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...
I'm so happy to be featured in this month's issue of Verve Magazine along with 3 other local teachers: Cassie McClellan, Adi Westerman and Stephanie Keach. What lovely company to be in! Click the photo above to read the article by Dorothy Foltz-Gray. Thanks, Dorothy,...
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...
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...
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...
"Without the sustained intention of focusing on the present, and calming the mind, going to a yoga class is literally just going through the motions." - "Yoga: Changing the Brain's Stressful Habits" by Alex Korb, Ph.D from his PreFrontal Nudity column for Psychology Today I found this...
[caption id="attachment_619" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Mindfulness Coach Chade-Meng Tan[/caption] I'm still not sure what I think of this entire article from Wired Magazine but I find this quote very interesting and his instruction reminiscent of Purna Yoga meditation techniques. "As before, Meng’s voice lowers and slows to a...