Raise your hand if you love pigeon pose! Either you love this pose or you hate it. Or you love to hate it. When people request a hip opener in yoga class, this is often the first thing that comes to mind. But did you know that backbends are hip openers? And the splits are …
Do we store emotions in our hips? If you’ve been to more than a handful of yoga classes you’ve probably heard this one. In fact, one of my students asked me this recently, and to be honest, I don’t know. I’ve heard it said by other yoga teachers, and I’ve probably said it myself. Do …
I disagree. Whole-heartedly, 100 percent disagree with that statement. No matter what you filled in that blank with. You CAN practice yoga. In whatever body you have, wherever you are on your journey, there is a yoga practice that is right for you. I know that you all don’t believe me when I say that …
With the upcoming series: Yoga Where You Are burning in my brain, I wanted to go back to a few posts that I wrote earlier in the year. In part to share with those of you considering taking the course, but also as a reminder that yoga is not just a physical practice. It’s also …
I am grateful for a husband who makes me talk. That is a hard sentence to write and impossible to say out loud. Even as I’m typing it, I’m not 100% positive I believe it. Perhaps if I say it enough times it will make it true. He has good intentions. I am an introvert …
No, seriously. He is. I’m still working on finding the beginner’s perspective in my teaching as I prepare for my upcoming course. And it’s a learning process. And I’m grateful to have an incredibly supportive husband who is helping me learn these lessons. My husband has amazingly agreed to be in several videos that I’m …
I’m going on a girl’s trip! I haven’t gone anywhere for almost exactly two years. No really, I checked the calendar. We went on a family vacation in Florida in September of 2019. That was the last time I traveled. My last girls trip was August 2018. It’s TIME! I will be away from my …
We covered the WHY and the HOW of meditation over the last two weeks of posts. This week we delve into the WHAT. To begin, it may be a good idea to go back to my article from a few months ago about meditation as it relates to the 8 limbed path of yoga. I’d …
I’ll be honest, I was already planning a series on mental health and mindfulness before it became such a hot topic at the Olympic games this year. Naomi Osaka, and now Simone Biles are setting the perfect examples of what self care looks like, and I am so glad they have raised this issue to …
Yes. There are benefits to participating in team sports. Yes. My children will learn valuable life lessons by being involved in them. Yes. It is an important part of life, developing the skills to play and work well with others. Blah, blah, blah. Don’t get me wrong, I am one hundred percent on board with …