Upright Backbend and Lowering Blood Pressure
One inspiring cue: UPRIGHT BACKBEND Find a strong base by pressing through the four corners of your feet. Then, lift your kneecaps by engaging...
Plank Variations on the Wall and Best Way to Clean Your Produce
One inspiring cue: The variation of Plank that I'm sharing this month is one of the more challenging ones because it requires both flexible...
Plank on the Wall and Best Way to Clean Your Produce
One inspiring cue: PLANK POSE ON THE WALL Come into a long Downdog with your heels touching a wall (walk your hands further forward than you are...
More About Strong Brain and Mind Through Meditation and Food
We're talking about our beautiful brains this month and how we can keep them strong through meditation and food. As I mentioned in my last...
Strong Brain and Mind Through Meditation and Food
One inspiring cue: BED MEDITATION Before you get out of bed in the morning, sit up, prop some pillows behind you, cross your legs, and cup your...
MORE on Strength in Yoga and How to Eat for Strength
One inspiring cue: Spinal balance is a key posture in yoga and happens to be ideal for not only building core stability, but also back...
Strength in Yoga and How to Eat for Strength
HAPPY 2023! Let's get strong this year!! Note: I had some technical issues yesterday, which is why you're getting the newsletter today instead of...
A Twist on Ardha Matsyendrasana and More on Better Digestion
One inspiring cue: ARDHA MATSYANDRASANA When twisting to the right, take your hands to your heart in prayer pose (as shown below), keep tone in...
Twists and Better Digestion
One inspiring cue: ARDHA MATSYANDRASANA Twist to your right first and take medium-length breaths. Feel your breath expand into the left-side rib...
Learn how to make Dancer’s Pose both safer and deeper…and more on the benefits of your Thanksgiving turkey’s Tryptophan!
One inspiring cue: Once you grab your foot in Dancer's Pose, find neutral in your spine and pelvis. Then, as you hinge forward, begin getting...
Dancer’s Pose & Tryptophan
Let's dance through November and into the holiday season! When you take the lessons learned from the myth of Dancer's Pose and apply them to our...
How Activating the Glutes Gives You More in Figure Four Pose…Plus Discover the Many Different Kinds of Magnesium!
One inspiring cue: While in Figure Four Pose, standing on your left leg, stamp your left heel into the ground and then squeeze both glute...
Standing Figure Four Pose and Magnesium
One inspiring cue: While in Figure Four Pose with your spine long, clasp your hands behind your head and push your head into your hands as your...
Get More Thoracic Spine Opening in Cobra Pose…and Learn More about Sugar Balance!
One inspiring cue: As you come into Cobra pose, keep your gaze down and chin tucked until the last moment. Then, lift your chin and gaze to the...
Cobra Pose and Sugar Balance
One inspiring cue: Create the feeling of trying to pull yourself forward on your mat by isometrically/energetically dragging your hands back...
How The Breath Can Literally Change Your Life and Fiber
I know I have covered Breath as the theme for the month before but, in my opinion, there is always more to learn! Did you know the secret to life...
The Breath & Fiber
One inspiring cue: While breathing, stand and/or sit with good posture. Simple as that!! Why? When you are hunched over even a little, your...
Learn How to Get Strong Legs to Optimize Your Firefly Pose and Herbs
One inspiring cue: "Brighten" your feet by reaching out through the balls of your feet. This requires that your feet are pointed, with your toes...
Firefly Pose & Herbs and Spices
One inspiring cue: Spread your shoulder blades away from each other as your hands push into the ground. Why? The pose requires flexion of the...
More on Upward-Facing Dog and Osteoporosis Facts
One inspiring cue: While in your Upward-Facing Dog, dial your hands open as you isometrically drag them towards the back of your mat. Why? This...
Upward Facing Dog and Natto
One inspiring cue: Lift through the lower part of your sternum as you come into your Upward-Facing Dog. I like to think of an elevator (lower...
Sun Salutations and Sleep
Have you ever asked yourself why you practice Sun Salutations at the beginning of every class? Most of us know they are used to warm the body and...
Make your Tree Pose More Spacious with This Simple Cue and Managing Stress
While in Tree pose standing on your left leg with your right knee bent, squeeze your right gluteal muscle. Why? One of the many actions of your...
Tree Pose and the Importance of Eating a Colorful Diet
One inspiring cue: When coming into Tree pose, place your foot on the inside of your knee and lightly press your foot and knee into each other. ...