Month: January 2025
How Yoga Therapy May Help Athletes Heal Faster After Injury
How can you use yoga for injury recovery? Is doing so safe? Here’s what you need to know. Reading time: 4 minutes Scores of studies attest to…
How Should Your Loved Ones Select A Senior Living Community?
Sponsored Content Reading time: 4-5 minutes When choosing a senior living place for your loved ones, you should give many important considerations top priority. Their well-being depends…
How to Find a Yoga Buddy: A Simple Guide
Sponsored Content Reading time: 4-5 minutes According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 out of 6 Americans say that they do yoga. Women in…
Pranayama Lost in Translation
Like for many of us, when I first came to yoga, pranayama was of secondary importance to asana. We were taught breathing techniques like the ‘complete yogic…
The Ancient Wisdom of Pranayama
As a yoga teacher with three decades of experience, I’ve witnessed countless students transform their lives through the simple yet profound practice of pranayama. For midlife individuals,…
Navigating the Wilderness of Grief
 Discover how yoga and mindfulness can help you navigate the complex journey of grief, offering comfort, resilience, and renewal. Reading time: 4 minutes Grief is a journey…
How to Balance the Third Eye Chakra
The third eye chakra is located between the brows, at the centre of the forehead. It is the place of imagination, visualisation, instinct, and intuition. Of course,…
Taming frizzy hair: Easy tips you can try today
Sponsored Content Reading time: 3-4 minutes Fizziness occurs particularly in humid conditions when the hair cuticles get raised allowing moisture from the hair to pass through. As…
The Art of Supporting a Loved One in Crisis
Practical advice on how to support friends during crises, emphasising the importance of emotional support, practical assistance, and guiding them towards necessary resources. Reading time: 3 minutes…
Class Planning Secrets
As a yoga teacher for the past 13 years, I’ve planned and taught thousands of yoga classes, and one thing I know to be true is that…
Tips To Help Control Emotional Eating
Comfort eating, or emotional eating, is using food to make yourself feel better, rather than eating because you are actually hungry. Reading time: 4 minutes You may…
No-Touch Adjustments: A New Approach
No-touch adjustments are revolutionising the way yoga teachers guide students, shifting the emphasis from physical manipulation to a deeper understanding of alignment, awareness, and self-discovery. Reading time:…
Shifting Within: Yoga’s True Gift
Yoga is often seen as a path to physical flexibility, strength, and relaxation, but its true power lies far beyond the mat. At its heart, yoga offers…
Beat the Post-Holiday Blues for a Happy, New You
If you feel sad after the holidays and can’t understand why, you are not alone. Many people feel down after the festive season, and oftentimes, it comes…
How to Balance Your Crown Chakra
The journey through the chakra system ends with the crown, but as you may find out, it also begins here. The crown chakra is, naturally, at the…
Five Mudras for Endometriosis Relief
From day one, my periods have been unbearably painful. The kind that makes you wonder, ‘How do women have babies if this is what period pain feels…
Do You Shy Away from Yin?
When talking to students about the stiller practices, people say to me, ‘I just can’t sit still in the yin poses’ or ‘I just like the flow…
Guide to ayurvedic seasons for yoga
Tailoring your practice can help you receive the most benefits from your yoga. Seasonal rituals are a holistic pathway for personalising your rituals. Ayurveda – yoga’s sister…
Understanding Ashtanga Yoga
After 10 years of immersing myself in Ashtanga yoga, I have come to realise that this ancient practice, though potent and transformative, is often misunderstood in the…
Yoga in the Workplace: Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk
Sponsored Content Maintaining physical and mental well-being in an office environment can be a real challenge. Fortunately, integrating these simple yoga exercises into your daily routine can…