“We know our way around our cities better than we know our way around our own bodies,” says Jill Miller, author of The Roll Model and creator of the corrective exercise format Yoga Tune Up®. In the prelude to class, before the first encouragement to inhale has even been uttered, I can already sense [...]
Once upon a time in a long-ago decade, before doctors were recommending meditation to control blood pressure and insomnia, before football teams and tech companies were using it to get better at crushing the competition, I started my career as a meditation teacher. Back then, mainstream folks were generally curious but dubious: Was this [...]
Gyrotonic Expansion System® enhances body intelligence. Photos by David Young-Wolff Practicing Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® have decompressed my joints and given me a deep core connectivity, providing me with more range of motion and joint stability. These remarkable techniques make every other physical activity that I do easier, including my yoga practice. As I child, I [...]
Reasons why Ujjayi, a breathing exercise, should be used in the classroom. So, your kids are all ready for the new school year. Backpack? Check! Pencils and erasers? Check! Notebooks? Check! Ujjayi? Ujjayi? You don’t mean you forgot the ujjayi, did you??? Back to School time can be [...]
3 Pilates Desk Exercises to Balance an Office-Bound Body If you’re feeling bound up at the end of a workday, it may be more than simply stress or the barrage of emails. The way you sit may be hazardous to your health. The discipline of Pilates offers tools and techniques to improve your seated posture [...]
Yoga health benefits are universal-- pranayama and asana for musicians Music is one of the purest forms of human communication. Musicians are the ambassadors and delivery boys and girls of the universal message of harmony, joy, and light…oh yeah, and the cathartic communion of the blues. As conduits, musicians must transmit this godly information into [...]
Find a New Perspective with Stand up Paddleboard Yoga Practicing yoga on a stand up paddleboard perched on the water offers an amazing opportunity to float on clear blue waters and view the world from an entirely different point of view. What may look beautiful in a photograph may feel intimidating when attempting a pose [...]
Merge with the essence of life through meditation. I love sex. I love food. I love sleeping. I love music. I love dancing. I love parties. I love dreaming, chocolate, movies, and walking the dogs. I love travel, seeing new places, and then returning home. We all have our favorite everyday motions that are deeply [...]
Photo of Garth Hewitt by Jeff Skeirik/Rawtographer Start your day with Sun Salutations and connect with your inner light. The sun is a frequent symbol in yoga of the inner light that is in each of us, representing what we are trying to awaken in ourselves. Saluting the sun in our practice connects [...]
Pilates practice tools aid in building strength and flexibility. Props are nothing new to Pilates students. In fact, it is said that Joseph Pilates created the Magic Circle (or Pilates Ring) from the steel ring that encircled a cognac keg… talk about creativity and resourcefulness! Today, we have many options to challenge or modify any [...]