at rest (external intercostal muscles are responsible for the[…]
The last time I went to visit my mom, she asked me to show her some yoga moves because she wasn’t feeling too well. Once we got down to the[…]
In 2004 a documentary called Supersize me made quite a splash. In it, an independent filmmaker Morgan Spurlock committed to eating at McDonalds for 30 days and documenting his experience.[…]
Over the past several months the subject of breathing had become particularly charged. We keep hearing about breathing everywhere: the phrase ‘I can’t breathe’ became a symbol of police brutality,[…]
Yesterday morning I was trying to do my pranayama practice, as my 9-year old was bouncing on furniture around me, my puppy was chasing his tail knocking over everything in[…]
Couple of months ago my husband and I went to see a play. It ran long, we hit traffic on the way back home, and instead of being away for[…]
When my son was a baby, he used to wake up several times per night. After putting him back to sleep, I would lie in my own bed awake for[…]
Do you do yoga for fun or for effect? This is the question that each one of us needs to answer before we decide which practices we want to do[…]
Last week we identified three major obstacles that get in our way of making a positive behavior change (whether it’s maintaining a consistent home yoga practice, or any other action[…]
Two weeks ago I asked you to give me feedback on the content of my blog and answer few other questions on how yoga fits into your life. Thank you[…]
Has your regular yoga practice slipped a bit through the holidays? Celebrate the New Year by restarting your home yoga practice; you can find a practice to take care of[…]
My son is really into drawing; wherever we go, I always have a notebook and a pencil ready for him. When we visited Barcelona last summer, we went to all[…]
How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Do you feel energized and ready to start your day, or do you feel tired and depleted? Every day[…]
When we design a short yoga practice to manage our energy, breathing needs to be the focus of the practice. Breath is the most direct pathway we have to affect[…]
One of my favorite things to do when I teach a yoga class is to ask my students to close their eyes, sense the quality of their energy and then[…]
