A Pre-Coffee Morning Routine For Confidence & Energy

If your intention is to cultivate a life where your confidence shines through and guides the way, then you will likely need to wake up each morning and clarify that objective for the day ahead – and not just with mantras spoken into a mirror- with action! Here is a mini routine you can add to your morning, to allow your confidence to begin glowing as soon as the sun rises.

Bend over Backward to Find Your Confident Camel Pose

Ustrasana, or camel pose, is an intermediate backbend that stretches the entire front of the body and strengthens the back. It challenges your ability to be vulnerable, as the entire front body is open. Explore this vulnerability by using breath to relax and explore what feels good. With a bit of patience and awareness, you can cultivate confidence and build up to camel pose wit

How Yoga Turns Your Physical Limitations into Superpowers

The practice of yoga encourages a dissolution of the ego, so that we can truly feel into the present moment without attachment or aversion, including an acceptance of where our physical body is in that time and space. It is thus a great practice for feeling that our physical limitations are not limitations at all, but instead an experience from which we can feel empowered to find space and strengt

A Step-by-Step Guide to Feel Confident With Your Home Practice

While practicing with a yoga teacher is a very important part of the yogic tradition, there comes a time when most students of yoga want to develop a home practice. If you’ve found yourself hesitating, let these steps reveal the confidence that’s already inside of you.

Turn Your Yoga Practice to Yoga Play with this Tortoise to Firefly Transition

This tortoise (kurmasana) to firefly (tittibhasana) transition requires patience and play, allowing for self-exploration, building physical strength, testing mental limits and even having a bit of fun.

Building a Consistent Yoga Practice (Playfully and With Confidence)

In aspiring to be consistent with our yoga practice, we need to consciously make space, be open to potentially breaking old habits, and rejoice in the possibility of creating new ones. And although we do need the drive to stay committed and disciplined, being consistent enables us to approach our mat with confidence and playfulness. Here’s why

For the Fun of It: 5 Poses to Cultivate Your Sense of Play

Do you bring a sense of playfulness to your asana practice or does your mind tend to focus only on what the pose will bring you (strength, flexibility, challenge, etc.)? By practicing the following poses, you’ll have the chance to open yourself up to the power of play.

7 Gentle Poses to Explore for a Happy Pregnancy

Your body is working incredibly hard to create a healthy environment for your growing baby. Yoga is a chance to add energy rather than create more demand on your body. It is an opportunity to be empowered and advocate for what feels good and what does not in your unique body. Take time to explore your beautiful body and bond with your baby with these 7 poses.

4 Poses To Help You Play Your Way Into A Handstand

Here are a few poses that’ll help you get out of your head, put your ego aside, and open up a playful approach to your asana.

Trust Your Strength and Test Your Balance With This Tortoise to Firefly Transition

So many asanas can become much more accessible and safe to practice when you grab a prop for assistance. Props can help to get your body into a safe alignment, make the asana more comfortable for your anatomy, and just add a little more oomf. So, let’s get into it… how to use a chair for take off into firefly pose (tittibhasana)!

4 Ways to Connect with Your Core and Stay Balanced, Whatever the Pose

As we deepen our physical connection to our core, we open the doors to our spiritual center as well. On a practical level, how we can explore this connection to our core? Read on for four techniques to help you get started today.

The 7 Best Yoga Pants to Buy in 2018

Carefully selected by a group of expert yogis, this definitive guide to yoga pants offers the best options for every body.

Master Your Headstand with 5 Simple Steps

Learn how to stand on your head with 5 simple and unique tools, tips, and tricks.

5 Clever Variations for a More Comfortable Pigeon Pose

Pigeon pose is a great way to stretch the hips, but it doesn’t work for everyone. Explore these pigeon variations to find which version works best for your body.

4 Yoga Poses to Unleash Your Inner Goddess

Access your own strength, grace and beauty with these secret weapon poses that evoke the goddess within.

Your Lifesaver Cool-Down Sequence to Restore Post-Workout

A delicious slow-mo yoga series to stretch out all those muscles groups you worked after an intense workout.

6 Chair Yoga Poses to Strengthen the Entire Body (For All Ages)

Move over, Utkatasana- there is a new chair in yoga town! Chair yoga is a great way to strengthen the body in an accessible, supported way for students of all ages!

7 Shoulder Opening Yoga Poses to Increase Mobility & Strength

Four delicious ways to open up tight shoulders and three ways to strengthen them up safely.

To Ashtanga Yoga or Not? Here’s What You Should Consider

Ashtanga yoga is a physically demanding, repetitive form of yoga that many find extremely gratifying…but is it right for you? Here’s what to consider when thinking of starting an Ashtanga yoga practice.

5 Useful Ways to Use a Wall to Improve Your Backbend Practice

Like any other prop, the wall is a great tool to help expand a yoga practice. Look at five useful uses for a wall to improve a yogis backbend practice while being creative.

6 Misleading Things We’re All Tired of Hearing About Yoga

It is easy to assume things about yoga culture, yoga practice and yoga in general. Think outside the assumption box by exploring and reflecting on things we are all tired of hearing about yoga.

5 Yoga Poses That’ll Keep Your Bones Healthy (Plus How)

These yoga poses helped hundreds of people improve their bone health without any side effects.

So Your Yoga Practice Has Plateaued, Now What?

If your yoga practice has started to feel boring or stale, you might’ve hit a plateau. Read on for six ways to recharge your practice and break out of this rut.

Infusing & Teaching The Niyamas in Class (For Yoga Teachers)

Learn how to infuse yoga philosophy in class by teaching the Niyamas with specific cues.

A 7-Step End-of-Day Recovery Routine (for Instant ‘Ahhh’)

Mark the end of a hard day by liberating yourself from its grasp or perfect the end of an easy day with these little routines of “ooo ahhh bliss”.

For Yoga Teachers: How To Teach The Yamas in Class

Infuse and teach yoga philosophy in class, specifically the Yamas, with detailed cueing.

6 Yoga Poses to Correct Rounded Shoulders & Relieve Pain

A few yoga poses and movements to help alleviate shoulder and neck pain felt from hunching forward all day and creating a more rounded upper back (excessive kyphosis).

7 Amazing Spring Yoga Poses to Awaken & Enlighten

In these 7 amazing spring yoga poses that focus on grounding and growing, we will channel that energy to awaken and enlighten.

How to Safely Bend Deeper into Forearm Wheel Pose

Five safety tips that explain the importance of certain actions and accompanying poses to help prepare them for Forearm Wheel Pose.

Defeat Chronic Pain with These 9 Easy Yoga Poses

Chronic pain can leave you feeling hopeless and frustrated. Luckily, research has shown promising effects yoga can have on reducing chronic pain. Explore these poses below and explore how they can help you manage your pain.