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Finding Yoga Solutions
Confused about how to find the right yoga practice for you? Perhaps you have spent time on my website looking over the different courses I offer and wondering which one would be best for you. While all my courses provide an authentic practice and seasoned approach to...
Nose Breathing for Better Health
Why Nose Breathing is Important Breathing is the most important biological function and doing so properly is essential to healing and long-term health. Most people breathe an average of 25,000 times per day, so it’s safe to say that we inhale and exhale more than...
Sleep Better Without Prescription Medication
How to Craft a Good Nights Sleep. According to recent sleep statistics, almost half of all Americans frequently feel tired during the day due to insufficient slumbering. If you’re one of that sleepless slew, you know how hard it is to end the cycle of rundown days and...
Chest Breathing, the Vagus Nerve, & Heart Health
Chest Breathing or Chest Tension? If you are a shallow breather chances are you hold a lot of tension in your neck and shoulders. This indicates more often than not that your breath is short and located mostly in the chest and upper back, which means you are not...
Functional Breathing in Yoga
How Functional is Your Breath? An introduction to functional breathing and the associated benefits.This was the exact question I asked myself in January 2002 when my blood pressure rose and my heart rate became rapid and irregular. My heart was in trouble and I knew...
Set Healthy Goals to Combat Grief
Overcoming Grief The grieving process can be a tough time, but staying healthy should not be neglected. Setting goals like daily exercise have shown to be essential in the grieving process, as they help to release endorphins and, in turn, relieve anxiety and sadness....
Yoga Over 45 Years of Practice-Chapter 7
Writing My Book In 2001 I produced a long overdue companion video to Yoga: Freedom from Back Pain, called Yoga: Relief from Neck & Shoulder Pain. By 2005 both videos, having been converted to DVDs, could be found in libraries all across the country, including live...
Yoga Over 45 Years of Practice-Chapter 6
Chapter 6 -Training Yoga Teachers I love learning new ways. I am naturally curious about how to solve the problems life presents me with—whether they are physical, nutritional, structural, emotional, or spiritual. The quintessential teacher has always been my muse....
Yoga Over 45 Years of Practice- Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Close Encounters with B.K.S. Iyengar Come 1992 I was feeling quite confident about the way I was teaching yoga the results I was getting. I was 37 when the Iyengar Association put out a call to all certified teachers to teach a class at the 1993 convention...
Yoga Over 45 Years of Practice-Chapter 4
Chapter 4 - The Asymmetric Pelvis After my return from India, I settled back into the business of running a yoga studio, now called Lighten Up Yoga, and raising a family. Even though I had gathered many yoga experiences, including my studies with the master B.K.S....
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