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My Journey with an Ayurvedic Cleanse - Prep Week

July 30, 2019 2 min read

When Kat Gregory, E-RYT and Ayurvedic Health and Wellness Coach, offered to lead seasonal Ayurvedic cleanses at Downward Dog Yoga & Wellness Studio, I imagined a strict diet of juice and maybe some celery. While I was supportive and excited for her to lend her expertise to our clients, I wasn’t sure it was something I could fit into my hectic lifestyle.

How to Use Props (strap)

June 17, 2019 2 min read

A strap gives you extra expansion and length in your arms and your legs! What's not to love? Here are a few great ways to use it:

Student + Teacher = Union

June 10, 2019 1 min read

Are you a current student of yoga? How do you connect with your teacher? Do you feel comfortable giving your teacher feedback and asking your teacher questions? Do you feel “seen” by your teacher?

Yoga of Relationships

June 03, 2019 2 min read

Learning to pause is the first step toward transformation and healing in relationships. When triggered, we can take a deep breath before jumping to blaming, withdrawing, obsessing, or distracting ourselves.

Yoga & Injuries (knees)

May 27, 2019 2 min read

Knees are delicate joints that need love and attention! If you have a knee injury, yoga can help strengthen the stabilizing muscles around the knee and can create space in the tendons and the muscles surrounding the area.

Bhakti 101

May 20, 2019 1 min read

Bhakti is the yoga of love and devotion, and it is based on the belief that “love is God and God is love.” It is an intense love for God (the divine) and a yearning to experience love in is highest form, as often as possible.

3 Poses to Lengthen the Neck

May 13, 2019 3 min read

Incorporate these three stretches into your asana practice to ease stress and tightness in your neck, create length, and relieve pressure.

How to Use Props (rolled-up mat or block)

May 07, 2019 2 min read

Props are amazing. Everyone deserves the luscious feeling of a prop changing a pose from okayIseewhatthisis to ohmygoshthisfeelsSOgood. In this three-week series, I will talk about my experience in using props and how they can seriously rock your practice!

Perfection vs. Self-Improvement

April 29, 2019 1 min read

“Healthy striving is self-focused: ‘How can I improve?’ Perfectionism is other-focused: ‘What will they think?’” Brené Brown writes this in her revolutionary book, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.

Yoga & Injuries (lower back)

April 22, 2019 2 min read

As we get older, it’s easier to forget to stand and sit with integrity in the body. In all the weird ways we lean and slump and hunch, the body is out of alignment, gravity is in charge instead of our muscles, and all the upper body weight dumps into the lower back, giving us pain.

Elongate the Spine with Sushumna

April 15, 2019 2 min read

Your spine is comprised of 33 vertebral bones, neatly stacked from largest, at the bottom, to smallest, at the top. Fluid-filled intervertebral discs separate each vertebra and act as cushioning shock absorbers that support your upright posture.

Surrender

April 09, 2019 2 min read

There is a saying that true success is not about how much we accumulate, but how much we let go of. Life is a balance between what we can control and what we can’t control. When we surrender, we are letting go of what we can’t control.

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