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10-Minute Heart-Opening Yoga Practice for Better Posture & Peace of Mind

You’re only as young as your spine is flexible! This practice is great for improving posture and physical tension in the shoulders and chest but is just as beneficial for

How to Avoid those Embarrassing Moments on Your Yoga Mat

Don’t overestimate your abilities. In yoga class the other day, the burly guy right behind me tumbled out of handstand and narrowly missed landing on me, his flailing feet grazing

10 Ways Yoga Straps Can Deepen Your Practice

Props are for students who can’t do the “full pose”, right? Wrong! Rather than being training wheels for beginners to rely on, yoga props can deepen our practice in unexpected ways.

5 Things Your Yoga Teacher Wants To Tell You

  1. We are not perfect either I know you consider us as the epitome of knowledge and inner peace but guess what? We are humans – and that means

Turn Up the Power in Downward Facing Dog

Perhaps the most iconic of all asana, downward facing dog is often the first pose people think of in association with yoga. It is common to move through downward facing

How to Stop Competing in Your Yoga Practice

Yoga is about working on the inside and being where we are, at that moment.

The “Right” Yoga

Yoga is NOT one thing, but everyone has their intention for doing yoga…

6 Benefits of Downward Facing Dog

Doward facing dog is the signature pose of yoga for good reason. The benefits are unbeatable! Click here to learn how to do it properly.

Why Headstands Don’t Matter

As someone who struggles with getting upside down, I’ve heard a lot of conflicting advice from yoga teachers and students alike: Inversions don’t really matter. Inversions are essential in boosting

The Basics of Sun Salutation A and Sun Salutation B

There are many ways to vary your sun salutations when you teach vinyasa yoga. What are the basics? Here are some simple postures to follow for sun salutation variations. Sun