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NEW Studio Procedures and COVID-19 Perspectives on Reopening PURE Yoga Texas
last update: June 28 2020 Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we adapt to new studio protocols to create healthy and safe studio spaces. On June 26th, the City of Austin and Travis County issued this “Stay Home, Mask, Otherwise Be Safe” ORDER, appealing for and mandating business and public cooperation in slowing…
Read MorePeople Have Been Meditating For Thousands Of Years – Now It’s Your Turn: 3 Basic Steps, 3 Basic Aspects
“Although meditation still isn’t exactly mainstream, many people practice it, hoping to stave off stress and stress-related health problems.” Julie Corliss, Harvard Health Publishing We here at PURE are no strangers to the very old practice of meditation in some way, shape, or form – most of us practice a 90 or 60 minute “open…
Read MoreThe Heat is On: Ujayi Pranayama Breathing
Missing the Hot Yoga Room? Try Ujayi Breathing I don’t know about you, but I have had the opportunity to spend a lot more time outside lately. Thanks to my better half, we got the yoga shed running, a garden planted, and the hammock set up. It’s a regular paradise in the backyard these days. …
Read MoreYoga for Anxiety: Christopher’s Top 6 Postures
The Human Stress Response The primary function of the human stress response is to prepare your body for an immediate explosive burst of energy in response to an emergency. The muscles need energy in the most usable form, rather than stored away elsewhere in your body for future use. Heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing…
Read MoreThe Burpee and the Sun Salutation: Getting Your Minimum Daily Exercise
The Burpee In A Brief History of the Burpee in the Huffington Post, author Sally Tamarkin traces the origin of this fitness class staple to: “Royal H. Burpee, a physiologist in New York City, invented a much milder (and less tormenting) version of the movement, intending it to be done just four times in a…
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