5 Secrets to Help You Quit Comparing Your Body to Others During Yoga Class
It can be tough to stop sizing yourself up next to everyone else in the yoga studio—despite knowing that yoga isn’t about comparing your poses to those of other yogis. Here’s how to finally let that go and start focusing on your own practice.
Learn how to stop comparing yourself to ...
Intense Side Stretch Pose (Parsvottanasana): Step by Step
Intense Side Stretch Pose is done with the hands on the floor.
(parsh-voh-tahn-AHS-anna)
parsva = side, flank
ut = intense
tan = to stretch or extend (compare the Latin verb tendere, “to stretch or extend”)
Intense Side Stretch Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1
Stand in Tadasana. With an exhalation, step or lightly jump your feet 3½ ...
How to Attract Contentment with Judith Hanson Lasater
In this dharma "talk," Judith Hanson Lasater delves into the paradox of santosha.
In 1991, I took my second trip to Moscow to teach yoga. On our first day there, I was sitting with a group of American yoga teachers, having lunch in the cafeteria in our hotel, when we were ...
The Free Life-Changing Health Trick
Daily meditation is one of the smartest thing you can do to promote your own wellness. Here are 3 tips to get started.
Daily meditation may be the smartest thing you can do to promote wellness, a new study led by Harvard Medical School psychologist John Denninger, indicates. Scientists already understood that meditation reduces stress ...
Patanjali Never Said Anything About Yoga Selfies
Alexandria Crow discusses the yoga you can and can’t see in an Instagram.
I love Instagram. I adore the community and having the opportunity to interact with it. I follow photographers, fashionistas, videographers, designers, news outlets, artists, and of course, yogis. Their posts often inspire me creatively, make me laugh hysterically, ...
High Lunge, Crescent Variation: Step by Step
This variation of High Lunge, sometimes called Crescent Pose, is a great preparation for the full version of Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I Pose).
Micheal Winkler
High Lunge, Crescent Variation: Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1
Start in Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog). Exhale and step your right foot forward between your hands, aligning your knee ...
An Interview with Matthew Sanford: The Practice of Healing Body + Mind
Matthew Sanford, a paraplegic yoga teacher, shares his practice for finding feeling and healing in body and mind.
Shane Corn (SC): You’ve turned an experience that could be debilitating for some people into a healing story. Can you share your journey and how you’ve come to be the man you are now?
Matthew Sanford (MS): At ...
4 Simple Steps to Teach Kids Mindfulness—& Zap Back-to-School Stress
Children have a natural proclivity for letting go of distractions and being in the moment. Teaching them how to harness it offers them access to their own resiliency, which they can use throughout their lives.
Children are experts when it comes to mindfulness. Have you seen the focus a five-year-old brings ...
This Is How Tapas Can Help You Face Change Fearlessly—Like a Yogi
There’s no denying it: change is scary. Yoga teacher Laura Riley shares a 5-step process for using tapas to embrace the inevitable for internal growth.
It’s an age-old question: Can people change? The reality is, yes, in fact, you can’t stop yourself from changing. You are continually transforming, moment to moment, ...
High Lunge: Step by Step
Counteract the effects of Modern-Day Sitting Syndrome by lengthening your hip flexors in High Lunge.
High Lunge: Step-by-Step Instruction
Step 1
From Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend), bend your knees and, with an inhale, step your left foot back toward the back edge of your mat, with the ball of the foot on the ...
Do You Seek Others’ Approval More Than Your Own? 10 Questions to Test Your Integrity
Have you lost touch with the fact that you are the co-creator of your life? You are not a helpless victim. Check in and make sure you are pursuing what you truly want.
We all have an inner voice. Some may call it gut instinct. Some may call it intuition. This ...
The Zen Art of Hurrying Slowly: A Walking Meditation
The Zen Art of Hurrying Slowly: A Walking Meditation
No time to meditate? Dr. Tiffany Lester of Parsley Health offers peace-producing solution you can practice wherever you are without a meditation cushion or timer.
No time to meditate? Dr. Tiffany Lester of Parsley Health offers peace-producing solution you can practice wherever you ...