A Balanced Life: The Key to Happiness
Work-life balance is just one aspect of a happy life. It’s not about spending equal time, but quality time in each area of your life. A balanced life requires self-discipline. You have to divvy up your time so you aren’t
Wall Sun Salutation: Use the Wall for Better Alignment & Balance
Most of us have practiced Sun Salutations hundreds of times without ever really knowing if we're doing them right. Not right in a perfectionist sense — but right in the sense of whether the effort is going where it should,
Standing Forward Bend: Finding Length Without Losing Your Back
Standing forward bend shows up in nearly every yoga class, which is exactly why so few people ever really learn it. When a pose is repeated that often, it starts to feel like something you already know — a transition,
Seated Spinal Twist: How to Rotate Your Thoracic Spine Without Cranking Your Lower Back
There's a version of Seated Spinal Twist that feels genuinely therapeutic — a deep, satisfying release through the whole torso that leaves you breathing more freely and standing a little taller. And then there's the version most people actually do,
Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) Yoga Myths: Flexing the Foot and Parallel Shins
Have you been in yoga class, plopped into Pigeon Pose (Kapotasana), and heard the instruction to flex your foot “to protect the knee?” When I first began practicing yoga, like a dutiful yogini, I followed my teacher’s instructions and diligently
Eagle Pose: How to Find Your Balance Without the Tangle
Eagle Pose has a reputation for being one of those poses that either clicks immediately or leaves you feeling like you've tied yourself in a knot. The wrapping of arms and legs, the single-leg balance, the simultaneous demands on your
Sun Salutation: How to Practice Vinyasa Without Stressing Your Wrists or Shoulders
Sun Salutations are the heartbeat of a vinyasa practice — the sequence most yoga classes return to again and again as a way of warming the body, building heat, and linking breath to movement. Which makes it particularly frustrating when
The Psoas: The Most Important Muscle You've Probably Never Heard Of
The psoas muscle may be the most important muscle you've never heard of... How the Psoas Quietly Shapes Your Gut, Your Stress, Your Breath — and Your Aging… One of the most profound truths in human physiology is also one
Extended Hand-to-Toe Pose: How to Build Toward Full Expression Without Losing Your Balance
Extended Hand-to-Toe Pose is one of those poses that tends to collapse the moment you attempt it — the standing leg wobbles, the hamstring resists, and the effort of trying to hold it all together at once leaves you hopping
Forearm Balance: Finding Your Vertical Line Without the Shoulder Risk
Forearm Balance (Pincha Mayurasana) has a reputation for being a pose you either have or you don't — something that arrives one day when you finally get brave enough to kick up hard and hope for the best. But that
Ayurvedic Herbal Remedies for High Blood Pressure
Nearly half of U.S. adults will experience high blood pressure at some point in their lives. Medication can be effective at lowering blood pressure, but natural means can also help support healthy blood pressure. Ultimately, the best way to
Tom Myers - Fascia as a System of Biomechanical Auto-Regulation
I am so over the word ‘fascia.’ I have touted it for 40 years – I was even called the ‘Father of Fascia’ the other day in New York (it was meant kindly, but…) — now that ‘fascia’ has become
Stand Tall: 11 Yoga Poses to Improve Posture
This sequence is designed to help you improve your posture, especially if you tend to slump forward. Because this is a rather long practice, feel free to shorten it by only doing the dynamic versions of yoga poses that offer
Your Genes Aren't Destiny: How Yoga Changes Gene Expression
Here's something that even most yoga practitioners don't know. Within three hours of a yoga practice, measurable changes in gene expression can be detected in your blood cells. Not eventually. Not after months of practice. Within the same afternoon. And
Uncomfortable in Yoga’s Child’s Pose? Try These 4 Variations
A teacher training graduate writes: “When I teach Child’s Pose, I have noticed that some of my students keep their back straight and hips hiked up in the air, almost Downward Facing Dog-like. I’m not sure if this is a