Preface: As a way to motivate you to nail your handstand, here is video of me demonstrating everything you can do with your handstand once you get it. Learning to balance on your hands will open up an entirely new world for you. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Enjoy the post […]
Pose Trees, Providing Value to Your Students, and How to Safely Integrate “Advanced Asanas” Into Your Yoga Class
Wanna know the best advice I ever got? “If you want any chance in hell at building your yoga class, don’t listen to your students.” Shocking right? The mere thought of preparing your own ideas. And fighting for your own beliefs. We’ve all heard this one before, “You’re class is too hard and I felt completely […]
The Ultimate Guide to Sciatic Nerve Pain
*Sighs* Soul-destroying, isn’t it? You look at people around you. (And notice they’re the same age as you.) With what seems like perfect health. They PR half marathons. Perfect their swing for hours with a golf instructor. They do 2 yoga classes a day. Headstand? Check. The Splits? No problem. A perfect six-pack? That too, […]
On Headstand (Part 2), Dark Rooms, and the Zen of Practicing Yoga with Fear
Have you ever been really scared? As a child, remember the pitch-black room in your house that you never wanted to be in alone? Your elevated heart beat. The raised hairs on your pale skin. The turn-back-now voice in your head that grew louder every time you took a step further. You could sense something […]
End Your Search: 35 Resources (And Growing) to Simplify Your Yoga Practice
If there is one thing I regret, it’s not writing down a list of everything that I’ve ever used to helped me with my practice since the day I started. When I started doing yoga, I spent so much time looking for one “master list” so-to-speak of everything yoga. I wanted a step-by-step list basically […]