Yesterday I started a new yoga session with kids, ages 3-6. I had been preparing all month – reading books on how to incorporate yoga poses into games, new poses with sound effects and other ways to keep my young clients’ attention. As I’ve mentioned, I’m the proud mom to a 20 lb. furry girl - no human kids [...]
As I fully admit – I’m a bit of a wellness junkie – antioxidants, healthy recipes, holistic therapies, you name it. Sometimes it’s easy to jump on a trend – like eating 8 pistachios a day or meditating every morning and it’s just as easy to jump off the trend and on to the next [...]
In class, I say ”Listen to your body” a lot…sometimes it probably seems like mindless chatter to my students or something to say between poses or real instructions. Actually, more than anything else, listening to your body is the best habit you can form on (and off) a yoga mat. This week, I had a student in class [...]
10. Yoga helps you reduce stress. 9. Yoga increases flexibility and muscle tone. 8. Yoga can relieve insomnia. 7. Yoga can complement any activity – there are great yoga poses for runners, cyclists, golfers, gardeners & more. 6. Yoga can strengthen your core muscles and relieve back pain. 5. Yoga eases the aches & pains of “CubeLand” [...]
So I was chatting with one of my clients who just returned from a restful island vacation. She was excited to report that the back poses and stretches that I suggested really helped her on her trip. This client is about 28 weeks pregnant and having some back pain and discomfort…nothing unusual for pregnancy but [...]
After 3 days straight of 6 a.m. classes, I came away with two things: 1) I can only do wee hour morning yoga when it’s an awesome opportunity (which this was) and 2) that I needed a serious REST. Now I had two days in front of me with no commitments, no teaching, no household [...]
So this is a term that is likely new to most folks, except my students and those who have purchased my DVD (thank you!). When I tell people that I teach Demystified Yoga, I usually get one of two reactions. The first is, “Why does yoga need to be demystified?” and the second is a [...]
Getting to and staying asleep can be difficult. You might be constantly thinking of what you need to do tomorrow – worries, burdens, plans. Or, you could be re-hashing what happened today…what you should have (or shouldn’t have) said, if only this would’ve happened instead of that. Whether you find yourself in the first or [...]
“Ho ho, ha ha ha,” students in a fitness class at the University of Michigan Health System chant repeatedly while clapping their hands and walking around the room. They’re just getting warmed up; in the next half-hour, they will stretch their muscles and work on breathing exercises. They’ll also laugh for most of the 30 [...]
Our Tuesday morning class in Fairway, KS was profiled this week in the Overland Park Sun newspaper. If you think that your aches and pains, lack of flexibility or overall stiffness disqualifies you from beginning a regular yoga practice, prepare to be inspired by these senior students. It’s a joy to share yoga with them [...]
