Easing into Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)
I’ve come to see paying attention as a spiritual practice. I write to remind myself that life’s seemingly mundane moments are often where we find
Helen Maupin March 17, 2021
I’ve come to see paying attention as a spiritual practice. I write to remind myself that life’s seemingly mundane moments are often where we find
During times of social isolation from friends and even close family members, we especially need heart-warming and heart-opening rituals and experiences. These practices remind us
If you have already practised my previous five backbend sequences, you recognize those practices are directed toward intermediate or advanced yogis. However, backbend yoga poses
For the past six weeks, I illustrated different mini inversion sequences intended to open you to the benefits of turning upside down. Most specifically, the
A growing body of research continues to illustrate the benefits of yoga postures that turn us upside down. These inversions affect the central nervous systems
I just came home from an intriguing breakfast conversation with two dear friends, David and Deri. Our back-and-forth dialogue circled around the uncertain adventure COVID
Last week, we looked at a yoga sequence and yoga actions focused on freeing the physical and emotional tension (holding patterns) in our heart space.
If you struggle with social anxiety, you might also have inner thigh pain. Because our legs are biologically programmed to run when we first spot danger,
Some years ago, in a yoga class taught by B.K.S. Iyengar, he was quoted as saying, “If you open your armpits, you’ll never get depressed.”
Our being is made up of three bodies — the gross or physical-energetic body, the subtle or mental-intuitive body, and the causal or spiritual-bliss body.
For those of you who know the benefits of a daily yoga asana practice, the 60-minute sequence below offers poses you could do every day.
As social and physical distancing become a greater part of our everyday life, our physical activities do not need to take a back burner. In
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