When I first started practicing yoga, I remember thinking, “Everyone should be doing yoga!” …a typical evangelical thought of the newly converted. But I have to admit that I still think this 28 years later. However, more often now I think, “More people should be in this class right now.” It’s heartbreaking to me when […]
Build your hara power with this easy sequence.
Rupali and I learned this energizing sequence of movements—called hara kumbhaka—early in our yoga journey at the Kripalu Center. And we love it! It’s such a simple practice, yet very effective. A little about hara ‘Hara’ refers to the abdominal area or the soft belly. It’s considered the seat of our life force—the house of […]
Are you making these mistakes in your yoga teaching?
Most of us become yoga teachers because of a deep desire to share something we love so much that has helped us personally in ways that are hard to put into words. We don’t necessarily know the first thing about HOW to teach, we just know that we want to. There are essentially two parts […]
