Viparita Karani: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Legs Up the Wall Pose
Legs Up the Wall, or Viparita Karani, is one of the most soothing and relaxing postures from the yogic repertoire. This simple inversion utilizes a wall to stretch your legs up on to allow gravity to slowly and gently assist
Can Frog Pose (Mandukasana) Really Help with Digestion and Relieve Constipation?
If you've ever experienced digestive issues, you know how uncomfortable and frustrating they can be. Luckily, yoga offers a wide range of poses that can help alleviate these issues, including Frog Pose (or Mandukasana in Sanskrit). In this article, we'll
Yoga and Wellness Matters in Epigenetics - 6 Ways to Reprogram Your Fate
Knowing your genetic propensity for a certain disease may be powerful information, but the results don’t seal your fate. Last year, I sent a tube of my saliva off to learn more about my risk for diseases (and potentially connect
4 Ways Yoga Affects Your Breast Health
While for skeptics, it might seem like yoga for breast health are two phrases that don’t really belong in the same sentence, for those more attuned to yoga's subtleties, it likely makes perfect sense. Yoga can actually affect breast health
Yoga 2.0-Create Spaciousness in the Hips with Bound Angle Pose
Baddha Konasana, or Bound Angle Pose, is a seated “hip opener” that requires deep external rotation in the hips. While it may seem easy to some, most people don’t actually have that range of motion readily available within the hip
3 Somatic Exercises for Healthy Posture
You can create healthy posture by using the somatics exercises I share below. But first, please realize that healthy posture is not a consequence of forcing your body to sit, stand or walk tall, upright, or even aligned. You can
Yoga Means Taking Responsibility for Your Actions—and Your Life
We are the only ones responsible for what goes on in our lives. We can make excuses and blame others, but we are responsible to and for ourselves. - Iyanla Vanzant Iyanla Vanzant’s quote echoes and reinforces this one from
5 Ways to Keep Your Students Engaged When You Teach Yoga
Most students have an insatiable hunger for practice when they first start their yoga journey. But some may fall prey to the repetition that most asana practices seem to have after some time. It’s natural for these students to become
Yoga Research: Exploring the Link Between Bone Density and Dementia
It’s no secret that yoga can profoundly impact our physical and mental well-being. While yoga is often associated with improving flexibility and reducing stress, recent research has unveiled a fascinating connection between bone density and dementia. This article will explore
How Yoga Heals: A Balm for Stressful Times with Judith Hanson Lasater
Earlier interventions, better medications, and technological advances have made acute and episodic illnesses–think heart attack and stroke–far more survivable than in years past. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we don’t necessarily seem to be getting healthier
Breathe Easy: Yoga for Respiratory Health
If the past few pandemic-ridden years have taught us nothing else, it’s how vital our respiratory health is. As we get older, it becomes even more so because we are more vulnerable to respiratory illnesses due to changes in the
This Crescent Lunge Variation Will Effectively Stretch Your Hip Flexors
Crescent Lunge is a common posture that shows up in many different styles of yoga, but it can be a challenging position for many. However, it offers incredible benefits, so it’s not one that you necessarily want to just skip.
Yoga for Stress Relief: 5 Healing Benefits of Grounding
Grounding, also known as earthing, is one of the simplest ways to support the body's natural health and healing response. Dating back thousands of years and represented in various cultures, grounding taps into the conductive charge of the Earth and
Chakravakasana: A Simple Yoga Flow to Quiet the Mind and Stretch the Low Back
When I arrive on my yoga mat for a self-guided asana practice, I often practice Chakravakasana to begin. It's like a commuter pose, transporting me from my daily activity to my practice. I can deepen my breath, flow without being
5 Steps to Finding Ease in Sukhasana - “Easy” Pose
Asana practice is meant to support the settling of the mind. The definition of yoga, according to Alistair Shearer’s translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, is “the settling of the mind into silence.” Some sutra scholars believe that asana was originally conceived