Setting Intentions for 2017
My teacher, Gary Kraftsow, likes to ask this question: what’s stronger, your intentions or your habits? For all of us making a New Year’s resolution to break a bad habit (the same …
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Light Practice for Dark Days
Have you noticed those holiday lights coming on earlier and earlier each year? There was a piece on my local news channel 12 about the Ridge Hill Shopping Center in …
Fall Focus
For many of us, the shortening days of this season signal an end to the relatively languid days of summer and a need to rev up for school, work, and …
Too hot for yoga?
Too hot to do yoga? When it’s hot and humid, it can be difficult to get motivated to do anything that requires movement. But yoga can actually help you cool …
Viniyoga and Back Pain
This article specifically mentions Viniyoga for back pain: http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/857372_2?src=soc_fb_share
Spring Cleaning
During the winter months, even a winter that has been as mild as this past one, we tend to contract inward against the dark and the cold. I’ve spent many …
Yoga for Osteoporosis
I’ve been following the work of Dr. Loren FIshman, a physiatrist at Columbia University and an Iyengar Yoga teacher and practitioner. He has singlehandedly run a study on the effect …
Holiday Bloat
I recently went on a campaign to try to eat more mindfully. Before I reach for seconds or grab the bag of trail mix, I try to ask myself – …
Breathless?
I find that many of my students have difficulty lengthening the breath or timing movements in and out of poses to match the breath. It’s easy to run out of …
Got Foot Cramps?
Many of my students complain of foot cramps when they practice yoga. I have a few tricks you might like to increase circulation and work those parts of your foot …