To maintain a healthy spine and move gracefully between yoga poses, it's essential to strengthen your core. While you might think a strong center is only necessary for more challenging poses, like inversions, it is also necessary for better balance and
Seamless transitions and inversions in a yoga practice require movement from a strong and stable center. While there are four main muscle groups that form the abdominals, the transversus abdominis (TVA) is the deepest layer that stabilizes the entire trunk of
Change is an inevitable part of the human experience, and we can use this yin yoga sequence to welcome changes in life. Growing up, I often forced changes in my life through willpower and the need to control my environment. This
Warrior 3 can be a challenging yoga pose, and for good reason. On a physical level, it requires length of the hamstrings, openness of the shoulders, and strength of the core. Mentally, you are called to a higher level of awareness
I am a huge fan of taking yoga classes of all styles. The following sequence is inspired by a local Sarasota studio, Yoga from the Heart. The Iyengar-influenced approach taught there is done is an extremely safe way, and I just
Hanumanasana, or the yoga splits, is a challenging posture where both legs are doing opposite actions. I recall learning basic gymnastics at the ripe, young age of 5. This led to baton-twirling, and within a year, I was cut from the
Yin yoga as a great way to prepare the body and mind for a good night's rest. Now, I'm naturally a deep sleeper who falls into a slumber almost immediately, and can do so almost anywhere. In fact, there was one
