Vinyasa vs. Yin The beauty of your yoga practice is the availability of many modalities that bring your body an amazing and unique gift. The ways in which you can embrace those differences and reach the full potential yoga has to offer is by recognizing what serves your body in a cyclical and balanced manner. Active v. Passive Poses: Vinyasa
Do you ever find yourself getting trapped in limiting self beliefs like… My memory is horrible, it’ll never get better. It’s too late to learn something new. I do this one specific workout, that’s enough for me Well, what if we told you there was a way to release these beliefs and embrace your fullest life? In a recent study,
What is Pranayama? Prānāyāma is the yogic practice of focusing on your breath through a variety of techniques and practices. In Sanskrit, prana means “vital life force”, and yama means “to gain control”. In yoga, breath is associated with prana, therefore, pranayama is a practice to elevate the prana shakti, or “life energies”, within your body. There’s several different practices,
Asymmetry: A Strength, Not a Weakness “Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.” ~ Rumi You step onto your mat, begin your yoga asana
When you think of backbends in yoga practice you may immediately imagine wheel pose and say “I can’t do that!” Truth is, there is a wide range of back-bending yoga poses that are accessible to all levels of yoga practice. Before jumping into a love of backbends, let’s start with a couple of important points: Always make sure your spine
You probably already know that yoga is an ancient practice. But how ancient? And where in the world did it start? Let’s first start with the definition of yoga. Yoga comes from the root Sanskrit word, “yuj”, which means union or to unite. Yoga is a practice of controlling the senses and ultimately, the mind. To do this, yoga is
A: Seconds to Minutes to Months Now, let’s take that question even further: What kind of progress are you seeking? Is it physical strength and physique? Is it a sense of embodiment and calm with emotional and mental strength? Is it to be more flexible or to get into poses with more understanding? Is it to nurture your cardiovascular and heart
When you think of yoga, you may think of tree pose. It’s a common shape that is frequently used to portray an ancient practice. But did you know there’s a few different variations of it? In this short video, we walk through three different options for the shape. We recommend trying all three to find out which works best for
What type of exercise fits you best To maximize your impact from any workout, you need to have fun doing it! If you enjoy the workout, you’re more likely to do it more often, for longer periods of time, and stick with it. Take our quiz to find out which exercise fits you and your personality best! STARTPage 1 of
You may have heard of yin and yang. The balance between fast and slow, light and dark, intense and calm. So when you see that a studio offers a Yin class, you may think “Well, that’s a restorative class, of course! It’s a calm practice where you move slowly. Right?” Not necessarily. Yin and restorative, though both beautiful practices
