Having an open heart is not all sunshine and roses, it means having the courage to feel. As humans, we deal with many dualities: day and night, hot and cold, inhale and exhale. Dualities offer expansion and contraction, an opening and a closing. Feelings like joy and love are expansive, whereas anger and fear feel
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Why fat shaming gets us nowhere, and instead we should be kind to ourselves. Obesity, defined as having a BMI over 30, became an “epidemic” in the 90s. Here’s the problem: BMI is garbage. The BMI was originally created in 1832 by a Belgian mathematician and astronomer who was trying to find a quick and
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It feels good. I’m 53. It’s hard to think of myself as “older,” although my teenage son points it out to me all the time. I have been practicing yoga for almost my entire adult life, and I can tell you, some things get better with age. While my practice today doesn’t look like it
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And sadly, we can’t control much There’s a lot of anxiety floating around these days as the world seems to be coming unglued. Anxiety comes from focusing on things over which you have no control, and sadly, that is most things. You can’t control the weather, the traffic, or what other people do or say.
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It all comes from your core If you are an active person, and if you are reading this, you probably are, you most likely want to stay active for as long as possible. Unfortunately, as you age, your body requires more maintenance to do all the things you are used to doing. The repetitive movements
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Societal messages vs being kind to yourself Have you ever thought about the relationship you have with food? Yes, food is required for survival, but eating can have so many positive and negative attributes, based on the fat-shaming culture we live in, and our thoughts about food. If you’ve ever used food to numb your
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#2 in this series. Ask your yoga questions and I will answer them! Plank pose/Phalakasana is one of my favorite yoga poses for so many reasons. For a relatively simple pose, there is a lot going on. You use your entire body simultaneously, and it’s an incredibly strengthening pose for the core, upper and lower
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Exploring Mountain pose within Tree pose, Airplane pose, and Half Moon pose **To get the most out of this post, please click all the links that I reference. There’s a lot of detail that I hope will support your yoga practice and your understanding of these poses in your body.** When I teach and practice
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Finding the balance between Strength (Sthira) and Ease (Sukha) Yoga is a practice that, in addition to calming stress and anxiety, is equal parts strengthening and stretching. Why does this matter? As you age, you lose both strength and mobility, and unless you work to keep them, we will lose them. Neither one is more
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Reflections on birthdays and being 53 Today is my birthday. I am an Aquarius. Although the January birthstone is the garnet, I have always had more of an affinity toward the amethyst of February. I feel like being an Aquarian gives me the leeway that I need to claim that stone as my own. Plus
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