You can almost sense when it will strike. You’re headed out of town for the weekend when your friends plan a huge party at the beach. Or you opt-out of dinner with coworkers to go to the gym, and…
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As much as we sometimes wish it would, life doesn’t stop during the hot summer months. So even as the August sun blazes, we still find ourselves running errands, commuting, and trying to get that workout in. But before…
The saying “I have arrived” is often used in the context of a sense of accomplishment. When we’ve completed a task, escalated in our career, or reached a landmark in our personal lives, we feel like we’ve “made it”—we…
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Restorative Yoga: Feel full again
Even if you’re one of the few people that don’t have trouble sleeping these days, chances are you feel a bit depleted in some way. With the accelerated pace of our modern lives, we often wake up still feeling…
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PARIVRTTA TRIKONASANA: REVOLVE YOUR TRIANGLE
Pronounced: pah-ree-VUR-tah tree-koan-AH-suh-nuh Mastering the Revolved Triangle Pose From the Sanskrit roots “tri,” meaning “three,” and “kon,” meaning “angle,” Trikonasana is named for the shape it resembles. While Triangle Pose is relatively straightforward, its evolved form, Revolved Triangle, presents…
Tree pose reminds us to grow our roots along with our fruits. If a tree only grows fruit, it will become top heavy and fall over. If we focus only on external indicators of success, we will ultimately do…
Learn how to power up your core while staying tension free in other parts of your body, master basic vocabulary and refine your awareness in your core.…
In this Pose of the Week, Chelsey Korus demonstrates Surya Yantraxsana or Sundial Pose . This pose creates openness through hips, hamstrings and shoulders, with the help of an intense concentration. Warm up the limbs first, then play with…
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The Importance of the Exhale
In this week’s Overheard in Yoga Class, Tias Little reminds us to release all the air out of our lungs, diaphragm and ribs during exhalation to bring awareness to the core. When you fully exhale, you create the space for…