Every yoga practice must have purpose, order and meaning
I remember in my first teacher training program we had “alignment clinics”, where we were told exactly where to place the feet, knees, shoulders and hips in each pose. Was[…]
Recently I’ve watched a video on YouTube by a popular yoga teacher and couldn’t help but wince every time she instructed her students to “roll up to stand one notch[…]
Let’s review: We are looking for three yoga poses that are simple enough to do without any other preparation, versatile enough to be adaptable for a variety of needs and[…]
Somebody in my yoga therapist training had come up with a term “yoga snack”. No, it doesn’t refer to a power bar or a small bowl of kitchari. Yoga snack[…]
I remember in my early days as a yoga teacher I would get indignant when I heard people talking strictly about asana. “This is not real yoga! Yoga is so[…]
At the beginning of each yoga teacher training I like to ask my students: “If some area of your body gets tight, what do you do with it?” The answer[…]
Physical therapists know this. Pilates teachers know this. Athletes and dancers know this; how come yoga teachers are behind? Recently one of the commentators on my blog, Michele, asked me:[…]
Couple of days ago I read an article titled “Yoga after 50“, that made it sound as if older students practicing yoga is some sort of a novel idea. I[…]
One of my clients, let’s call him Ben, ended up with a hip surgery because of what his very first yoga teacher did. You see, Ben had very tight hips.[…]
