Yoga for gardening
I live in Michigan, and spring had a pretty slow start here. As soon as the snow melted, I could feel a strong drive to spend time outside and get[…]
I live in Michigan, and spring had a pretty slow start here. As soon as the snow melted, I could feel a strong drive to spend time outside and get[…]
A few months ago one of the teachers in my yoga teachers Facebook group posed a question: would it be a good idea to go straight from Camel pose to[…]
Most yoga teachers are aware of the idea of compensation (pratikriya, which literally means counteracting). It basically means that in the course of the practice we challenge the body, breath,[…]
My first serious yoga teacher training was a residential one, where I lived in a yoga community for about a month focusing on nothing but yoga. It was fun for[…]
When I was on vacation few weeks ago, I did my first SUP yoga session (yoga on a stand up paddle board). Practicing yoga to the gentle rhythm of the[…]
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been talking about Forward bends and how to use them to stretch the posterior (back) structures of the body (along the Superficial Back[…]
This week I’ve been having fun with my new Instagram account – posting stuff, checking out other people’s images and profiles, and so on. And while all of this is[…]
When you go to a yoga class and attempt to do a forward bend, you are likely to hear: “Bend from the hips!” What does it mean exactly? And is[…]
I heard an interesting theory that older women who have osteoporosis in their spine, shouldn’t practice forward bends because of the risk for additional fractures. This theory is a result[…]
When I interviewed one of my yoga clients recently about the benefits that she gets from private yoga sessions with me, the first thing she said was: “I am able[…]
When I get new students with some experience in yoga, I like to ask them: What is this pose for? What are you trying to accomplish here? And I am[…]
I have a question for you – name one pose that you can use to strengthen your lower back and core, stretch your hip flexors, stretch and strengthen your upper[…]
In my yoga teacher training we used to have Observation clinics, where we would observe each other both in static position (standing or lying down) and movement, and compare notes[…]
A literal “pain in the butt” (injury to the hamstring tendon) is one of the most common yoga injuries. Often in yoga classes we stretch, pull and tug on our[…]
I can’t help it – everywhere I go, I see people with my “yoga-teacher” eyes. The last time I was at the symphony I was thinking – “This conductor has[…]
“Here I am, resting in a reclining bound angle pose. All of the sudden I feel this incredible pressure on my inner thighs, and as I open my eyes with[…]
Over the winter holidays I went to Chicago for a short family vacation. Fun, right? Well, on the 5-hour drive there I sat half-turned in the front passenger seat talking[…]
Last time I was at my hairdresser’s I read an article in some fashion magazine about Hilaria Baldwin – you know, yoga teacher, wife of Alec Baldwin? She was getting[…]
A new student came to see me once for a private session. She was very surprised by the number of questions I asked her before we even got started on[…]
A recent study published by Surgical Technology International concludes that when you look down at your cell phone to text, check email, or play a game the force applied to[…]