Where's your piriformis? What is it? The piriformis is a muscle that helps with rotating your leg outward and it lies across the bum area (ever feel that tender spot in the center of your glutes?). For many people, this area is quite tender and sore and can often be directly related to back pa...

I love to explore in my own practice and I want to offer you some practices that help you do the same! Welcome to Yin + Breath - practices that include pranayama at the beginning and end (as well as throughout), some somatic intuitive movement, and Yin Yoga poses focused on specific areas of you...

If you are in need of some mental clarity, balance of right and left brain, and oxygenation - this is a great way to have all of that! We use three beautiful breath practices to help bring fresh oxygen to the brain, balance the left and right sides, and settle. We finish with a sweet chant to c...

Sense the basic elements within each of us - plant, animal, human - connect to our interbeing through this guided visualization of the beautiful interrelation between all things on Mother Earth. A great way to develop presence and awareness...

Explore deep release and let go of whatever no longer serves you in your mind and body in this long hold, minimal cues practice. The stillness and silence allow you to drop into your own experience and go deeper.

Props: 1 block (block: http://amzn.to/2yHfZMs)

Exploring in silence can be a beautiful practice. In this practice we focus on chest, upper back, and shoulder opening to create space for deeper breaths, an open heart, and a sweet turning inward. Join me for long holds with minimal guidance to allow you to deepen your personal practice experi...

If you struggle to get to sleep or just need some deep rest but your mind and/or body won't settle down, this is a great practice to explore. We mindfully connect, become aware of, and "switch off" each area of the body with compassion - giving ourselves permission to heal, restore, rest, relax,...

Nadi Shodhana or alternate nostril breathing is one of the most usable pranayamas to learn and one you can explore, build on, and enjoy daily/year round. Today we are working with Nadi Shodhana C which may have been what you have experienced before as alternate nostril breathing. We will explor...

An area we don't stretch often - our side waist. In daily life, this is a space often forgotten and unused and it is a "use it or lose it" for mobility. Opening up the side body can help your breathe more deeply, feel more expansive in the abdomen, stretch your arms and open up your shoulders! ...

I know - we all cringe when we hear the words core work in a class. But core work doesn't have to include planks, situps or pulsing 100 times to be effective. Today we are working with the core without hands, wrists, arms of any kind - building stability, strength, and awareness throughout our ...

Our glutes are the largest muscle group in the body and one we use constantly to keep moving throughout our day. The glutes can either make our hips, legs, and lower back tighter or can help release excess tension here - helping relieve pain and stiffness - and allowing the body to move more eas...

Our 3rd Eye Chakra is the seat of our intuition, the "I know" and is located in the center of our forehead between our brows. Today we use supported poses to calm and soothe this space allowing us to reconnect to our inner knowing and intuition while healing and restoring the body and mind.

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Our Crown Chakra (sahasrara) is located in the space 8-12" above the head and is related to our divine connection, universal consciousness. In this practice we use breath and the pose most recommended for this chakra along with lots of support and kitty love!

Props: 1-2 blocks or throw pillows...

Our feet work SO hard for us - they are our first contact with the earth and hold us up from the moment we rise to the moment we go to bed. Today we working with keeping your feet and ankles healthy, supported, and fully mobile in just 10 minutes!

Props: 1 blanket or beach towel (blanket: http...

The Solar Plexus Chakra is the seat of our personal power and will and also the place of our digestion - both food/water AND ideas and concepts. In today's practice we use props to fully support us as we allow the poses to do all the work - breathing, being, allowing - our Solar Plexus chakra to...

The heart chakra is the gateway from the lower chakras to the upper chakras - helping us connect ourselves to the outer world with love, compassion, and acceptance. This is the place of self AND other and the element is air - light, free, open, and sharing. Join me for a deeply supportive pract...

Our Throat Chakra is the center of our communication - our sharing of our true self with the world and includes the space of the upper chest, neck, jaw, mouth, and ears. It's a space where words and ideas can become stuck or "lodged" in our throat, preventing us from expressing our needs, wants,...

Explore another variation of nadi shodhana or alternate nostril breathing in this guided practice. Tips, techniques and way to make this practice accessible to use daily. This pranayama is one you can use anytime, all of the time, by everyone. Powerful practice to bring balance and harmony to ...

Nadi shodhana or alternate nostril breathing is one of the most effective pranayama techniques and can be used by everyone, anytime, all of the time to bring balance and steadiness to your mind and body. If you have practiced this before and found it a bit challenging, this practice is here to h...

Sometimes we need to activate the cooling, feminine, slow moving energy of the moon in our bodies and minds to help calm, center, and help us turn inward. Perfect for before bed, when you are overstimulated, right before meditation - this practice uses breath regulation to bring more lunar energ...

Our right side is our solar or sun side, the more active, energetic, doing, masculine energy in our bodies. Sometimes we need this energy to move ourselves forward, keep alert and focused, and be more energetic.

In this practice we focus on activating the solar energy through breath - helping...

For those of us who spend a lot of time sitting - in cars, chairs, travelling - you might have noticed your glutes aren't "firing up". You might feel tightness in the front of your hips, pain in your lower back, numbness in your glutes, and more. This is sometimes referred to as lazy glutes, we...

Release low back tension with this Yin Yoga short and focused practice - perfect to use before/after your regular yoga/workout/sport practice to unwind and stretch out your lower back. Use anytime of day...morning, night or even for an afternoon snack break!

Props: optional choose anything you...

Release tension in your lower back and legs with this focused Yin Yoga snack for hamstrings. Perfect to use before/after your regular yoga/sport/workout routine for release and to stretch your entire back body out. Use anytime for a deep stretch!

Props: optional 1 blanket or towel for support...