4 Ways to Celebrate Love in Wheel Pose
Yoga allows us touch base with our hearts and express love in many ways. Here’s how to open your heart to giving and receiving love in Wheel Pose.
Zainab Zakari
5 Tips to Succeed In Your Next Yoga Challenge
Fitness and yoga challenges are inescapable this time of year. Lest you go the way of ill-fated intentions, here are five tips to help you finish strong.
5 Questions You Shouldn’t Be Shy to Ask Your Yoga Teacher
Our yoga practice offers us a way to connect more with ourselves.Here are common scenarios where questions for your yoga teacher are especially welcome.
5 Yoga Poses To Strike Your True Intention
This past New Year’s Day, I taught a special class with a focus on cultivating intention. In snowy January (at least where I live there is a lot of snow
5 Yoga Poses To Ignite Your Inner Power
The holidays are a time of great stress and anxiety. Rise above these seasonal circumstances with these yoga poses to ignite your inner power.
How To Rock Your Dancer Pose
This past week I’ve been teaching a Shiva-inspired flow that culminates in one of my favorite depictions of him in Natarajasana, or Lord of the Dance Pose. Shiva, in his
3 Common Misalignments in Side Plank Pose (and How to Avoid Them)
Vasisthasana or Side Plank asks you to prop yourself up on one arm and balance there for several breaths. Here are some alignment tips for Side Plank Pose.
How To Master The Yoga Poses That Make You Go #$@%!
Yoga isn’t just about the poses, but many still desire to master the yoga poses that particularly challenge them. Here are tips that will help.
3 Yoga Poses To Find Inner Balance This Fall
Fall can make you feel either sluggish or full of energy as you prepare for the winter. Here are three yoga poses to help you find inner balance.
4 Ways To Stay Focused On Your Yoga Mat
Last week’s column I offered some ways to empower your yoga practice regardless of teacher, style, level or other variables. I wish I could say those tips are fool proof,
6 Yoga Books To Enlighten Your Practice
I’m always happy when some of my students ask for reading suggestions to help them deepen their understanding of yoga. And thankfully there are thousands of books, magazines, videos and
4 Ways to Empower Your Yoga Practice
These tips can embolden your yoga practice so that almost every class can be an out of this world experience regardless of level, style, or even teacher.
3 Reasons You Should Go Back To The Yoga Basics
In the early days of my practice, I stepped on my mat with a lot of ego. I would seek out the toughest classes on the schedule with the toughest
How To Keep Your Neck Safe In Shoulder Stand
Shoulder Stand is one of the first inversions that yogis encounter on the yoga mat. Here are some tips and precautions to keep your neck safe in this pose.
Why So Locked Up? A Quick and Dirty Look at the Bandhas in Yoga
In Hatha Yoga, bandhas are often defined as energy “locks” or “bonds” that help regulate the flow of prana or “life force” in one’s body.
5 Lotus Pose Variations To Prevent Injury
In an issue of Yoga Journal, vinyasa flow teacher Annie Carpenter expertly broke down one of the renowned yogic postures, Lotus pose (Padmasana). Lotus, it turns out, was often the
10 Tips To Recover After 108 Sun Salutations
You just completed 108 Sun Salutations! Congratulations! But now your body can use some love and care. Here’s how to recover once your class is done.
10 Clues You Might Be Ready for an Intermediate or Advanced Yoga Class
You’re curious about advanced yoga class, but wonder if you’re ready. If you don’t know if you should make the leap, these 10 clues can help you decide.
5 Reasons You Should Get Your Asana Outside
Perhaps it’s the flowers and the warming temperatures (in parts of the world, anyway), but I’ve noticed more kudos to exercising outside. Within the last few months, several outlets from
4 Common Misalignments In The Awkward Chair Pose
Its English translation alone makes you think there’s no way this pose will be comfortable. At best, awkward, yes? Interestingly enough I’ve heard Utkatasana called by other names: Fierce pose,