Time for the wrap-up on our Supta Padangusthasana posts. In earlier posts, I discussed keeping the femur bone of the lowered leg in the socket and grounded on the floor and using straps to maintain balance in the hips thereby tractioning the lower back. With...
In part two of my week of supta padangusthasana recaps, I'm going to focus on balancing the hips in the pose. One of the biggest challenges towards getting your foot closer to your head, and thereby closer to the hand so you can hold the...
Yesterday in her Yoga for Women's Health class, Lillah Schwarz commented on how the increased amount of rain (currently Asheville has gotten 51 inches of rain for the year, we usually get 47 inches total for the entire year. And yes, we still have 4...
On Friday I had the pleasure of meeting Lillith Bailey-Kroll from Yoga is My Health Insurance when she presented on social media for yoga instructors at One Center Yoga. Is your upper trapezius tight? Do you have neck pain from using a mouse all day? Just...
[caption id="attachment_809" align="alignnone" width="467"] photo: Yoga Art + Science[/caption] A week of Supta Padangusthasana! Actually, more like two weeks...
I'm always happy to see an article from Aadil Palkhivala featured in Yoga Journal. The latest My Yoga Mentor newsletter from YogaJournal.com had this article from Aadil discussing the why and the how of teaching students to work from feeling rather than force. As teachers, everything...
As some of you know, Whitney and I took to the road at the beginning of August with our senior shih tzu, Orson, and our newly-adopted pup, Edie. We traveled to Missouri for Whitney's parent's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. As I posted earlier, traveling gives...
My fellow Purna Yoga student, Carl Ferrette brought the following blog post, from Yoga Spy, to my attention and I found it a very interesting read, as I, too, have wondered why alignment-based yoga just doesn't seem to get the traction that more flow-oriented styles...
Yesterday I traveled from Asheville to Jefferson City, Missouri with my husband Whitney, our senior dog Orson, and our newly adopted puppy (one week tomorrow!), Edie Peach, for the 50th wedding anniversary party for Whitney's folks. Traveling with Orson is old hat, but with Edie...
At the heart of a Purna Yoga practice is the willingness to accept growth and change, to live a life of aspiration. For me, that means sometimes setting goals, milestones or markers on my practice. While you have to keep the setting of asana goals...