Crow pose (bakasana) is the entrance to more challenging arm balances. (Check out this video on my favorite way to get into the pose.) When practicing crow pose, you need…
As many of you know, I took a yoga retreat to Bali recently. In fact, this was my first yoga retreat ever as a practitioner! Part of the reason that…
The Yoga Barn has a wall that displays posters of its workshops. The teachers are predominantly white. Travelling to Bali brought up mixed feelings. Happy to be there, certainly, but…
Hey new yogis, many of you have asked me about insurance and why you need it. Check out this guest article from Canopy. They cover some important points and -…
"Don't turn your feet out." "Never drink water during practice." "Flex your foot to protect your knee." "Don't invert when you're menstruating." I love it when a teacher tells me…
I fall over in handstand. I try, I miss, I get afraid, I fall. I am not one of those effortless inversion mamas, deftly floating from pose to pose. I…
One of the most powerful gifts that yoga provides to us is a safe space to feel richly and authentically. How many of us get caught in days of politeness,…
Two armies are poised for battle. Our hero falls to his knees at the impossibility of the choice: should he uphold his righteous claim to the throne and slay his enemy…
"Stack your hips." Oh, friends, how many times have I heard this oh-so-convenient (and oh-so-terrible) cue? The problem with cuing stack your hips in Ardha Chandrasana is that most students…
[audio mp3="https://rachelyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/How-to-theme.mp3%22][/audio] Photo credit
Big Box Yoga. Mainstream yoga. Franchise yoga. “It’s so…corporate,” the yogi whispers. “Sure, I occasionally go there, but the real yoga is happening at (insert name of small, financially…
I have a bad habit of reading my phone while walking into heavy traffic. Yesterday, walking to lunch, I had to deliberately return my phone to my bag on three…
