YOGA 101
5 simple tips for teaching yoga to the deaf and hard of hearing
tips teaching yoga deaf hard hearing As someone who lives with a sensorineural hearing loss, there are unique challenges that I face in everyday situations;...
sphinx pose salamba bhujangasana
yoga pose to tone your abs How – Sphinx pose salamba bhujangasana Lay on your stomach with legs stretched out behind you at hip distance....
why we never need to worry about mastering an asana
taking pressure off asana mastery We hear this over and over again, both as yoga students and teach it as yoga teachers; ”don’t worry where...
yoga journal turns 40! interview with carin gorrell, editor-in-chief
Yoga Journal Turns 40! Interview with Carin Gorrell, Editor-in-Chief Yoga Journal has been on the newsstands for 40 years and we had the opportunity to...
4 tips to live and learn through yoga
The practice of yoga can be a great way to not only maintain your body’s physical wellness, but your mental and emotional wellness also. The...
urdhva or adho mukha śvānāsana
The difference between urdhva and adho mukha śvānāsana The upward-facing dog and the downward-facing dog are the two dog poses commonly used in yoga classes,...
the poetry of patanjali’s yoga sutras: exploring sutras 1.12 – 1.15
I have spent over the last 15 years reading a ridiculous amount of “self help” books. All of them attempting to provide the “ultimate” answer...
yoga and aging
what yoga helps me remember Here I am, on my mat, wobbling in Tree Pose; no longer a sturdy tree as I was a decade ago...
my first time in alternative meditation
As fate would have it, I would be lucky enough to catch up with some of my old yoga teacher family, in the beautiful city...
yoga for sadness
In everyone’s life, there may come a time where sadness will hit you. With unexpected events that arise, emotions may be lurking under the surface....
top five poses that you can do at the gym
let’s hear it for the boys Everywhere you look there are females gracing photos and covers of yoga articles, but where are the males? This...
my take on yoga
Last summer when I was on vacation, I decided to start a new thing. Something that would keep my mind busy, when I don’t want to...
7 empowering lessons i’ve learned as a yoga vagabond
Vagabond – A person who wanders from place to place without a home or a job My life over the last year has been that...
interview with mark whitwell
a yoga for everyone – mark encourages intimacy & connection through practice By now we are all aware of yoga’s amazing power to change a...
parivrtta – viparita: revolved asana or reverse triangle pose?
Parivṛtta and viparīta – it took me long enough to remember how to spell them let alone learn the difference between the two. But I’ve...
the poetry of the yoga sutras of patanjali 1.5 & 1.6
Sutra 1.5 – vrittayah panchatayyah klishtaklishtah. There are 5 overall categories of thoughts and sense experiences (vrttis) in the field of the mind. They can...
