What is Yoga? Well, to answer that, let’s actually back it up a step and answer what it ISN’T: Yoga is not handstands and contorting your body and limbs into awkward shapes. Yoga is not just for (young, female, thin, flexible, white etc.) people. Yoga is not just exercise. Yoga is not a religion. Yoga …
Mat — Nice to have, but not totally necessary if you have the right type of flooring to practice on. If you don’t have a mat, try to find a space with soft wood flooring. Carpet is challenging during standing / balancing postures and tile flooring may cause you to slip. Soft wood flooring or …
Register in advance and complete any necessary forms ahead of time. A teacher running his or her own studio (even if it’s just online) is preparing for class too and probably doesn’t have time 5 minutes before the scheduled start time to send you login information or help you troubleshoot. Set up your space ahead …
Do be prepared, show up EARLY. The listed class time is when the teacher will begin. Allow yourself enough time to set up your mat and props as well as handle all of the technical needs if the class is online (log in, set up the lighting, adjust the camera and audio, etc). Do introduce …
What is yoga? The word yoga itself means union or to yoke — bringing together mind, body, and breath to find inner stillness / peace. While in the Western world a vast majority of people view yoga as a physical exercise regime, it actually consists of many other parts, with physical postures only making up …
Well, it certainly has been a year we will never forget. All of us will look back on this time and experience different feelings and have different memories of the ways in which our lives were upended, but I hope that a little time and distance can offer us all some perspective. Dare I say …
Periods and yoga — bear with me — I promise this relates to self care: Ladies, have you ever considered changing your workout routines based on your menstrual cycle? I’m a little embarrassed to admit that it took me until VERY recently to heed the advice of many yogic traditions. It is generally said that …
Everyone needs therapy. Let me say that again for those of you who read that sentence and thought, surely she doesn’t mean me. EVERYONE needs therapy. Before you stop reading this, sit for a moment with those feelings of discomfort and think about WHY this statement may be triggering for you. See, even you just …
New year, new yoga! For the majority of you reading this, vinyasa yoga is what you have been practicing with me for the last (almost) 2 years. During that time my personal practice has shifted primarily to Ashtanga yoga. I have slipped bits and pieces into our classes here and there but it’s beginning to …