The other day, all of my students in yoga class were plopped, sprawled, and splayed upon the floor. They had managed to get themselves into the studio, take off their shoes, unroll their mats, and collapse. It was like dominos. One of them on the floor gave the rest...
You know what they say about assumptions... I won’t finish the sentence. But I will emphasize how important it is not to make assumptions about our students when we are teaching yoga (or for that matter, about any other human being we encounter in any other...
Near the end of each yoga class I teach, whether to children or adults, we all bow to each other. I was taught that the bow has three parts, each of which aligns our hearts and minds with our bodies, and my favorite bow instruction is this: "Sit Like a Mountain...
Have you been noticing the daffodils making their buttery appearance? Or the mama birds already sitting on their nests? Perhaps the first bud sprouting on the branch? These signs of spring herald the Vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, Spring Equinox...
How does yoga relate to love? Perhaps there are obvious ways - like doing something you love or doing something that is good for you. But the true Yoga of Love is much more subtle and much more profound. We can look to the Yoga Sutras to help us expand: "Or by...
Recently, I read an NPR article about the judgements parents place on the perceived risks of other peoples' children. Interestingly, situations were perceived as a higher threat to the child if the parent observing had a negative moral judgment about the other parent....
Have you heard the story of Virabhadra? Virabhadrasana is the Sanskrit name for Warrior Pose. I tell this story to the children often in my Yoga class. It’s a story of Shiva and Shakti. There are a few variations I’ve come across, but for some reason or another Shakti...
Many of you know that yoga class always ends in savasana. Laying down on your mat, on your back, this is the opportunity to truly let go. In savasana, we surrender our tension, our worries, and even our fidgeting to the still silence of rest. The muscles completely...
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