Feet. Different people have different relationships with their feet. Some people love them, some hate them, some don’t think about them unless they hurt. Here is another perspective: our feet are the foundation upon which we stand. If you have a faulty foundation, the whole tower will tumble down. Giving your feet some love will
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Pranayama and connecting breath to movement in yoga When I started practicing yoga, I started with Iyengar yoga. This is a wonderful yoga practice that is incredibly specific when it comes to alignment and understanding how to practice the poses in the body that you have. The physical practice (asana) is done separately from the
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I first encountered Metta meditation, or LovingKindness meditation in the late 1990s in a tiny ashram in Monroe, NY. The then less known Krishna Das was leading Kirtan at the yoga retreat I was attending for the weekend, a form of call and response devotional singing that I was exploring early in my yoga practice.
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What you practice on the mat, you take with you off the mat and into your life When I first started practicing yoga in my 20s, I was in it for the physical benefits. I wanted strength, flexibility, and to stand on my hands with ease. What I wasn’t expecting was how much my life
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Moving meditation is still meditation If you’ve ever struggled to meditate (and really, who hasn’t), you might want to try movement as meditation. Sitting still, while incredibly powerful, isn’t for everyone. I came to meditation through practicing yoga, but even before that, I experienced meditation every time I swam. The rhythmic breathing combined with repetitive
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A monthly series to explore individual yoga poses to make them doable in the body that you have. Many people who used to practice yoga often blame their shoulders for giving it up. Yogis who practice Vinyasa or Ashtanga Yoga styles flow through many poses that can be taxing on the shoulders. One in particular
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