Yogic and Ayurvedic views of digestion
A model is a sort of a mental construct that we use to explain and understand reality; it is not reality itself. This is an important point to understand when[…]
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The art and science of yoga sequencing: How the order of poses can change the effect of the practice
I remember hating Latin in college. Unfortunately, it was required for my degree, so I had to endure. For example, translating a Latin sentence takes a lot of work because[…]
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How does yoga help with digestion?
In my therapist training many years ago my teacher had asked for a volunteer with some sort of digestive distress when we were discussing the topic of digestion. One of[…]
The Chakra model: the yogic map of personality
In 2002 I went to the Seattle Yoga Conference with the sole purpose of meeting Gary Kraftsow. I loved his book Yoga for Wellness and wanted to study with him.[…]
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An Ode to Warrior
There are a handful of poses that I choose to do in almost every yoga practice, and Virabhadrasana 1 (Warrior 1) is one of them. This pose holds a special[…]
How to take your yoga practice to the next level
When we think about taking our yoga practice “to the next level”, it often conjures images of deeper stretches, more challenging poses, longer practice, etc. These are all fine ideas,[…]
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What’s in your toolbox? Yoga breathing techniques
I signed up for a yoga class in the past titled something like Yoga for the changing seasons that promised to address the energetic and physiological changes that occur during[…]
Mula bandha: what it is and whether or not you need it
Some Sanskrit words had successfully made it into our pop culture. When a lady in a scented candle commercial talks about clearing her chakras, you know that the cat is[…]
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Five currents of prana and how they organize your physiology (5 Vayus )
I heard a theory (and I don’t know whether or not it’s true) that western medicine grew out of studying cadavers, while in the eastern world cutting up the dead[…]
Yogis ahead of science: One nostril breathing determines how you feel
Have you ever heard of the “honeymoon nose”? The proper name for it is honeymoon rhinitis and it reflects the phenomenon that your nose feels congested after prolonged sexual stimulation.[…]
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How to use yoga to energize or unwind
I am not a morning person. In my early days as a yoga practitioner I would will myself into x number of sun salutations or some power yoga routine in[…]
A breathing trick: how to calm down before bed
A few weeks ago, a student complained of trouble falling asleep. You know how it goes – you are lying there awake at 2am, mind still spinning. I suggested that[…]
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What makes your heart beat? A yogic view of energy and physiology
What differentiates a living breathing human body from a cadaver? After all, the hardware is still there: heart, lungs, brain – they are just not working. If you ask a[…]
Why bother with breath in yoga?
Recently a new student asked me: “Why do we care about breath in yoga anyway?” This caused me to stumble for a moment as different possible answers rushed through my[…]
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What’s more important – your hamstrings or your liver? Panchamaya (koshas) model
My yoga teacher likes to ask: what is more important – your hamstrings or your liver? The question is not meant to undermine the importance of the structural issues that[…]
10-minute home yoga practice in the morning can shape the rest of your day
My teacher often compares regular home yoga practice with flossing. He jokes that you should only floss around the teeth that you want to keep. When I first heard this[…]
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Yogic breathing: chest to belly or belly to chest; what is the proper breathing technique?
There is an ongoing discussion in the yoga community about the directionality of the breath – do you begin your inhalation in the chest and then fill the belly or[…]
Yoga for stress relief – is relaxation really the answer?
In the recent years yoga has become a go-to tool for stress management and very often it’s being presented as “Yoga for relaxation and stress management” with an assumption that[…]
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