Why Alignment Matters

  I work with a lot of rowers and in my time with them, I’m always thrilled when we do different yoga poses and they comment on how the pose would be helpful for rowing. Yoga has a wonderful way of being applicable to many different activities; rowing, running,...

Three Helpful Keys to Yoga Practice

  When you’re teaching yoga, there are so many suggestions you can give your students. Even in the context of just one pose, there are many tips around alignment, breath, focus, gaze, muscles, bones and spirit. If you were to suggest even just one from each...

How did I get here?

  If you practice yoga, you know that when you come into the first pose of your practice, whether it’s downward dog or another one, sometimes you find yourself saying, “How did I get here?” Yoga can reveal so much in our bodies and it’s more times than...

What’s that, you say?

The other day I was teaching a yoga class and I said something to the effect of,           “Glide into low push-up.” Immediately one of my students said, “ Ha! I love the way you say that; as if it’s easy!” Now, a little context here: the class was in...