Featured on YogaJournal.com Yoga gives us the opportunity to find peace in the ways things already are and that includes our bodies. When we give up the idea that something needs to change, we can move past perceived limitations. And when we love ourselves as whole and complete, we realize the goal of yoga. The 10 poses in this sequence …
9 Poses to Spring Ahead + Recharge Your Practice
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 …
A Vitality-Boosting Baptiste Yoga Sequence
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 …
Advanced Core Sequence With Leap Frog Hops
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 …
10 Poses for Strong Arms
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 …
Baptiste Yoga: 10 Poses for Strong Abs
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 …
8 Warming Winter Poses
Featured on YogaJournal.com Get Started Breathe: Cultivate Ujjayi breath. Breathing slowly through your nose, slightly constrict the back of your throat and begin to heat the body with intentional breath. Let the sound and warming temperature of your breath be your anchor into your body. Warm up: Start with 3 rounds each of Sun Salutation A and Sun Salutation B. …
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 …
Leah Cullis’ Joyful Sequence: 14 Poses For the Holidays
Featured on YogaJournal.com Embrace and celebrate the season by honoring the practices that create light and joy for you, and by sharing these gifts with others. This series of flowing sequences can help you do so by bringing you back to your center and igniting the energy you want to radiate. They emphasize hugging in to your body’s centerline and …
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 …