Tonight in class, one of my students asked me to expand on the response article to "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," particularly as it relates to two asana: shoulderstand…
A yoga teacher and galpal of mine recently emailed me about the proverbial drying of the creative yoga well. "Last Wed I feel like I taught the WORST yoga class…
The New York Times recently ran an article, "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,"that has a rather sensational and silly title and a fairly simple point: doing yoga can cause…
Who doesn't like sugarcane in the moonlight? De-lish. [caption id="attachment_2442" align="alignright" width="169" caption="Photo courtesy of Yoga Journal"][/caption] But let's face it, getting into this variation of Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana)…
[caption id="attachment_2428" align="alignright" width="622" caption="Photo courtesy of YYoga"][/caption] Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow, also known as "Wheel") is one of the most delicious and expansive of yoga asana, inviting a full…
Headstand is like the grandpappy of inversions. Unlike the 5-year old exuberance of handstand, or the slightly more moderated enthusiasm of forearm stand, headstand evokes a deep seated patience and…
A thought provoking happiness article from The Economist. A lovely, and spirit-lifting, read! Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older Dec 16th 2010 | from the…
By Rachel Scott From YYoga's blog You catch sight of it out of the corner of your eye. There’s a perky little splash of red on one of the YYoga…
As appears in YYoga's Blog: Off the Mat It’s that time of year again, the time that we emerge bleary eyed from a winter of gray rain and step blinking…
This chant is inspired by my intrepid teacher trainees up here in Whistler, who asked me to figure out a chant to the first sutra of the second pada of…
Watch this and be INSPIRED!!!! My friend and YYoga co-worker Steph Tait runs 11,000 miles in one year with her running partner Matt Hill to generate environmental awareness. An astonishing…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking a therapeutics training with Susi Hately Aldous. On the basis of that training, I want to propose a crazy idea.…
