Pregnancy is a phase in which the body undergoes tremendous physical changes. Yoga after a Cesarean delivery can offer many benefits for those recovering from a c-section. A c-section can feel like you’ve lost familiarity with your body. While caring for your newborn with a body that is still on the mends, the aches, and …
Chair Yoga Classes
A Gentle Approach To Traditional Poses With the Support of a Chair Chair Yoga involves breathing exercises and yoga postures with the support of a chair while maintaining the same body mechanics and benefits as traditional asana. This style of yoga is suitable for beginners, those recovering from injuries or illness, or those simply seeking …
Yoga for Kids
Building Positive Body Image Through Playful Movements Yoga for kids is one of today’s fastest-growing specialty styles. Classes for young people, from infants all the way to teenagers, are being taught in yoga studios, schools, and recreation centers around the world as more and more youth advocates or parents learn about the benefits of yoga …
Embracing and Sharing Cultures
Recently, a local yoga studio that I follow on Instagram announced that they were changing their name. In an effort to no longer culturally appropriate, the word “Yoga” was being changed to “Expansion.” While I applaud their effort to be aware of and give credit to where we share traditions from, I’m not so sure …
Online Yoga Teacher Training: Is it for you?
The choice to embark on yoga teacher training is an exciting and deeply personal one. It is also a massive commitment mentally, physically, and energetically. If this was something you were looking to do previously, you might choose to study with your local studio you frequent. However, in these virtual times, the option to take …
Get to Know the Eight Limbs of Yoga: 1st Limb | Yamas
As we begin our exploration of Patañjali’s 8-limbed path, it is important to take a moment to honor who Patañjali was and consider why his work of the Yoga Sutras is a foundational study of Yoga. The sage Patañjali is thought to have lived somewhere between 500-200 B.C. Most of what we know about him …
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Five Reasons Why Yoga is So Popular
According to statistics, 300 million people practice yoga around the world! A recent survey found an impressive 44% of yogis in the US practice yoga at least 2-3 times per week. With such compelling numbers, it is clear that yoga is popular. But why is yoga so popular? From a wide range of mental and …
Seven Steps on Becoming a Yoga Teacher
So you want to be a yoga teacher. You found this practice, and it has changed your life. Right? You want to share all of its gifts with the rest of the world so others can experience the healing benefits that come with yogic life. From asana, pranayama, and meditation to yogas traditions, philosophies, and …
Facing Loss and Uncertainty
If I have ever in my life needed the strength, fortitude, compassion, and perspective that yoga brings to me, it has been in during these last two years of my experience. I have had to (like so many others) face my grief and despair about so many things: intense polarization of our society and politics, …