The word yoga means to yoke to bring together. So it’s fitting to look at bringing yoga and the black community together. When I talk about yoga to those who don’t practice I always hear the same things. Oh, I can’t do yoga. Isn’t it hard? But I’m not flexible. Do I have to chant om? I […]
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You wouldn’t know this by looking at me but I have had low back pain most of my life. Most of the time it didn’t bother me too much. Just when I did too much or stood around a lot. My family went on long car trips which was too much sitting and we visited lots of […]
What brought you to yoga? About 7 years ago I began training for and completed a ½ marathon. I was so psyched that I began training for a full marathon almost immediately afterwards. I went for a long run on a cold January day and in an effort to complete the run, I sprinted the […]
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If you think a yoga teacher training isn’t for you think again. It’s a life changing experience! Whether you’ll ever teach or not it’s about doing the work and transforming yourself into a more authentic version of yourself. You deepen your knowledge of an activity you love and as my teacher Alison West told me. […]
Recently this question came across my yoga mat. I fear I can hurt myself in back bends but I’m curious about your All Levels Back Bending workshop would this be appropriate for me? What are the benefits of back bending? Well quite honestly you can hurt yourself stepping off the curb. Anything you do without […]
The worst thing you can do is expect the next person to be like the last. I find it all the time especially in the business of being a small yog studio. Teachers expect the new studio they begin teaching at to be like their previous or current one. I find myself reminding them often Fuller […]
Now that Spring is finally upon us, it’s time to twist out those cobwebs of Old Man Winter. This will require a chair and humility. Let’s first open our back a little before we start. Go ahead and stand up tall, then soften your knees so there is a slight bend, then creasing at the […]
Sure you can throw yourself around in bendy stretchy yoga postures 3-4 times a week but are you structurally sound? Getting flexible is great and most of us need a lot of yoga but if you aren’t able to differentiate between strong abs and core strength you might as well do 12oz curls and call […]
First find a studio that agrees with you. And by that I mean do you like the decor, the staff, the layout, the colors, the smell? All of these aspects are important as you will be asked to be fully present and absorb yourself in each posture, breath and sensation. So if the front desk […]