Alice’s yoga teacher is talking to the class about the benefits of a daily yoga practice. You will be more focused during the day, You will be better able to handle stress, You will have a healthier body, and you will be more relaxed. Alice has heard about these benefits several times already but today […]
Mark Darby demonstrates getting the arms in the correct alignment for Downward Facing Dog.
How to keep from suffocating when you are doing inversions or other yoga poses where you have your head bleow your hips. I came across Amber from Body Positive Yoga recently and I thought I would share some of her material with you. The above video was referenced in an article on Downward Facing Dog […]
Alice makes a spring with her legs in Downward facing dog in preparation for Jumping Forward. She pushes up and brings her heels towards her hips and then back to the floor. Her feet have only moved slightly closer to her hands. Alice has fallen into the Donkey Kick trap in the hope that this […]
Alice has been trying for a long time to jump her feet forward from the back of the mat in Downward Facing Dog to up between her hands. Alice can walk her feet up between her hands but she would really like to jump forward in one movement. What is Jumping Forward At one point […]
A crow is a very intelligent bird. It knows how to hide food from other birds by simply dropping a leaf over the morsel and then waiting until the other birds leave before eating it. But show this bird a new shiny object and it will forget all about the food it has hidden and […]
“Yes!” exclaims Alice as she steps down off of the scale. Alice is happy, her weight is down again. This is the second blood donation in a row that her weight has been down. Alice is not trying to loose weight, she is not on a diet, but her weight is going down anyway. Alice […]
Bob is shaking. His muscles are bulging. His face is red. His breath is really harsh. Any second now Bob is going to erupt like a volcano. Bob is trying way too hard to get into the yoga pose. He is in the Volcano Zone. What is the Volcano Zone The Volcano Zone is the […]
Bob is working on Paschimottanasana and his short hamstrings are preventing him from moving very far into the pose. His hands are only getting just beyond his knees. It does not matter what he does he can get no further. His yoga teacher tells him to embrace the crow and improvements will come. He tells […]
The car is way too close to the one in front of it. It is weaving back and forth trying to find an opening to pass. The horn sounds long and loud as the driver shakes his fist and shouts insults. Finally there is an opening and with a deafening roar the car swings into […]
