These past few weeks I have been talking about the challenge of starting and maintaining a home yoga practice. Some things that have really helped me have been figuring out why I really want to practice and also having a plan. Last week I shared a simple yoga sequence that I have been using. I […]

Last week I talked about how having a plan (knowing where, when and what) helps me to keep up my home practice. Thank you for sharing your tips on what works for you! For many, it seems morning is the ideal time. It’s then or never! My own plan looks like this: my kitchen, first thing in the morning, […]

I mentioned last week that I have been working on creating a daily yoga practice. I started off by figuring out my “why” – why practice yoga each day? (you can read that here if you missed it). For me, the answer is that yoga makes me feel stronger, more confident and I think, an […]

Sometimes you just need a different perspective.  I firmly believe that a part of your regular yoga practice, should involve inversions.   Inversions from the most basic: legs up the wall, downward dog and forward fold to slowly allowing your body to play in more challenging poses like headstand and plough. I can remember when I […]

The Music of Yoga: According to archaeologists, we have been enjoying music in some form for at least 50,000 years.   Music is used as a form of expression, an emotional outlet and in celebrations.  It is a way of connecting communities or individual contemplation.  It can energize or soothe. It’s dynamic. When selecting the music […]

Launch into Spring As the beginning of April approaches, the arrival of spring and warm weather is close.  For some of us, it has been an extremely long, extremely cold and harsh season.  And with that type of a season, our body and mind has the tendency to retain unwanted stress and pressure. Winter is […]

Squeeze in some time for Oxygen Every yoga class is punctuated with frequent reminders to breathe, not just the shortened breaths that often becomes a normal part of our day but deep, oxygenating breaths.  Prana, breath, in Sanskrit, literally means life. But why is deep breathing so critical?   Yoga teachers typically instruct their students to […]

In my life, I have had the pleasure of spending time with both adults and children where Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder is part of their lives.   I’ve been amazed how their mind can become entranced with watching the snow fall to taking apart (and putting together) a calculator.   I’ve also seen their distress when […]