Have you ever found yourself smoldering with rage about the injustices of life (like I have)? Then you’ve probably experienced a version of your own Black Moon Lilith. Now, what if I said we could channel that outrage…
Unless you’ve been living on a different planet (in which case welcome!), you’ve heard the word yoga being mentioned. In response to that mention, maybe you have given many reasons why you can’t possibly try…
Hot yoga, on the other hand, can be any sequence of poses and is held in a room around 90 to 95 degrees. Both can be hardcore, so you have to be careful not to…
When Sharon Gothard Weisman turned 40, backaches, dark undereye circles, forgetfulness, and fatigue made her feel more like 60. In the hope of finding relief, Weisman took a yoga class. An hour later, she felt…
Let’s get real for a moment, sometimes the token “I love myself” on repeat just doesn’t cut it. You know, for those eye-twitching-pen-clicking-traffic-jam-beeping-no-toilet-paper-left-on-the-roll moments where your soul just wants to explode with a mushroom cloud of…
Grab a yoga mat, sit down, cross your legs and close your eyes. Breathe in the fresh air of the outdoors, feeling entirely at one with the earth. Tell your thoughts to be still…
If you’re looking for a challenging yet orderly approach to yoga, try Ashtanga. Consisting of six series of specifically sequenced yoga poses, you’ll flow and breathe through each pose to build internal heat. The catch…
Unless you’re a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed morning person who hops out of bed with the sunrise, getting up in the morning can be tough. With the alarm going off, the day’s agenda jolting us awake and…
Colleen Saidman Yee wears a lot of hats: international yoga instructor and Gaiam video star, creator of the Donna Karan-partnered Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program, battler of epilepsy, former top fashion model, and wife to…
by Timothy McCall, M.D. Despite having gone through medical school where I studied human anatomy intensely, did a month-long rotation on the orthopedics service and another month on rheumatology, I had no idea my spine…
Eddie Modestini, a longtime student of B.K.S. Iyengar, shares the most important lessons he learned from the late guru. Vinyasa 101: 3 Lessons I Learned From B.K.S. Iyengar thumbnail courtesy of yogajournal.com
In this pose, the effort is to stretch the whole body up from the heels to the tips of the fingers. How to deepen this yoga stretch? You may push the pelvis forward a little…
