“On the mat.” A simple phrase, but one said with meaning beyond a piece of material supporting students as they make shapes on the mat during a flow class. It’s a phrase I’ve heard it a lot. In fact, I’ve said it a lot (even written many times in these…
Attending a workshop is an incredible way to deepen and grow your practice. A workshop can be on the physical asana – from a beginner series to get started or deepening your own understanding of personal alignment to an advanced inversion series – or on the philosophical, history, or spiritual.…
Lately in several classes I’ve heard different teachers refer to child’s pose – Balasana – as Warrior IV, and I love that image. The traditional warrior poses, poses I-III, are powerful and active poses. While in them, I find myself channeling a warrior in my awareness of activating the muscles in…
For the past several New Year’s, when I think about the things I want to work on or accomplish in the year ahead, I like to think in terms of goals that I can work towards. A work in progress, so to speak. And this year, I have a goal…
Is there a particular yogi in your life for whom you are looking to give a gift this holiday season, but not sure where to begin? Maybe a sibling or child, spouse or even a friend from your yoga studio? I can sometimes have a difficult time to pick a…
Looking back on it now, I’m not entirely sure I knew what to think when I thought of chair yoga. It was offered during the day, so while I might have seen it on the schedule, it wasn’t often that it was on a day or time near my schedule…