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Svadhyaya: Try This Life Stage Review to Develop Clarity and Self-Awareness
Clarity is an essential quality to embody to understand who you are and what difficulties you face, how they make you feel, and why you react or respond to them the way you do. Clarity is related to the niyama... Read more
Foot Yoga: Wake Up Your Toes
If setting down roots is the fundamental act in a yoga practice, then we’d best pay attention to our feet, the primary roots for all standing poses, and for much of our life off the mat. The more time we spend... Read more
Sparks of Divinity: BKS Iyengar’s Wisdom
Have you ever read words that changed your life? Here are some that recently changed mine: “If doubt arises in your discipline, let it come. You do your work and let doubt go about its work. Let’s see which... Read moreFeatured Courses
While millions of Americans suffer from pain in the low back and pelvis, many back and hip issues are actually the result of sacroiliac instability (SI), i.e. an imbalance in the sacroiliac joint, which often goes undiagnosed or is improperly treated. Alarmingly, yoga practitioners appear to...Read more
Hip openers are among the most satisfying and powerful yoga poses. They hold a tremendous potential for transformation; they can help us release deep-seated tension and trauma of the past, which many of us hold locked in the hip area. When practiced correctly, hip openers are a great way to soothe...Read more
Yoga is more popular than ever, but as yoga has become a household word, has it also become a mile wide and an inch deep? Are we missing out on the essence of yoga, even as the practice has become a household word? What can we do to capture the deepest aspects of yoga and integrate these into our...Read more
Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops...Read more
Yoga For Beginners: Supine Pigeon Pose - Variation on the "King" Hip Opener - Free Online Yoga Video
Supine Pigeon Pose is one of the most well-known and used hip openers. It is a safe way to practice Pigeon Pose and is accessible to most students. In this free online yoga video tutorial, YogaUOnline’s... Read more
Savasana: A Time to Rest or a Time to Awaken?
I can almost hear the collective sigh of relief when I tell my students it’s time to transition to the period of rest at the end of each yoga class called Savasana, literally translated as “Corpse Pose.” As... Read more
The Eighth Limb of Yoga: Samadhi
Samadhi is the final limb and the ultimate destination on Patanjali’s eight-limbed path of yoga. It is often translated as enlightenment, but what does that really mean? What is Samadhi? Enlightenment is an... Read more
Do You Sit All Day Long? Try These 3 Yoga Moves
By now, chances are you’ve heard that sitting for hours on end is bad for your health (heart disease, obesity and diabetes have all been linked to prolonged sitting). If you have a job that requires you to sit... Read more
Yoga for Tight Shoulders: 5 Yoga Poses to Open Your Upper Back and Shoulders
Tight shoulders? You’re not alone. Nearly everything we do—sitting at a desk, working on a computer, cooking a meal, picking up children, riding a bike, driving a car, etc.—closes off the front of our chests... Read more
Relax Your Core: 5 Poses to Release Your Psoas
You may not think about this while you're practicing yoga, but deep within the center of your body, beneath layers of skin, muscle, and organs, lies the psoas (pronounced “so-as”). It is the deepest of your... Read more