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Featured on YogaJournal.com For the eighth year in a row, the annual White House Easter Egg Roll will include a Yoga Garden on Monday, March 28th. The White House has invited yogis to teach mini-classes to kids and parents on the White House lawn every year since first lady Michelle Obama introduced the Yoga Garden in 2009, and I’ve had …
Featured on YogaJournal.com “Spring cleaning” doesn’t just mean tidying up your house. Each year, the new energy of spring and extra daylight inspire me to fine-tune my practice on the mat. By taking a fresh look at some foundational poses, we can clean up our alignment and generate even more energy. Here are a few common mistakes or “defaults” that …
Featured on YogaJournal.com March signals the awakening of spring, a new season of growth and renewal. It’s time to emerge from the inward time of the winter, recharge your yoga practice, and stir up the power to spring forward. The following poses will shine new light within as we awaken and open to the energy of spring. Like nature, we’ll …
Featured on YogaJournal.com Here is an energizing sequence to boost vitality from Baron Baptiste’s book Journey Into Power. I just spent 10 days in Sedona, Arizona, at a Baptiste Yoga Level One training, and I’m feeling inspired, refreshed, and revitalized. There is something magical that happens when 180 people gather for a week of practice and purpose. Together we explore what’s …
Featured on YogaJournal.com Kick your practice into high gear with leap frog hops! Inversions can help you get out of your head and into your body, and they’re also really fun and empowering. In this core-strengthening sequence, we’ll build up to Leap Frog hops (sometimes called Donkey Kicks)—a great fix for those days when you’re feeling just a little too …
Featured on YogaJournal.com The core is the power center within the body, and core strength impacts every pose. Powerful abdominal muscles help to create more ease and efficiency in your movements and transitions both on and off the mat. This twisting flow sequence will help you get deep into your core to unlock power, strength, and lightness. Bonus: Twisting poses …
Featured on YogaJournal.com Happy #HeartMonth! As we celebrate the month dedicated to raising awareness of cardiovascular health, this energizing sequence will get your heart pumping as it opens your body, strengthens your core, and clears your mind. I recommend moving through the flow part of the sequence holding each pose for 5 breaths the first time through, then repeating two …
Featured on YogaJournal.com Yoga is an incredible way to build upper body strength and tone and sculpt all the muscles in the arms WITHOUT bulking up. When I lift weights I can create muscle mass quickly, so working out at the gym always made me feel bigger and more dense, rather than stronger and more confident in my body. It …
Featured on YogaJournal.com Strong glutes support the low back, hips and knees, stabilize the pelvis, free up the hip flexors, and — it’s OK to admit it — look amazing in yoga pants. But since so many of us spend our days sitting in front of computers or in cars with our glutes and leg muscles turned off, a “yoga …
Featured on YogaJournal.com The core is the power source within the body, so strong abs are so much more than something to strive for in the summer. Powerful abdominal muscles support your everyday movements, improve your posture, and stabilize your lower back. On the mat, strong abs create more efficient movements throughout every pose. There is power in moving from …
