Featured on YogaJournal.com I will teach you how to use drishti to clear your mind and find a deeper focus. Watch the video
7 Reasons Why You Should Be Practicing Baptiste Yoga
Featured on YogaJournal.com If you’re not practicing Baptiste Yoga, you should be. Here are 7 reasons why Baptiste Yoga may be the right style of yoga for you (my favorite: it accelerates your results on and off the mat). 1. Baptiste Yoga offers real tools for life today. While yoga is an ancient practice, everything you get in a Baptiste Yoga …
Pillars of Power Yoga: Using Drishti On + Off the Mat
Featured on YogaJournal.com The first pillar of Baptiste Yoga is drishti, which is Sanskrit for focus. While we access drishti physically on the mat by focusing our gaze (you’ve probably heard your yoga teacher talk about using it in Eagle and other balancing poses), it also has possibilities off the mat. Using Drishti On the Mat Drishti on the mat …
5 Foundational Poses in Power Yoga
Featured on DoYouYoga.com The key to building your Power yoga practice is creating a solid foundation. You have to stabilize before you mobilize. As you create your strong foundation with these poses, you will start to build your strength and boost your overall power in your practice. As you feel stronger and more stable on the mat, you can start …
3 Healthy Foods to Complement Your Power Yoga Practice
Featured on DoYouYoga.com Food is energy. Food can make you feel confident, sexy and alive, or make you feel lethargic, tired and unfocused. When you start to getting into your body in a new way with your Power Yoga practice, the foods you eat can either serve as fuel for expanding your practice and connection with your body, or they …
15 People Who Will Inspire You To Drop Everything And Pursue Your Passion
Featured on MindBodyGreen.com Leah Cullis thought she was on the road to success until a blooming political career landed her in the hospital with half of her body completely numb — a wake-up call that led her directly to the yoga mat. Leah’s impact on the yogi community landed her on the cover of Yoga Journal, and she now leads …
Yoga at the White House
Featured on Lululemon.com It turns out that rolling decorated eggs is an international tradition that goes back—way back. The English have been doing it for centuries. Germans, Danes, even Egyptians have a version of egg rolling. In the United States, official Easter egg rolling at the White House kicked off in 1814, but in 2009, when the Obamas hosted their …
Q&A with Power Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Leah Cullis
Featured on YogaJournal.com Leah Cullis on Becoming a Yoga Teacher Yoga Journal: What life events started you on your path to becoming a yoga teacher? Leah Cullis: I was a college cheerleader and had a pretty severe fall. I sprained my neck and hurt my back. But I dove into school and work rather than trying to heal my body. …
Egg Hunt Yoga: 8 Family-Friendly Poses For Your Backyard
Featured on YogaJournal.com Take a cue from the White House’s Yoga Garden and strike a few poses in your own backyard with the family Easter weekend—or anytime. Rabbit Pose, anyone? For the seventh year in a row, the Yoga Garden will be part of the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 6. The White House has invited yogis …
Kids Yoga at the White House 2012 Recap
Featured on MindBodyGreen.com “Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move!” said the First Lady Michelle Obama as she welcomed the 35,000 children and families onto the White House lawn for the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll. All of the activities, including yoga, dancing, basketball, tennis and healthy cooking were designed to encourage children to lead healthy and active lives, …