"How do you continue to advance your yoga practice when you're worried you're going to hurt yourself in certain postures and will then have to stop practicing yoga to heal?" 

This question was a good one and coming from a source of wisdom and life-experience I have yet to obtain. It was asked by tw...

I am a little nostalgic and teary as I sit down to write to you this week. This past Friday I celebrated thirteen years as a yoga teacher.

Thirteen years ago, I walked to the front of a yoga class filled with rows of people and led them through their practice.

I remember feeling so excited for it....

And, there it was. The new student that had come into the yoga studio, half listening to my instructions of what to expect for her first class, flippantly signing her waiver and pushing it into my face when completed, was crying.

Coming out of her first Camel Pose, the rigidity, and “it’s me agains...

I had to quit so many things to get my yoga practice to where it is today. 

And, I’m not talking about nutrition, or giving up late nights out. 

No, the things we’re talking about today were much more difficult to quit because they had to do with my yoga practice as it was. 

There came a point wh...

I get it. A lot of people swear by Pilates or lifting weights endlessly at the gym once you hit your 40s.

So, why is yoga, in my opinion, the lifestyle and exercise regimen that exceeds all others?

Because it gives you everything you need.

Unlike other exercise activities where the focus is solel...

I don't care who you are, it takes some time to build into therapeutic splits. 

Therapeutic splits have:

1. Your two hips in one line. 

2. Your back leg knee points down to the ground and not out to the side. 

3. Both legs are in a straight line, with your ankles in line with your hips. 

And, t...

Let me stop you right here. 

If I had to start all over again with Standing Bow Pulling Pose, also known as Dancer Prep Pose, I’d focus less on depth and more on alignment…

And also, working WITH my body instead of insisting it do wacky things, just to feel like I finally “got it.”

Let's get stra...

You might have noticed I've been thinking a lot about King Pigeon Pose and Dancer Pose with the Master Reverse Grip Immersion beginning next Saturday and it made me want to dive into some old yoga photos. 

So, above you can see one of my first attempts in King Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakopotanasana...

Camel Pose, or Ustrasana, is oftentimes the first deep backbend you encounter when you begin to practice yoga.

And, it sets up the foundation of good back bending technique when taught and done correctly.

Plus, it’s a huge win to help you release anxiety and fear, open up your hips and shoulders a...

Arm balancing postures? They’re all the same thing. 

Once you fly in one, you usually can find flight in them all. 

Because even though the body is making different shapes in each one, the same 3 rules apply to this group of postures over and over again.

And, arm balancing poses teach you how to ...

Yoga and Fear. The two go hand in hand like the bestest of buddies.

Fear is there with you when you step onto your yoga mat for the very first time.

You wonder if this is going to be something you even like. Or, if you’re going to make a fool of yourself during this first class.

You pray to the g...

This Shoulder Stand mistake happens to every single person in the beginnings of this posture and we are going to fix it today. 

The problem is when you get in this position, and you look at your legs, they look straight up and down to YOU. 

But, you actually look like this:

I know! It's so wei...