Many times doctors refer patients to us yoga teachers because, other than prescribing painkillers, they have nothing left in their little black bags for folks living with chronic-pain conditions. Osteoarthritis is one of those conditions. Osteoarthritis a joint disease in which the healthy cartilage that normally cushions bones at the joints breaks down through wear […]
My journey with the five Tibetan Rites
The five Tibetan Rites are a daily practice to build prana and power up the chakras…or so I’ve heard. But are they really? The inner scientist in me had to find out. So I’m at it again…experimenting on myself to see what I can discover—not the first time I’ve done this, and surely won’t be […]
Asana tip sheet #8 – Adho mukha svanasana
Downward-facing dog…just about everyone has an opinion about how it should be done! Just to be clear…this is OUR take on this pose coming from an Ashtanga perspective. If you study yoga within another tradition, such as Iyengar Yoga, then your stance might be longer than what’s shown here. There might also be other little […]
You’d do yoga too if you knew all THIS
This excellent article ran in The Huffington Post last year and to me it shows how far yoga has come in gaining mainstream acceptance and scientific validation. Those of us who do yoga don’t need any convincing to know that it’s SUPER beneficial to all levels of our personal functioning, but if you have anyone […]
