AcroYoga combines acrobatics, yoga, and healing arts to create a dynamic partner practice. Life partners and yoga teachers, Catherine Zack and Sam Breschi, have been practicing yoga for more than 10 years, but they discovered AcroYoga a few years ago. They say AcroYoga has invited them to tap into new types of trust and expansion…
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How to Do Downward Facing Dog
Downward Facing Dog or Adho Mukha Svanasana in Sanskrit just may be the most well-known yoga pose and frequently practiced yoga pose. While in the tradition of yoga, Downward Facing Dog is considered to be a resting pose, don’t let that fool you! This pose requires strength, can tire out your shoulders, and can move…
Yoga for Self Love and Longevity
LONGEVITY IS TO BE REVERED, not feared. To live a long life is a privilege. I practice this yoga sequence for self love and longevity to cultivate my own awareness of my process. I hope that yoga helps you on your journey to self love, too. Self Love, Longevity & Mindfulness The phases of life…
Arm Balances Require this Secret for Stability
There are many contributing factors to stabilizing arm balances, such as your core and foundation. The following tips, however, focus on arm and shoulder placement as a way to avoid injury and improve strength all of your arm balances, from crow to handstand. Learning how to set the shoulders for arm balances begins with engaging…
What Is Yoga Sculpt: 6 Amazing Benefits
What is yoga sculpt all about anyway? Can yoga both relax you AND provide a high intensity workout? As much as I love a super high intensity, fast paced workout, I will always be a sucker for a low impact, intentional, vinyasa class. In the past I would often drag myself to the gym or…
Beginner Yogi: 5 Mindful Ways to Approach Your First (or 20th) Yoga Class
My first experience as a beginner yogi was a complete disaster. I went in looking to get that blissed out feeling I had heard some of my friends rave about, and yet, I left overwhelmed and achy. During savasana when everyone seemingly relaxed on their mats effortlessly, I felt so flustered with my racing mind…
“Broga” is Yoga for ALL the Men in Your Life
It’s easy to think of #broga as an Instagram post – that guy with the abs that just won’t stop, a few tats appropriately placed, and of course, the man bun. Usually, said bro is doing a one-handed handstand on top of a cliff thousands of feet above a canyon, on a rock with waves…
Yoga for Anxiety and Self-Esteem
Anxiety and self-esteem issues can destroy your confidence and run your life. I know because I have anxiety. Panic, if you want to be specific. Medically I have been diagnosed with an “anxiety disorder,” but that makes it sound even more unpleasant, and anxiety is already unpleasant enough without additional descriptors. Anxiety and depression can…
Why Kundalini Is the New Vinyasa
The term Kundalini means “a spiritual energy or life force located at the base of the spine”, often portrayed as a coiled-up serpent. Though traditions have changed throughout the years, the current form of Kundalini yoga is seen as more spiritual than some strictly sweat-it-out classes, with mantras as a central part of the practice,…
Why Hikers Need Yoga
Hikers need yoga to help prevent injury, support diverse training needs, and to learn/maintain mindfulness. Whether you are a seasoned backpacker or a fair weather fan of day hikes, no doubt you have experienced the mountains’ cathartic effect and breathtaking beauty. Summit views, trailside streams, alpine lakes – the destination truly is the journey when…