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Fall Equinox Sequence for Balance

Happy Equinox. The transition between summer and autumn can be the most challenging time to maintain balance. As we head in to the final quarter of the year, it’s a great time to slow down, check in with your goals and intentions for the year, and nurture your well-being. This week I have put together a little practice for you to stay healthy and grounded. I know you can’t always make it to class, but you if can find 10-30 minutes in your day to come to your yoga mat I am confident you will be able to maintain vibrant health as we transition to the darker half of the year. Use this as a springboard for practice by either practicing the whole sequence or portions of it as time allows. Balasana / Child’s Pose Come to your mat and take 5-10 breaths in child’s pose to prepare for your practice. Adho Mukha Svanasana / Downward Dog […]

15 Things You Can Do To Make Earth Day EVERYDAY

Turn off the water while brushing you teeth, shaving, or another time-consuming task. Bring your own grocery bags to shop for food and other items. Ditch plastic water bottles, disposable coffee cups, and straws. When making a purchase choose items with little or no packaging. Reduce the amount of take out food you consume. Even one less meal per week makes a difference in the trash you make. Refill containers of laundry soap, dish soap, etc at a place like Rainbow Grocery or Green 11. If you live where there is a place that carries bulk items, commit to filling bottles rather than buying new. In the Bay Area you can get cooking oils, vinegars, syrup, honey, nut butters, dry foods, and much more. Use cloth napkins instead of paper. Bring your own cutlery instead of using disposable. To-Go Ware is a great option. Buy local and close to home […]

Radiant Wellness Speaker Series

Four Keys To Living Better In Your Body with Stacey Rosenberg I recently spoke with my friend Patricia Becker on her speaker series, Radiant Wellness for Men and Women Who Want to Feel Better and Develop New Habits. It was the first time I have talked about one of my new passions – the respiratory diaphragm. And it was so much fun! The diaphragm, your primary breathing muscle, has a powerful impact on your health and well-being. Click the play button below to listen to my talk for FREE. Find out how this muscle and your ability to breathe efficiently impacts your posture and your ability to relax. You will learn tools and techniques you can use instantly to release tightness, breath better, and relax. If you are interested in the whole series you can purchase all 13 talks here. Don’t forget to let her know I sent you!

Four Keys to Well-Being

In teaching yoga my goal is to help you to to be your best self. That means educating you about your body, helping you to listen more deeply, and empowering you to make choices for your body and your life that are healing and promote well-being. This is achieved through some basic physical things that all my classes, workshops, and other programming are planned around. Here are four things that I have come to believe are the most important to your health and what I hope you gain from your regular yoga practice: 1. Better, more effective breathing. Breath is life. Many of us live with dis-functional breathing patterns because of tight muscles, poor posture, and stress. Releasing the muscles of respiration and creating better breathing habits are crucial to the body’s overall health. 2. The ability to shift from states of stress to states of relaxation. There is no doubt that life is busy. But how effective […]

The Yoga of Life – Five Steps to Being In the Flow

Do you believe that everything you do is infused with the energy you do it with? If you are frantic and stressed in your life then your life will be frantic and stressful. If you are peaceful and calm you will have more peace and ease in your life. This DOES NOT mean that difficult things won’t happen to you or that you won’t be challenged. But, there is evidence that your internal state determines your external state. Yoga holds the potential for you to approach everything in your life with peace and calm in your heart. The physical practice on the mat is just the beginning. There is more to learning how to confront fear and step past limitation besides doing a fancy arm balance, a graceful backbend, or a crazy contortion. Do your efforts on the mat support you in your open eyed Sadhana – that thing we call […]