How does your posture impact the way you feel?
A neighbor said to me few weeks ago: “You have such a great posture – you stand up so straight.” What was meant as a compliment actually reminded me that[…]
Category: yoga for your body
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Goodbye 2017, hello 2018!
As 2017 is drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for reading my blog and contributing to the conversation. Thank you! I read every[…]
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New group for yoga teachers: Share your expertise and explore new ideas
Days are dark… nights are long… it’s cold… students are too busy to get to their regular yoga classes… Sounds familiar? If your well of inspiration is drying up, may[…]
Reignite your home yoga practice
At a recent yoga event I got to talking with one of the prominent yoga teachers and we somehow got on a subject of personal yoga practice. “Nowadays it is[…]
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Deeper is not always better: a closer look at backbends and lateral bends
I don’t like to play favorites with my yoga poses, but I must say that I am a big fan of backbends, especially Cobra pose and its many permutations. I[…]
Pain vs sensation yoga practice
Your brain interprets your bodily sensations based on context and experience. If you feel a rumbling sensation in your stomach and it’s almost dinner time, you interpret it as hunger[…]
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How to work with chronic pain on the level of physical body
There is a heated ongoing debate in the yoga community about the difference between a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. Some feel that yoga by its nature is therapeutic, so[…]
Active listening and pain assessment in a yoga session
One of my clients is currently shopping for a doctor. She is trying to find one that she can stick with for a while and so far she hadn’t been[…]
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How patient-practitioner relationship impacts the healing process
When my son was little he used to freak out every time he fell down and scraped his knee. He would start screaming that he “needed a doctor”, that “this[…]
Why yoga is effective for chronic pain management
In our digital world technology experts continuously come up with solutions to make our everyday lives easier. Need to share your pictures? There is an app for that! Need help[…]
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How the brain can interpret other signals as pain
One of my clients has recurring knee issues. For her, there is always a low degree of discomfort that never goes away; sometimes it flares up, causing sharp pain. When[…]
Why do we tend to expect the worst when it comes to pain? Negativity bias
If you accomplish ten great things today and make one mistake, what will you more likely think about when you lie in bed at night? Most likely you will think[…]
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How does pain become chronic?
A former client of mine, let’s call him John, bent over to tie his shoes one day and was unable to sit up because of excruciating pain in his lower[…]
When you are hurt where does the pain come from?
Few years ago my family moved from one house to another. On the moving day I was carrying a big heavy box down the stairs and missed the last step.[…]
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Recent guidelines about dealing with back pain: do they make sense?
A recent article in the New York Times discussed the updated guidelines by the American College of Physicians regarding treatment of lower back pain. While in the past medication was[…]
How to spot common alignment mistakes in forward bends and twists
Couple of weeks ago I attended a yoga class with the sweetest, very well-meaning yoga teacher. Unfortunately, her sequencing was not very well thought through. She led the class in[…]
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Traditional goals of asana practice
Nowadays we tend to define our health and fitness mostly through numbers (body mass index, target heart rate and so on) and performance (ability to touch the toes, run a[…]
Is it better to be flexible or stable?
Many years ago, when I just started teaching yoga, I wanted to make sure that my students got enough stretching. One time a good friend of mine took my class.[…]
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Do you need tightening or loosening? Stability and ease at every level of the human system
“Clinical psychologists sometimes say that two kinds of people seek therapy: those who need tightening, and those who need loosening. For every patient seeking help in becoming more organized, self-controlled,[…]
What can home yoga practice do for you?
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[…]
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