The Sanskrit word for posture of the body is asana, which actually means "seat," and there is great value and diversity in the ways in which we might practice sitting in this world.
Read moreThe fine line of flexibility
On the road to flexibility, we must be on the lookout for significant potholes. Hitting those at high speed risks losing the integrity that defines and holds us together, and many of us move so fast that we don't realize we've gone beyond safe boundaries until something breaks, whether it is a tendon or a heart.
Read moreFour solid reasons why yoga helps
Integrated mind-body practices are uniquely suited to help us reckon with the injustices we see, the indignities we experience, and the incredulousness we feel. Here are four demonstrable ways.
Read moreMake it a playshop!
Clothes come in different sizes, food comes in different flavors, and humans come in different shapes. Why then should we expect every person to do yoga postures the same way?
Read moreVenture Into the Stream
Everybody needs a slipstream once in a while, like a tired cyclist drafting behind a fellow rider, hopping aboard a current of flow created by another body when our own inner resources are depleted or MIA.
Read moreCome Stretch With People Again
As caretakers of this diverse and storied tradition, 21st century yoga practitioners also have their hands full. We’re reckoning with social, economic, environmental, and political upheaval in the not-unrelated midst of a 20-month-old pandemic that has its fingerprints in all aspects of life.
Read moreStrength, Stretch, and Rest: Finding the Balance
True strength in a muscle means it is equally capable and perfectly happy to either elongate, contract, or rest, at any appropriate time.
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