The Gift of Solitude Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into ...
Intention + Community "But why are trees such social creatures? Why do they share food with their own species and even their competitors? ...
My Yoga Existential Crisis (or how I became the teacher I wanted to be) I had started practicing yoga in 1999 in community halls and basements. And when I started teaching in 2003, yoga ...
Upper Back Mobility (video) Our body craves movement and there are places in the body that you likely move often and well, while there ...
Psoas leg swing (video) For years, this has been my go-to movement after long car rides, long periods of sitting, or anytime my hips ...
Pain-free pigeon pose (video) Pigeon pose is one of those yoga poses that some people absolutely love and for others, find it hard on ...
Build functional strength in your arms (video) Build functional strength in your arms. Functional strength means we are able to move our body in all sorts of ...
Yoga class for tight hips (video) This lovely practice is all about getting some movement into your spine, core and hips.
Strong + Stable Lunge (video) There is something that many people do in an asana practice without realizing they do it... hang out in their ...
Put your backside into your backbends (video) From my experience, it is really common for people to struggle with waking up their glutes and refine some of ...
Strong Body, Strong Planet There are so many different ways to be mindful- the way you move, the foods you eat and how you ...
Healthy + Happy Hips (video) A whole lot of hip mobility love... This is a great movement that not only makes your hip joints happy ...
Cross body patterning (video) The human body is designed to move in spirals and diagonal patterns. Which means movements that combine all three planes ...
Sustainable Yoga Series: Downward Dog In my own teaching, I have seen so many people excited to learn a different approach to their yoga. One ...
Sustainable Yoga Series: Upward Dog On the surface, Upward Facing Dog looks like a backbend. When asked, many people would reply, they practice upward dog ...
Sustainable Yoga Series: Chair Pose Quite often even the most beloved of yoga postures can create wear and tear on your ligaments and joints resulting ...
What is a sustainable yoga practice? It is so exciting to see more and more people embracing an evolved approach to yoga asana. You don't have ...
Sustainable Yoga Series: Warrior One Over the years as my education and explorations with biomechanics deepens, there have been some poses that I no longer ...
Free Your Feet Our feet are deserving of so much love and care; those 33 joints, 26 bones and over 100 muscles, tendons ...
Sustainable Yoga Series: Sun Salutation Sun Salutations are ubiquitous in yoga. Usually found at the beginning of a practice, they are traditionally done as a ...
Movement Monday! When in doubt, stick your butt out Are you a pelvis tucker? A tucked pelvis seems to be an epidemic these days. Next time you are in ...
Sitting With Ease You might have heard that "sitting is the new smoking." Sure, yes, sitting all day long at work, then sitting ...
Yoga for Tight Psoas Muscles What are the psoas muscles? How can we stretch the psoas to relieve tension and tightness?
Ode to our yoga elders Here is a revolutionary thought- where have all the 'older' teachers gone? I don't see them in ads in yoga ...
Love love love and to be of service Years ago, I did a brief stint in film school. One of the projects was a short documentary. My subject ...
Building a Sustainable Body Sustainability and permaculture are two words that (rightly so) we are hearing a lot more of in the mainstream. We ...
Dispatches From the Lab Sitting on the plane, casually chatting with the person beside me, the inevitable question arises, "So what will you be ...
Movement Monday! Cobra for your shoulders and core Strong core + Supple Shoulders + 3 different variations of Cobra Pose
Going Deeper Where do we think we're going when we go deeper in a pose? When did "deeper" translate as something physical? ...
