Posts Tagged ‘practicing yoga at home’
The 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…
Read MoreWhy Does Yoga Feel so Good? Your Circulatory System on Yoga
All who have experienced the 26 postures twice through the beginning and ending with a breathing exercise, know that feeling when you get up from your final savasana. If you’re anything like me, no matter what state my body and mind are coming into my practice, I always feel better coming out. My body feels fantastic; some…
Read MoreIt’s The Simple Things: 3 Proven Health Benefits of Nasal Breathing
What if there was one simple practice that could profoundly impact your physical and mental health? What if this practice took only a few seconds and could transform your entire day? Would it be valuable for you? Would it be worth implementing in your life? The good news is that the solution…
Read MoreSavasana for the WIN! (Because science said so.)
Dead body pose: Stillness… Relaxation… Restoration… Receiving… The words go on and on to describe this delicious part of our yoga practice. For most yogis, Savasana can be made to ‘seem easy,’ yet is often the most difficult to execute. The mind wanders, the fidgets start the breath changes, all making it hard to surrender.…
Read MoreAdapting to Change: 5 Tips to Ease the Ebbs & Flows
Few things are certain, and the need to adapt to change is one of them. We are all, in our own way, adapting to change constantly, and right now, we are all collectively adapting to stay-at-home orders. And as these orders are lifted, we will all be adapting to leaving our homes. If change is…
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