Whenever I talk about the sacrum and the S-I joint in class, I always ask, "does everyone know where the sacrum is?". Sometimes the answer is yes, but I always love it when someone is willing to say, "no". Because even if we do know...
But, now that's it's hot in the mountains, ice cream has been calling me, and since I don't eat dairy or sugar, bananas have made it back into the mix. It's nice to have bananas again for special summertime treats, and the fact that they're...
One of the tasks of yoga is to shine a light on our conditioning so that we can recognize when we're living in a robotic state and perhaps decide to change our behavior, to get out of the rut, and change our habits....
When I do this pose on a daily or every-other-day basis, it balances out the habitual patterns of keyboarding, mousing, cutting vegetables, holding the steering wheel, you name it – all the things that tend to kink my neck and shoulders....
"If you keep [lateral acceleration] constant, the feeling of expansion continues to build. Anything where you can get this lateral acceleration feeling, you can use that for meditation, because it puts you in the zone." Dr. John Kitchin...
When we Center the Mental Energy, we are setting the intention that we are more than just our thoughts. Centering keeps us grounded in the present moment, not in the past and the future....
Meditation is the art of focusing. In Heartfull Meditation, we use our hands, the breath and our imagination to focus on different parts of our body, to visualize light in the body, and to feel beautiful feelings in our heart center....
Purna Yoga classes often begin with the Gayatri Mantra from the Rigveda and end with Sri Aurobindo’s Gayatri. We start our classes by asking for illumination, but we end our classes asking for transformation, an evolution of consciousness....
Nothing quite says fall like a bowl of roasted root vegetables. Here's a recipe from my new friend I met at the therapeutic training with Aadil, Shawnee Thorton Hardy of fifteenshadesofgreen.com. Not only is the recipe mouthwateringly good, Shawnee lists the benefits of all the veggies. ...
"I need a body." This is often how Aadil starts a demonstration, and nine out of ten times the absolute right person steps forward and gets the treat of a lifetime. Today, I answered the call. The demo to follow was the Spinal Regeneration Series in...