Practicing Freedom
The Bird Who Flew Free Once upon a time there was a kind-hearted, wealthy man who had a beautiful talking bird as a companion. The bird...
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Deb Koolbeck
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Slowing Down and Releasing
Deb was inspired to teach Yoga Nidra after an emotional experience with the practice during her yoga teacher training.
Tara Lemerise
- Sep 6, 2022
- 9 min
Restorative Yoga to Combat Eye Strain
Screen time dominates our time, wreaking havoc on our eyes and our nervous system. This Restorative Yoga sequence with a headwrap will help.
Tara Lemerise
- May 19, 2022
- 6 min
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.
Tara Lemerise
- Feb 12, 2022
- 6 min
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...
Tara Lemerise
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
The (Non)Violence of Our Times
Ahiṃsā pronounced exactly as it looks: short “a” sound, “him” as in the male pronoun, “sa” with short “a” sound at the end Non-violence....
Tara Lemerise
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
It's Complicated
Most of my blog posts are about making things easy. Like here. Or here. And here. Well, this post is about honoring the complicated....
Tara Lemerise
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Case for Longer Yoga Practices
I was talking with a yoga teacher friend of mine about my on-demand video library and she was surprised to hear that my most popular videos
Tara Lemerise
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Who is your favorite YouTube yoga teacher?
I never wanted to be a YouTube yoga teacher. In fact, I still don’t. But… You can now find my Restorative Yoga classes on YouTube. Here’s...
Tara Lemerise
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
How to Let it Be Easy
I was deeply inspired by a recent email I received from teacher, mother, writer and resting advocate, Octavia Raheem. She implored me and...
Tara Lemerise
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
We might need compassion instead of solutions.
Is your default compassion when someone is going through a tough time? Mine definitely isn’t! The other day a friend texted me and I...
Tara Lemerise
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
7 Types of Rest You Need
Rest with Restorative Yoga. Sounds so simple, right? But when I’m feeling taxed or overwhelmed or run down, my go-to is lay on the couch...
Tara Lemerise
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
Confessions of a Bored Yogi
Confession: I used to avoid savasana. (I know, I know. The Restorative Yoga advocate is here saying I used to skip savasana. I can hardly...
Tara Lemerise
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
What are your obstacles?
The other day a friend shared this: Does that sound familiar to you? It certainly does for me and I felt joyful about my friend’s feeling...
Tara Lemerise
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Essence of Stillness
My son Will is a dreamer, a thinker, a creative mind kind of kid. Sometimes I’ll catch him just sitting still, staring at this elaborate...
Tara Lemerise
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
When We Forget
I taught my last in-person class on March 14, four and half months ago. It’s been a time of such upheaval. But it’s also been a time of...
Tara Lemerise
- May 31, 2020
- 4 min
How to Take Meaningful Action with Restorative Yoga
It’s the third day of protests in the DC area (as well as in many other parts of the US.) By now, everyone has heard about the death of...
Tara Lemerise
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
Fear of the Unknown
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. -H. P. Lovecraft...
Tara Lemerise
- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
Some Reflections on Rest
Today, I Rest I don’t need fancy moves today. I don’t want handstands or crow poses, hollow body holds or revolved triangles. I don’t...
Tara Lemerise
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Maybe we should just let the monsters in?
Seems a likely time to talk about monsters on the day after Halloween but it was actually something else that inspired this month’s...
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