Get ready to fire up your core and your practice! Forearm Plank Pose is a basic yet powerful posture, the pose will challenge your core strength and endurance. You can find this pose being used in many workout styles, it … Read More
4 Things We Likely Learned After Our First Yoga Class Chances are if you’re reading this, at some point you decided to take the plunge and try yoga!Next, you may have been filled with excitement at the thought of … Read More
Chakras | What Are They & Can They Help? Let’s face it, some things about yoga can seem just a little weird!If you’re a new yogi or yoga student, it’s likely that you have ran across some yoga stuff … Read More
Throughout your yoga journey it’s likely that you have discovered that for many, yoga is a very spiritual experience. Many yogis see yoga as much more than just a physical exercise, it’s seen to promote the mind and spiritual well-being.It’s … Read More
The 8 Limbs of Yoga show us that yoga is much more than just building up a sweat and toning the glutes.Chances are, you likely started your yoga journey because you viewed yoga as a way to become more physically … Read More
ANCIENT TOOLS FOR MODERN HEALING Yoga Therapy is the practice of applying the art and science of yoga, Ayurveda, as well as research-based anatomy and kinesiology principles to optimize wellness for the individual. By integrating yoga philosophy, effective assessment methods, … Read More
For the last several years I’ve been pondering the derivation and evolution of the term “alignment” as it relates to yoga asana. My interest correlates directly to the increasing number of repetitive strain injuries my private clients, many of them … Read More
An Introduction to Taoist Yoga You might have heard of this mysterious practice from China called “Qigong” (pronounced chee-gong), but what is it? Qigong is the yoga of China; or, perhaps more accurately, yoga is the qigong of India! Why would … Read More
I have to admit, when I first started writing this blog about Larry Payne, I didn’t know much about him except that he is the co-author of my Yoga Therapy textbook, Yoga Therapy and Integrative Medicine. Upon my research of Larry, … Read More
Yoga and astrology are the oldest knowledge systems developed by the human mind and they show up universally throughout all cultures. Yet it is in the Vedas, or the ancient wisdom of India, that yoga and astrology have enjoyed their … Read More