#Asana

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Moving from the Inside, Out – Experiencing Anatomy through Movement

Next time your yoga teacher asks you to “rest” in that Down Dog for just a few more breaths, look around you – no two Down Dogs are quite...

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Moving Up to the Next Level: Progression in Yoga

“Remember it is not how deep into a posture you go – what does matter is who you are when you get there” ~Max Strom My students ask me...

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Finding Your Yoga Off the Mat

Go from a human being doing yoga to a human being yoga” ~ Baron Baptiste When your yoga teacher goes on vacation – what do you do? Do...

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Folding Forward

Remember you can’t reach what’s in front of you until you let go of what is behind you. ...

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Legs-up-the-Wall / Viparita Karani

It is not the load that breaks you down. It is the way you carry it. ~Lou Holtz Legs-up-the-wall is my very favorite pose – so easy...

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Downward-Facing Dog: Adho Mukha Svanasana

Sometimes you have to let life turn you upside-down, to learn how to live, right-side up. For anyone who has ever heard “…allow yourself...

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Tadasana – Mountain Pose

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela...

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Sukasana – “Easy Pose”

“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself” Hermann Hesse This week’s...