Best Yoga Props for a Gentle Home Practice

My cat Bailey loves to sit on my yoga mat and blankets. It's all about comfort! If you’re building a home yoga practice — especially a gentle one — the right tools can make all the difference. You just need a few items to help you stay comfortable, supported, and confident while you practice. Ove... Read More

Yoga from Home in the Winter - It's a Great Option!

Winter is a great time to practice yoga online from home! Without the hassle of having to go outside and drive somewhere, you can just put on your comfy clothes, grab a yoga mat and get started. Yoga is the perfect antidote for winter-time stiffness, achy joints and low energy. There are so many ... Read More

Do you think you're too old for yoga? Think again!

Do you think you're too old for yoga? Think again! ​Meet Tao Porchon-Lynch, who was a yoga teacher and practitioner well into her 90s. Tao began practicing yoga in her early 20s, and she quickly fell in love with the practice. She eventually became a yoga teacher and went on to teach all over the... Read More

What is Chair Yoga and who is it for?

Are you curious about what chair yoga is? I get a lot of questions about chair yoga so I'll address some of them here. Why should I practice yoga? As our lives become increasingly busy and fast-paced, taking care of ourselves can sometimes take a backseat. This can result in a variety of physical... Read More

Yoga and Strength Training - Resistance bands and Dumbbells

Why add a resistance band or hand weights to a yoga practice? Yoga is a great way to improve your overall strength, balance and flexibility, but there are some limitations in terms of how we can increase our strength. For example, in yoga, there are many ways in which we can build the muscles inv... Read More

Alleviate Morning Back Stiffness with this Short Practice

Does your back feel stiff when you first wake up in the morning? Or maybe you feel achy and uncomfortable after sitting for a while. Here's a short practice you can do that will help gently move the spine in all directions so that you can alleviate tension and stiffness in the body. This is a sho... Read More

Gentle Yoga for Low Back Pain

Do you wake up with a stiff back or have low back pain after prolonged sitting? Low back pain and stiffness are common problems that can be exacerbated by long periods of inactivity, such as when we sleep, sit at our desk, or in a car for too long. Sometimes, just a few minutes of mindful breathi... Read More

Yoga for Balance

We often strive to find a balance within our work life and personal life or find balance within ourselves emotionally, mentally and physically. Yoga can help us achieve balance in these areas AND it can also improve our actual physical sense of balance. As we get older, our balance can diminish d... Read More

Yoga for Healthy Aging

Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving forward.~Albert Einstein Aging is inevitable. We are all getting older every day and we are certainly are not alone in the aging process.  In our culture, aging is often viewed as a negative process and there is an assumption tha... Read More

Yes, You Can Do Yoga!

Have you heard about all the great benefits that yoga has to offer and you want to try it out but you don’t know where to start? Are you reluctant to walk into a yoga studio because you don’t know what you will be getting yourself into? Maybe your image of yoga has been influenced by the media, ... Read More