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Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

This is part two of a post about prāṇa. Check out part one here. Yoga poses are the part of yoga that most folks think of when you say...

You Are Everyone and That is Your Power

The Upanishads are the source of "The Great Sayings". I learned two of these four great sayings from this story.

Rowing a Boat in the Sea

Prāṇāyāma is one of the most deeply powerful but often underused and misunderstood practices of yoga. Prāṇā Means Life Force Literally,...

The Greatest Yoga Hack of All Time

Viparītakaraṇī isn't the Sanskrit name for legs-up-the-wall pose. It is an entire practice and one of the greatest yoga hacks of all time.

Protecting the Vulnerable

Matsyasana and the story that inspired the name of this pose can give us some inspiration for these challenging times.

An Ode to Restorative Yoga

My favorite kind of home makeover shows are where they find something really valuable and unexpected under some badly designed wall or...

Winning at Yoga and Risk

First things first. You can't "win" at yoga. That just gives me a clever title. My husband, though, ALWAYS wins at Risk. It's kind of...

Practicing Integrity

Here's why practicing integrity via garudasana - eagle pose - makes complete sense.

Compassion In Action

Half moon pose instant typically top of mind as a quintessential pose of compassion. This story might convince you otherwise.

Home is where the...?

Have you ever heard a yoga teacher say “come home your body on your mat”? Whenever I have heard this phrase, the teacher seems to mean...