As I was living out of a hotel for five days I thought I'd share my favorite tips for doing yoga while traveling. It can sometimes be tough to get a daily yoga practice in at home and even tougher to do yoga when traveling. Trust me, I feel ya! However I've done yoga in a yoga studio, gym, at home, poolside, in a parking lot (yes seriously), hotel rooms and at the park. Really there isn't much of an excuse to NOT get your downward dog on! So here are my top 5 tips for yoga while …
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Free Printable 50th Birthday Coloring Pages
In a couple of previous posts, I mentioned that this year I would be celebrating my 50th birthday. And, tomorrow it's actually happening!!! Time. Damn, that's something that just continues to fly by huh? Five decades! And my first birthday in a long time without a dog. Honestly, I don't know what to do with myself. Some major life changes are happening but more on that in another post. For now, let's discuss the printable 50th Birthday coloring pages I created for December to celebrate 5 decades …
Moon Salutation Sequence for Beginners – Chandra Namaskar Variation
This month for my Patreon community I created a 40-minute Moon Salutation yoga video. Many people are used to sun salutations but haven't heard of other types, moon, and earth. As such, I decided to do a short 12-minute Moon Salutation Sequence. Hopefully, more people fall in love with the other salutations and salute the other elements, not just the sun! If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? Above all, …
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12-minute Anjaneyasana Sequence for Beginners
Quite often in yoga we are told what alignment "should" be. However, alignment is an entirely personal thing. What works for me, may not be the right alignment for you. This is especially true in the transitions in yoga. The movement between the poses. Something explored in this 12-minute Anjaneyasana sequence. In this sequence for beginners we explore the movement of the hips in the transition from all fours to low lunge. It's important to notice the subtle differences on how your body …
High Plank yoga pose tutorial, tips & tricks
Before I was a yoga teacher, for many years I was a personal trainer. As such, I've seen many versions of high plank yoga pose. Some make me laugh, and others make me cringe and cry. Honestly, I could spend hours talking about planks, alignment, modifications, variations, progressions etc. But today I want to share a short tutorial along with tips and tricks to make the pose actually work the core, to be safe and effective! Plank is a core yoga pose, so we're aiming to work all the …
8 Minute Fitness Ball Core Workout
I don't know about you but I've been looking at some new ways to workout during this lockdown! That reminded me of this workout I did using a Yoga Ball. These balls are great for whole body workouts. This fitness ball core workout should take around 8 minutes total. Sometimes the oldies are the best aren't they? That's certainly the case for this fitness ball core workout. Timeless! Disclaimer: Links in this post may be affiliate links. There are seven exercises in this workout. Eight if …
Glute bridge variations – Single leg bridge on tiptoes
Recently on YouTube I had a subscriber, Tom, ask me to do a video about single leg wheel pose on tiptoes. As I'm all about preparatory poses, modifications and variations I decided to do a precursor video: Glue bridge variations that lead to single leg bridge on tiptoes. While this version is not as challenging as tiptoe wheel, if you have shoulder or wrist issues a much better option. I shared all the variations, including modifications in the video below. You can also view the …
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Common mistakes in single leg table top ab exercise, and quick fixes!
Each month I do exclusive video classes for my Patreon supporters and this month the 30 minute video is core/balance. It got me thinking about the pilates table top movement and common mistakes I see. So I decided to turn mythbuster and share a breakdown of the Yogalates single leg table top ab exercise here on the blog. Table top in itself isn't a huge issue but there are 3 common mistakes I see in this single leg drop movement. Maybe mistake is too harsh a term. Let's call them …
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Declutter your closet & create a capsule wardrobe
January 2017 I was getting a little frustrated with myself and my surroundings. A shift was happening. I was changing. As I learned more about yoga philosophy, I was discovering areas where my life was not aligning with my new yoga values. At this time I began teaching less fitness classes and more yoga. This meant I wearing more yoga pants and comfort clothing. More opportunity to align with yoga philosophy. My tendency was to wear the same 5-10 outfits, wash and wear. Yet I had a …