How to create a short targeted yoga practice to change your mental state
When you want to change the way you think or feel at any given moment, the first thing you need to do is identify what exactly it is that you[…]
Author: olgakabel
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Two main ways to change your mental state
I find it curious that Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras does not explicitly distinguish between thoughts and emotions. The text calls all mental processes “fluctuations” and states that the main[…]
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Short targeted yoga practice for energetic boost if you are feeling depleted, disconnected or jaded
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[…]
How to create a short targeted yoga practice for energy management
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[…]
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Would you like to feel more energetic and powerful?
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[…]
Short yoga practice for hip flexors
The beauty of short yoga practices is that you can fit them into small pockets of your day much more easily than a full-length yoga practice. This means that you[…]
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How to create a short targeted yoga practice for physical tension
Every time I have a yoga video shoot with my videographer I feel slightly guilty. He usually crouches down behind the camera to record my yoga practice. While I feel[…]
How to create a short potent yoga practice
My sister had recently gone to see Tony Robbins – you know, the self-help guru? While a lot of the things that he talked about weren’t new to her, the[…]
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Why it is important to be specific in your yoga practice design
When I first moved to Michigan about five years ago, I experienced a bit of a yoga shock. I went from having a yoga studio and being surrounded by long-term[…]
Introducing new Affiliate Program for yoga schools and yoga organizations
Yesterday I had a chance to reconnect with one of my fellow yoga teachers that I haven’t seen in seven years. It is always remarkable to me that with some[…]
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Sleep: what it does for you and how to troubleshoot it
In Macbeth Shakespeare states that sleep is “the chief nourisher in life’s feast.” And modern science proves that is truly is. What other miraculous remedy helps you fight infection and[…]
Yoga practice for better sleep
Two years into WWII, the US military realized that due to extraordinarily high levels of stress and lack of sleep many of the combat pilots began to freeze up in[…]
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3 steps to help your yoga students sleep better
Our students choose to do yoga for all sorts of reasons, but in my personal experience they rarely seek advice of a yoga teacher specifically for sleep problems. However, many[…]
Why your mind races before bed and what you can do about it
In the course of your day, how often do you close your eyes and disconnect from the external bombardment of information to check in on what’s going on inside? If[…]
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Physiological reasons of poor sleep and what to do about them: Part 2
Last week we talked about some biological reasons of poor sleep. Today we will cover several others and discuss the strategies for dealing with them. 5. Restless leg syndrome Some[…]
Physiological reasons of poor sleep and what to do about them: Part 1
When you have trouble sleeping, it is useful to conduct a thorough investigation and try to get to the root of the problem. We often do it by method of[…]
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External factors that are messing up your sleep: Part 2
Last week we discussed two most important factors that can interfere with your sleep quality and quantity – light and temperature. Both of those factors affect the release of melatonin[…]
External factors that are messing up your sleep: Part 1
A decade or so ago I visited a small surfing town in Costa Rica. It was a great adventure, but one thing I found most surprising was that by 9pm[…]
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Five kinds of sleep disturbances and how to identify them
Sleep impacts every aspect of our physiology, so it is not surprising that we always ask our private yoga students about the quality of their sleep, both in the initial[…]
How dreaming helps us get over traumatic experiences (or not)
Have you ever had this experience when you get worked up about something one day and after a night of good sleep it seems much less dramatic? This happens because[…]
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