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Flow with Change: A Yoga Sequence
As humans evolved, certainty and consistency came to mean safety. Conversely, a lack of those things came to set off alarm bells and preparations to fight, flee, or freeze, on biological, physical, and... Read more
Book Review: If I'm So Spiritual, Why Am I Still So Anxious?
As a yoga teacher, I have had students say they aspire to be more like me. What they mean is the calm, peaceful, stress-free yogi they see when I am on the mat. However, I quickly remind them there are times... Read more
How to Boost Your Mood with 6 Daily Practices
Nearly seven percent of adults in the U.S. are suffering from severe clinical depression at any given time. Fifteen percent of us will endure paralyzing depression at some point in our lives. And 18 percent of... Read moreFeatured Courses
While millions of Americans suffer from pain in the low back and pelvis, many back and hip issues are actually the result of sacroiliac instability (SI), i.e. an imbalance in the sacroiliac joint, which often goes undiagnosed or is improperly treated. Alarmingly, yoga practitioners appear to...Read more
Hip openers are among the most satisfying and powerful yoga poses. They hold a tremendous potential for transformation; they can help us release deep-seated tension and trauma of the past, which many of us hold locked in the hip area. When practiced correctly, hip openers are a great way to soothe...Read more
Yoga is more popular than ever, but as yoga has become a household word, has it also become a mile wide and an inch deep? Are we missing out on the essence of yoga, even as the practice has become a household word? What can we do to capture the deepest aspects of yoga and integrate these into our...Read more
Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops...Read more
Grounding and Releasing: A Yoga Sequence for Grief
Grief—the loss of a loved one, our full health, a relationship, a job, or a pet. We all experience it at some point. We miss what was and fear the future without it. Sometimes lack of closure or unanswered... Read more
Control Your Breath to Calm Your Mind: 4 Pranayama Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety
Pranayama is a beautiful practice of working with the flow of energy in our bodies. Most dissect the word pranayama as coming from the two roots “prana” and “yama.” Prana translates as “life-force energy” and... Read more
Quarantine Blues: How to Make Home Yoga Practice Your Sanctuary
“Isolation makes any problem bigger,” says Leslie Wilkin, a clinical social worker. Normally, Leslie Wilkin sees her clients at Island Health in Nanaimo face to face for depression, anxiety, addictions, and... Read more
New Worldwide Study Finds that Yoga Can Help Ease Symptoms of Depression
Each year, 17 million people or 7 percent of American adults experience at least one major depressive episode of two weeks duration or longer. Depression is also a common additional symptom of several other... Read more
Yoga and Resiliency for First Responders : Part 1
In our modern world, it is widely understood and accepted that the practice of yoga makes us feel good. You may have taken a class at a gym or a local studio and left with that “floaty” feeling, and summed it... Read more
When Restorative Yoga is Not Enough: 4 Sequencing Tips for Calming Anxiety
She stomped up to me at the end of class, obviously pissed off. “I don’t know what you think this stuff is good for,” she barked. I was taken aback, “What’s wrong?” “Your poses,” she continued, hands-on-hips... Read more