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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 Basics: Balance Poses for Focused Stability
Sometimes in life, it seems like our goals are out of reach, with lots of obstacles along the way. Financial troubles, relationship tensions, and health complications seem like strong gusts of wind that can... Read more
Yoga Basics: What is Stretching?
Yoga is more than stretching. The definition of yoga is, in one word, is unity (of body, mind and spirit). Without discounting mind and spirit, understanding the physical aspect of yoga will enhance the... Read more
The Fifth Niyama: Ishvara Pranidhana - Surrender to the Lord
The fifth and last of the niyamas (personal observances) from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is Ishvara pranidhana : “surrender to the Lord.” There have been centuries of debate among scholars about what exactly... Read more
The Yoga You May Not Have Heard Of (And Why You'll Want to Try It)
When most people think of yoga, they think of the flowing Vinyasa style yoga or the sequence of standing and seated yoga postures typically used in Hatha yoga. Few people have heard of Kundalini yoga and even... Read more
The Fourth Niyama: Svadhyaya - Self-Study
The fourth of the niyamas (personal observances) from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is svadhyaya . In Sanskrit, sva means “self;” dhyaya translates as contemplating, meditating on or reflecting upon. Svadhyaya... Read more
The Third Niyama: Tapas - Inner Fire
“A worthy aim makes life illumined, pure and divine. Without such an aim, action and prayer have no value. Life without tapas is like a heart without love. ” – BKS Iyengar The third of the niyamas (personal... Read more