A month focused on sharing - what that means in your life. What do you have to share? How can you share? In what ways can you connect more deeply with others? Give the gift of you...
Share your gifts, you skills, your love, your self!
The Sacral Chakra is the seat of our creativity, sensuality, sexuality and relationships with others (and to some extent, ourselves). It is about flow and the element associated is water. The Sacral Chakra is located in the bowl of the pelvis and incorporates the hips, thighs, and pelvic area -...
Whatever challenges you face in your life, setting yourself up for success can be tricky. Choosing affirmations and using those affirmations in your life and in your meditation/yoga practices can help you move forward with a positive attitude - helping you overcome obstacles to your happiness an...
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or physical therapist and my suggestions for this area/issue are based purely on my personal experience. I recommend you reach out to your healthcare provider and/or physical therapist if you are having lower back pain or pelvic pain and get an accurate diagnosis a...
Welcome to another Happy Hour Yin Yoga practice! Today we are focusing on balancing your energy as you transition from your work life to your personal life. If you have had an energy draining day but need some energy for evening plans with family or friends, this practice can help you gather yo...
Over 31 million Americans have back pain at one time or another in their lives. Many of us suffer from chronic back and sciatic pain. In this 70 minute Restorative Yoga practice we take our time as we focus on the lower back and hips to open, release, relax and relieve back and sciatica pain. ...
Our creative side is one of the most important to our overall feeling of satisfaction with our lives. But, every now and then we feel stuck, stagnant, or unable to connect to our natural creative flow or struggle with expressing it.
This practice is all about helping reconnect us to our natur...
We have all had moments of fear, insecurity and worry (and yes, worry is just fear in another form). We fear changes, events, actions and more but what is really at stake here?
I recently heard someone define fear and insecurity as a lack of self faith. This definition has changed my life.
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Breath retention with "fill rates" is a great way to build greater awareness of your breath overall as well as explore building depth to your practice. We begin with basic breathing and then explore 50% fill rate followed by 33% fill rate retention. This is a great way to build lung capacity to...
Ready for a GREAT day? Absolutely! Start your day with a full body, prop free 25 min Yin Yoga practice to balance your energy, mobilize your entire body, and help you feel grounded and peaceful. Start your day the best way and set your flexibility for the rest of the day by using Yin first thi...
Core is more than just a six pack - core is 3 dimensional with a top and bottom...like a canister! Our core does so much for us and in order to keep a strong lower back, healthy side body, and be mobile - we need to work with all aspects of the core.
In this practice we will focus on the co...
This practice was a special request from many of you who use your upper body a lot in your daily life. In this 30+ minute Yin Yoga practice we work with the hands, wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck, chest and upper back to release tension, mobilize tissue, and relieve pain. Even if you spend a ...
If you are looking for an in bed or before bedtime full body stretch melded with soothing breath - join me! A great practice to help you settle in for a night of deep sleep and rest.
Our legs and feet take a beating each day - pounding the ground, distributing this contact and keeping us moving. It only makes sense to give them some love with a full lower body stretch.
Today we use props to soften, heal, release and show our lower bodies some care - foot massages, outer...
Each New Moon, our energy naturally wanes and we find ourselves being more reflective, more introspective and needing more time to settle, ground, breathe and center. Yin is perfect for this. In this practice we hold our poses longer, focusing on the Liver meridian and forward folds. We set ou...
The clouds of anger flow over us and we feel it not only in our minds but in our bodies, tensing and tightening everything up and forcing us to feel reactive.
We all get angry and frustrated but what defines the situation is our choices in that moment and afterwards.
In this practice we use...
So many things can happen to start a cascade of emotions flowing into our awareness. Sometimes we feel as if it's all closing in, flooding us and we need to slow down, breathe, and open up some space. This practice is mean to ground you, give you some soft, sweet rest to relax and restore. Tak...
The soothing experience of traveling all the way around your mat can be so grounding! In this short, but sweet mandala flow, we work with the breath and travel around the mat strengthening and opening the entire core. Feel a little free, a little fun and join me!
Everyone could use a little creative boost whether it be problem solving, creating something new, opening up to possibilities in work, life, relationships, projects. How about tapping into that first thing in your day - setting you intention, following the breath and focusing on your Sacral Chak...
Peace....we all need more of it in our daily lives and in our world. Peace begins here, with you, in the stillness and quiet of your practice. In this practice we focus on the heart - the center of our peace - connecting to our mind, body and breath. Minimal cues, lots of quiet...enjoy the be...
Today we are working with the Solar Plexus and Throat Chakras to help manifest our lunar cycle intention. During this phase of the moon we are feeling energy rise and we feel ready to take action to move our dreams forward. We will fire up the core (solar plexus chakra), and open up the throat ...
In this mindful meditation we practice presence through our sense of hearing - connecting to sound as an anchor for our thoughts. Enjoy the beauty of this focus and the balance it brings to your every day life and your experience of sound.
The perfect Yin Yoga practice to help you relax, release tension from the day, stretch out, settle in and focus on your breath. Join Lucy and I, let the day go, and prepare for deep sleep.