Yoga Actions for Opening & Stabilizing the Wrists
For more sequences specific to wrists, shoulders and arms, click here. Namaste.
Yoga Actions for Freeing the Shoulder Blades
Complete your practice with Viparita Karani and/or Savasana. For more sequences specific to shoulders and arms, click here. Namaste.
3-Minute Standing Sequence #3: HASTA PADANGUSTHASANA
YOGA ACTIONS: 2-directional stretch of the entire spine 1. INHALE breath up to crown 2. EXHALE breath down and out tailbone Instructions: 1) Repeat the YOGA ACTIONS for 5-10 breaths in each of the three variations of Chair Hasta Padangusthasana…
3-Minute Standing Sequence #2: UTTANASANA
YOGA ACTIONS: 2-directional stretch of the entire spine INHALE breath up to crown EXHALE breath down and out tailbone Instructions: Repeat the YOGA ACTIONS for 5-10 breaths in each of the three variations of Chair Uttanasana. After each variation, INHALE…
Yoga Asana for Your Ayurvedic Body Type — Vata, Pitta, Kapha
In the study of yoga, Ayurveda is known as the healing wisdom and was discovered during higher states of meditative consciousness. Just as there are no two people exactly alike, there are no two identical mind-body types (doshas). Your dosha…
The Politics of Power
This past weekend, good friends listened to me ranting about political parties that feel they can only succeed with “majority rule”, and using such rationale to call an election with two years of their mandate still remaining. What happened to…
Big Events = Big Awakenings = Big Results
Painting by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov Given the chaotic change and heightened stress of the past 18 months, one could arguably say what’s bigger than a COVID pandemic into its fourth wave. I suspect that the drought-induced pestilence (i.e., grasshoppers, war,…
Suffering Is Optional
A familiar yoga adage comes to mind as I consider the loss of a relationship in my life — Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Truthfully, there is no sense in avoiding pain. It is a natural part of life…
Movement Opens Up Mastery
photo by Blair Dunn Whether exercising our physical body, reading a novel, or practicing a spiritual teaching, we open ourselves to learning something new. Within any of these experiences, the opportunity exists for us to move our knowledge needle closer…
No Point of View In All Relations
In my youth, critical thinking was highly valued as the primary skill of a problem solver. Of course, in the western worldview of North America, rational science was god. Hence, children were trained to analyze data, diagnose problems, and choose…
Left Loving
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. George Sand During COVID’s social distancing requirements, so many of our intimate, loving relationships have been limited to drive-by kisses, elbow rubs or online chats. The absence of…