Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
Do you have questions about working with students with chronic lower back pain? Join experienced Yoga Therapists Rachel Lanzerotti and Olga Kabel for a casual discussion of practical teaching strategies[…]
We all have been through a lot in the past couple of years, and so have our students. The challenges and obstacles that we experience now might be very different[…]
Three years ago, I read about a new start-up called Quilt that organized and facilitated small-group conversations out of women’s homes. Generally, I’m not too fond of formal networking events,[…]
I used to have a filing cabinet full of students’ records. I had to move it with me as I transitioned from one studio space to another over time. I[…]
Working with students one on one has always been my passion. I love every aspect of private yoga work—getting to know a new client; trying to figure out who they[…]
A recent article in The New York Times describes the results of the survey of 1,320 mental health therapists in an attempt to understand how Americans are coping with the[…]
Here we are, at the end of another eventful year. Let’s take a quiet moment this holiday season to reflect on where we have been and where we are now.[…]
Thank you for reading our articles! As you wrap up the summer and move into a more consistent work mode, your needs will probably change, too. We would like to[…]
A yoga student said to me once: “I have all the tools I need to deal with my current issue, but I don’t use them. I know the kinds of[…]
When I was little, I liked to play doctor. I would examine my dolls and write down their symptoms on the mailing labels that I had snatched from the post[…]
2020 has been a year like no other. It pulled us out of our routines and made us reevaluate our priorities. Hopefully, along the way, we learned a lot about ourselves[…]
A great big thank you to all of you who completed our Reader Survey! I take your feedback to heart and will use it to guide my publishing choices next[…]
There are two feelings that I keep coming back to throughout this pandemic. The first one is the feeling that my world had shrunk a lot. Previously my life felt[…]
Over two decades of practicing and teaching yoga, I discovered that certain movement combinations work every time to release tension in specific body areas, and simple yoga practices based on[…]
I remember many years ago when I just started practicing yoga, I learned to do yoga poses in a very specific way: feet go here, arms go there, etc. Once[…]
My mom was a very happy and optimistic person even as she raised three daughters during times of great hardship in Russia without much money or much help from her[…]
2018 has been a whirlwind for me, both personally and professionally. In the spring my family and I sold our place in Michigan, and in the summer we packed all[…]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! May your holiday season be filled with light, joy and happy moments. As always, we got a lot of new stuff in the works for[…]
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[…]
To be honest, the older I get, the less I am interested in doing yoga for the sake of physical fitness. It somehow feels like a waste of time. There[…]
