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Published on February 23, 2026 10:23 am Despite its short duration, this 10-minute morning yoga stretch class includes a variety of movements. The class focuses on the upper body and some light back bends, but also stretches the hips and lower body. You’ll end your practice with a few slow breaths in Child’s Pose, although […]
Your whole body will thank you. (Photo: Canva | Laura Harold) Published on February 22, 2026 9:13 am As a yoga teacher, I’ve said it more times than I can count: “Engage your glutes.” And almost every time, students have follow-up questions along the lines of, “What does that even mean?” “Am I balancing? Squeezing? […]
Published on February 21, 2026 4:04 am This week the cosmos brings themes that seem opposite, yet are quite complementary. Surrender and choice. Knowing and remembering. Realignment and empowerment. As our first Mercury retrograde of the year, Mars square Uranus, and the Sun, North Node, Mercury and Venus come together in conjunctions, there is a […]
All that matters is that you make it your mat. (Photo: Calin Van Parijs/Canva) Published on February 20, 2026 5:15 am Whether you’re new to yoga or reviving an occasional practice, spending even a small portion of your day lying on your mat can be a major barrier to entry. Between work, social obligations, family, […]
Lotus of the Heart meditation In many spiritual contexts the lotus is used as an image of the sublime. Facilitating the mind with symbolic embodiment is a useful reference point in observing your natural presence. The metaphorical heart used this meditation combines pranayama, visualization and mantra to maintain attention and keep it balanced. Because this […]
When the astrological calendar was designed over two thousand years ago, the sun rose in Aries at the vernal equinox, while today, in the twenty-first century, the sun rises in Pisces. Imagine the Pisces glyph. Imagine a silver thread stretching across the night sky; at one end of the wire is a waning crescent moon, […]
There are moments on the yoga path when something quietly but profoundly changes. Not through an attitude or a philosophy that we have been studying for years, but through a simple exchange that enters the body before the mind can organize it. A moment when the teacher becomes the student – and grace arrives unexpectedly. […]
With my back aching, lying on the bamboo floor of my apartment in Hawaii, I thought my days of swimming, riding motorcycles and regular activity would be over. What made it harder was where I was. I lived in Hawaii, surrounded by vibrant land and water, and I couldn’t participate in anything. For most of […]
