One year ago, I had the bright idea to publish one blog a week, for one year, totalling 50 reasons to do yoga in 2015. Early in the year my computer crashed, making the weekly blog an impossible commitment. By the time I got a new computer, I was four months behind on my 50… Continue reading 20 More Reasons To Do Yoga
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Workshop | A Journey Through Self Care
What soothes your soul? Refills your cup? What do you need to feel fulfilled? This is something I've been exploring over the last few months, and years. Especially since becoming a mother, it is way harder to put your own needs first. A hard lesson learned is: I can't pour from an empty cup! Since… Continue reading Workshop | A Journey Through Self Care
My Radical Self-Care Experience
This year for my birthday, I focused on some radical self-care. I treated myself to a trip out west. I spent a week sleeping on a couch (best sleep I've had in the last four years might I add!), writing on a couch, reading cards on a couch, drinking 8 glasses of water a day… Continue reading My Radical Self-Care Experience
Yoga Blogs
Just an update: my computer has crashed and my time and options are limited weekly for blogging. Already behind, and I'm disappointed to say the "50 reasons to do yoga" blogs are temporarily suspended in time! In the mean time feel free to browse the old blogs, and I will be back at this as… Continue reading Yoga Blogs
Yoga Improves Balance
Reason number six to do yoga this year is to help improve your balance! With this being said, in order to improve balance two things must occur: you must be able to physically practice balancing poses (such as tree pose) and you must learn to ground and focus your energy and mind. It's often easier… Continue reading Yoga Improves Balance
Yoga Improves Muscle Tone
Reason number five to do yoga this year? To improve your muscle tone! The first example I think of when relating yoga to muscle tone, is when I went for a massage with a new therapist years ago. As she was massaging me, she asked me what sort of exercise I did. When I told… Continue reading Yoga Improves Muscle Tone
Yoga Improves Digestion
Reason number four to do yoga is it improves digestion! Gentle yoga soothes and stretches the internal body. It can ease constipation, reduce water retention and create space in the body for comfortable digestion. If you suffer from digestion problems, it is best to start your yoga practice gently and avoid inversions in the beginning.… Continue reading Yoga Improves Digestion
Yoga Improves Circulation
Our third reason (of fifty) to do yoga this year is to help improve your circulation. Hands and feet always cold? Feel weak and lethargic? Foggy brained? When oxygen is not reaching the extremities of the body, they become cold and sometimes even numb! When fresh oxygen is not reaching the brain, and toxins hang… Continue reading Yoga Improves Circulation
Yoga Improves Breathing
Reason number two of fifty, why you should do yoga, is to help improve breathing. Most people think they breathe just fine, but many barely breathe. When I first started teaching yoga, I would always emphasize pranayama exercises (breathing practices) and many students would comment that I taught them to "breathe again." Observe your breathing… Continue reading Yoga Improves Breathing
Yoga Improves Organ Function
Reason number one on my list of 50 reasons to do yoga this year, is that yoga can help with organ function. There is no order of importance to this list, it's just a random list of benefits that happens to start with organ function. I am no doctor, and none of this info is… Continue reading Yoga Improves Organ Function
The Gentle Way of Hatha 