Lung and Throat Tonic
Lung and Throat Tonic We call this variation a “Bridge to Shoulderstand” and the benefits on the connective tissues are huge. As you can see from the photo, much blood flows into the cervical region, bathing the shoulders, neck, jaw and jaw. Note how the bolster contours to the cervical …
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The Fluid You
The Fluid You Take time to reflect on the fact that your identity is fluid and always changing. Reflect on the current changes taking place in your life at this time. There may be shifts in your health as you age or you might have experienced an injury that limits …
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Right Medicine
Those who are regular practitioners in the internal art of yoga or qi gong use their practice like medicine. Via breathing techniques, mindfulness and postures we take our “ daily dose”. By comparison, the average adult in America takes 4-5 pharmaceutical pills per day. Like any medicine used to regenerate …
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Is the Yoga Industry Changing?
With the onset of the pandemic, yoga enthusiasts worldwide have been practicing at home. There has been a reckoning in the industry for students of all styles of practice to move more slowly, be mindful and to take their time. Prior to the rise of COVID-19, it was clear that …
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On the Rock
For anyone who finds rock climbing to be one of the most awesome and fearsome athletic feats ever done by a human being, the Nov 22, 2021 article in the New Yorker entitled, What it Takes to Climb the World’s Most Forbidding Cliffs is a must read. It features the Boulder …
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Your Delicate, Blood Filled Lungs
By Tias Little I like to say where there is breath, there is blood. When you breathe, your lungs and your heart together propel blood through your circulatory system into every nook and cranny of your body. In this course we pump bright red blood irrigates into all bodily tissues …
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The Vulnerability of Afghani Women
Several days ago CNN featured the collapse of the Afghanistan government and the fast take over of the Taliban. The newscaster was speaking to the extreme risk women now face by showing clips of an Afghani woman teaching a yoga class to other women in Kabul. All the students were …
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Empty Before You Begin
To empty is to let go. Typically we hold onto so much stuff. We hold onto ideas, belief systems, family members. We hold onto ingrained ideas about ourselves like “I am not good enough and “there is nothing I can do to change.” To empty is to let go of the old—the old paradigm, the old attitude, the old self. By emptying we become more open, more available, more in the here and now.
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The Father, the Sun, & the Day of Yoga
It seems that there are many wild moments of synchronicity on the planet these days. Both personally and collectively the world is spinning fast and the challenge we face is to meet the moment, to make positive change, to take care of the planet and to strive toward justice for …
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“I Can’t Breathe…”
We all recognize these words from the horror of George Floyd’s killing caught on video May 25th. This is such a travesty for in our line of work,  we build up the breath.  Rather than take away breath, our mission is to enhance the gift of breath, to nurture the …
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