Free Yoga Video! A Gratitude Practice with Judith Hanson Lasater
How Your Practice Can Cultivate a Richer Emotional Life We usually think of yoga practice as a means to get stronger, more flexible, and as a means to help retain our youthful vitality as we get older. But have you
Teaching Svadhyaya: 3 Ways to Encourage Self-Study in Yoga
As yoga teachers, our job is to teach yoga. This means more than teaching our students how to do yoga poses and how to breathe properly. It’s also our duty to impart some of the deeper wisdom and more
4 Yogic Tips to Make your New Year's Resolutions Stick
It's the start of a new year, and that means new New Year resolutions! In this article, YogaUOnline teacher Kristine Kaoverii Weber, founder of Subtle Yoga, offers some great tips and action steps to help us keep those resolutions, including
Understanding Your Sciatic Nerve Pain and How Yoga Might Help
Oh, my sciatica! A common form of leg pain, sciatica, has become a general term used to describe any type of discomfort or neurological symptoms, including sharp pain, throbbing, burning, tingling, weakness, and numbness, felt along the sciatic nerve. However,
In Celebration of Gray-Haired Yoga - Busting the Myth of the Yoga Body
I found my first grey hair when I was 22. It wasn’t completely shocking. My mother’s hair was “brindled” grey-black for as long as I could remember before it transitioned to luminous white. I never thought seriously about dyeing it.
Yoga for Mindful Eating: 12 Tips for Practicing Presence While You Eat
The holidays are often a time of excess for everyone. Come January, it's little surprise that most New Year's resolutions have something to do with dieting or losing weight. However, instead of fat-shaming yourself, why not use the holidays to
Judith Hanson Lasater on The Art of Teaching Yoga: Making Every Movement an Asana
Judith Hanson Lasater is one of the longest-teaching yoga teachers in the U.S. In this interview, she reflects on how yoga teaching has changed over the years and shares her insights into what is the true essence of practicing yoga
Healthy Chocolate Truffles
We're inspired to experiment with ALL the versions of these yummy, healthy truffles brought to you by Kale & Chocolate's Elise Museles. From my cocoa dusted kitchen to yours, you’re going to love my double ‘thumbs up’ family-approved decadent chocolate truffle. Loaded with antioxidants
4 Yoga Poses to Help Ease High Blood Pressure
Approximately 46 percent of Americans have high blood pressure, based on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) new definition. High blood pressure can trigger feelings like anxiety. Research shows that anxiety doesn’t seem to cause long-term hypertension. However, studies noted that
Less is More: Please Don’t Over-Stretch Your Joints in Yoga!
I regularly offer hip workshops at various teacher trainings in the region where I live. As the recipient of bilateral hip replacements, I’ve learned a lot about which poses and ways of approaching asanas promote healthy hip joints, and which
Stand Firm: 6 Easy Balancing Moves for Your Daily Yoga Routine
My son loves to dig, so he zooms straight for the sandbox whenever we get to the park. And while he blissfully loads and unloads his construction equipment, I like to walk around the perimeter of the sandbox. I do
5 Reasons Your Immune System Gets Weaker with Age and How Yoga Can Help
Even though I had a flu shot, I still managed to come down with bronchitis last year (I’ve tended to get that since I was young). The fever and reduced ability to breathe was debilitating. It took almost two full
Yoga and Body Image: How Yoga Can Help You Make Friends with Your Body
We’ve all heard about the amazing benefits that yoga offers the human body, from strength and balance to relaxation and better sleep. The effects of yoga are a trending research topic; so far, studies have shown that a regular yoga
Restorative Yoga: A Sequence to Build and Maintain Resilience
Life is hard. Each day work, family, finances, and so much more can take a toll on both our physical and mental well-being. That's where rejuvenating and restorative yoga poses come in. Yet during these most trying times, we need
No Muscle Is an Island - Are You Making This Common Strength Training Mistake?
A mindset has emerged over the years where specific muscles are viewed as the culprits for all physical deconditioning or dysfunction. Want a six-pack? Work those abs. Having difficulty walking? You must need gluteus medius strengthening. Back pain? Activate those