Yoga Therapy That Works for You

Nobody got hurt. That's a good thing. I have written before about our being our own best teachers, and I'm not the kind of person who...

That's a funny word, you might think. What does it have to do with yoga? Asteya is one of the five Yamas of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. It...

Our lives move in cycles, both big and small. Years pass with the seasons changing: spring to summer, summer to fall, fall to winter, and...

My hip hurts. It started a few days ago, and got worse pretty quickly. "But I didn't do anything!" didn't really help. If there's...

This year, my word is "elemental." I've been theming my classes around one element each month. Being a chemist, this is a little amusing,...

It took me quite some time to end up with a personal practice. That seems to surprise people, but I think it's actually really common. A...

Maybe you should know by now that what I write isn't going to be the typical stuff. "Yoga for beginners" would usually be about the poses...

What are we here to do, exactly? This isn't quite as simple a question as it seems on the surface. That surface answer, or the one I...

"I can't do yoga! I can't touch my toes!" If you've been practicing or teaching yoga for a bit it's almost certain that you've heard this...

There's some debate about the purpose and usefulness of hands-on assists during a yoga class. I'm going to set aside the factors such as...

Amazon Affiliate links in text There are a few things that always keep coming up for me in my yoga practice. One of them is that my body...

You might have heard that meditation is very good for you, and you would have heard right. You might even have tried to practice...

Sometimes there are so many possible posts swirling around in my head it's hard to choose what to write about. Today is like that, so my...

There's a misconception that yoga and meditation make it so that we aren't angry (or sad, stressed, fearful, anxious...) anymore. That...

This isn't a post about disagreements, although that does give me an idea for a future post. Instead, this is about how our lives are not...

We here in the West are often goal-driven. We set a goal, and we do what we must to meet it. Sometimes that means that we are working...

This isn't a post about falling over, although now that I say it, it's a good idea for a future post! No, I've been thinking about...

We've all heard phrases like "look on the bright side" or "think positive" when we're going through tough times. These well-meaning words...

I've been practicing yoga for quite a long time. Sometimes people are surprised by this; I'm not sure why. Perhaps it's because I only...

If you've been to a group yoga class, it's fairly likely you've heard things like "feel the earth beneath you," "flow like water," and so...