AcroYoga
AcroYogis, Deven Sisler and Sam Miller guided our workshop group through a very short, simple warm up. Their plank partnering taught us about holding our own weight and they …
Year: 2009
Fitting In Fitness: Exercise Tips for New (and not so New) Moms
This was originally posted by Jennifer on Hip Slope Mama (www.HipSlopeMama.blogspot.com). Oh the joys of new Motherhood—so much excitement and so much caretaking to do for the new child. …
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The Wave
The powerful movement and sequence of a wave is used to create a rippling effect in the body by mimes, break dancers and even ballet dancers (think of the …
Dogs Do Yoga Without Our Help
This was originally posted by Jennifer on Hip Slope Mama (www.HipSlopeMama.blogspot.com). Have you ever watched a dog get up from a nap and do a beautiful Downward Facing Dog …
Sense Your Self
The lesson of this warm up is to sense our self without trying to emulate someone else’s ‘shape’. We go as far as we need to experience our sensation. …
Roaring Lion
Lion Pose, Simhasana, is said to cure bad breath, clean the tongue and improve speech and enunciation. It is such fun and a fantastic release of tension and energy. …
Clearing A Path
To begin our practice we must carve out time for ourselves in our schedule
Anchoring A Buoy
When we anchor ourselves firmly into ground, we can allow our heart a feeling of buoyancy. This warm up begins with releasing the inner legs downward, all the way. …
Sun Salutes… Some Standard and Some Not
This article originally appeared on YogaCityNYC. As central as the Sun Salute is to so many practices, it seems as if each yoga school, or tradition, teaches its own …
Hips Square, again
Many yoga poses require us to keep our hips squarely facing front. This direction is something that we have all heard so many times and have done so many …
