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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
The Root of Movement: Use These 5 Building Blocks of Yoga to Free Your Practice
Many of us are so anxious to get to what we believe to be the pinnacle of yoga practice, i.e. the fancy-looking challenging yoga poses, that we fail to lay the groundwork for our practice, writes Iyengar Yoga... Read more
Slow Yoga: How to Deepen Your Practice
Countless times, students have said to me that they “can’t believe” how much any particular yoga pose hurts when you “do it right.” Indeed. The Importance of Alignment in Yoga In this world of power and... Read more
The Third Limb of Yoga: Asana
When you imagine a yoga class, what comes to mind? Do you envision an array of sweaty bodies in lululemon garb contorting themselves into pretzel-like shapes? Or perhaps you picture a roomful of fit and... Read more
How to Minimize the Risk of Falling
About a month ago I got this text message from my yoga student: “Can’t do yoga tomorrow. Fell again. Gouged arm bad. Stitches. OK now. Doc said lay off few days.” After further exchange I found out that she... Read more
5 Yoga Poses to Ease Text Neck
Have you ever noticed what happens to your body when you’re staring at your smartphone or tablet? If you’ve been looking down for a while, your head gradually drops forward, then your shoulders droop and your... Read more
7 Ways to Troubleshoot Balance Poses
One concern that I hear often from yoga practitioners is: I keep working on my balance, but it doesn’t seem to be improving. If that’s the case, we need to take a closer look at what you are doing both in your... Read more