For many people, New Year’s resolutions may start strong, but then either fizzle or die within months. And yet, there’s something kind of cool about the concept of a fresh start with a new year. Is it possible to find the perfect balance? Yoga provides the answer in the form of sankalpa, which loosely [...]
As the Director of a trauma-informed yoga teacher training, I’m grateful that awareness about trauma is on the rise. There was a time when the general social attitude was that a person simply needed to “get over it” if they experienced a traumatic event or series of events, and many popular movies and shows [...]
Don’t “train” to be a yoga teacher. Start by finding your personal inspiration. To train is defined by Mariam-Webster as: A) to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient, or B) to form by instruction, discipline, or drill. Given that yoga classes in studios and fitness centers have become the most popular [...]
A large part of being a successful yoga professional is knowing how to cue in a way that clear, concise and meaningful. It was easier (although not simple) when people were in the room with us. Now that so many of our students may be on Zoom with their cameras off our job is [...]
I have been teaching prenatal yoga for over 15 years and training prenatal yoga teachers for 13 years. One might ask, “What keeps you so motivated after all this time?” While guiding pregnant women in a yoga practice is truly inspiring for me, it is so much more.One of the most gratify things that I [...]
I did not start taking yoga classes because I wanted to. Instead, I started taking yoga classes because I was a bad ass, amped out athlete who had injured myself. At the time, I thought yoga wasn't "real" exercise. I don't remember which sports injury it was, anymore, the one that took me back [...]
Contraction vs Expansion Contraction is a state of resistance, tension, a need to control or protect. Expansion is a belief or faith that regardless the circumstance, all is well, and it is safe to be open. Contraction is rigid and impermeable. Expansion is soft and fluid. Contraction feels like the weight of a bull [...]
There are some things that you just can’t put on hold because of back pain like the night of your daughter’s school play, a big presentation at work, the day of your son’s wedding, Thanksgiving dinner preparation, and so on. Even if you can’t get to your chiropractor, massage therapist, or acupuncturist in that moment [...]
Digestive imbalance is almost at epidemic levels these days. Constipation, IBS, acid reflux, GERD, etc. plague a whopping 70 million people every day. The omnipresence of processed food, GMO’s and increased use of medication is largely blamed for for the loss of our ability to properly digest our food. This is highly concerning because [...]
Yoga Therapy is a 4,000 year old complementary healing modality that uses gentle body movement, breathing techniques and progressive relaxation practices to bring all the body systems into a synchronistic bio-rhythm that has been proven to engender healing. Science has recently taken a good hard look at the healing properties of yoga in regard [...]
