How Yoga Really Changes Your Life.
It’s kind of easy to explain how to practice yoga breath-work to other people. It’s feasible to relay the benefits of “open” hips and limber leg muscles. It’s possible, too, for anyone to learn...
Category: Yoga Practice.
The All-or-Nothing Approach to Life Doesn’t Work.
My life has become a welcome haze of new-mother mornings and exhausted afternoons. My days are filled with little girl activities and newborn needs. My relationship with my husband is fixated around the beauty...
Prenatal Yoga Do’s & Don’ts For Every Trimester.
Pregnancy is a beautiful time to be a yoga practitioner. It’s also a necessary time to practice safety and caution on the mat. Many pregnant women find themselves modifying for what feels natural for...
How I Recharged My Soul.
It’s one of those weekends where my soul feels deeply the need to recharge and replenish. My skin feels thirsty for the sun’s warm kisses, my face hungry for touches from my husband’s hands,...
The Coolest Yoga Pose Ever. {Photos}
Nope, it’s not that one. Or this one. Or even this one. Actually, it might be this: Or this: Or maybe even this: Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind. What...
My Beauty-Reflecting, Magic-Mirrored Yoga Mat.
My yoga mat is the one place I come to over and over again to see my truest, clearest reflection. On my mat, I move and flow and breathe and be. I drip tension and...
5 Tips for Tackling Scary Yoga Poses.
I’ve broken my nose twice—don’t worry, neither time was yoga related (although I do have a funny story from my honeymoon). I recently told you who I think a yogi is—and a love for...
Knees Chakra 101: 5 Tips on Learning to Surrender.
When I talk about surrender, I’m not necessarily referring to yielding to a higher power. Surrender often has much to do with learning how to balance effort and ease within our lives and relationships with...
Learning to Surrender On & Off The Yoga Mat.
I’m outstretched in pigeon pose. My back leg is long as I curl my toes under and wiggle my knee in, more towards the center of my sticky purple yoga mat. My front leg...
4 Reasons We Don’t Need Fancy Yoga Poses.
At 34, I sometimes feel like an old fogey in my yoga practice. To be fair, I’m absolutely a little bit of the old-fashioned type and I’m definitely kind of old soul-ish. And I...
