During a recent internet rabbit hole I came upon a question - What is yoga? If you'd asked me 5 years ago what Yoga was, I'd say it was a movement flow class incorporating lots of standing poses linked with the breath. 10 years ago I'd say it was a class you did once a week to ward of injury, and add variety to your fitness program. Prior to that I saw it as something that involved older women, sitting on yoga mats, chatting while doing some stretching. My view of 'Yoga' has evolved, and …
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Yoga for back pain relief
Back in March, before our San Francisco trip, I injured my back. I had debilitating pain for a whole week causing limited movement and a realization that this is why people get hooked on pain meds. It's not an exaggeration to say that I could literally barely do anything. Sitting can hurt. Standing can hurt. Laying down was ok for me. But only in a few positions, and no turning over! Simple tasks like brushing my teeth were excruciatingly painful. In yoga training we teacht two simple …
Yoga Retreat: Newport, Oregon
For the last 7 months I've been working on my 300 hour yoga certification. Each month we do a long-weekend intensive. Two of those are 5 day retreats somewhere fabulous, for us to bond, practice our yoga teaching skills, and work on ourselves. January 10th was the date for our second retreat, and we decided to forego the mountains of Northern California (the location of our first yoga retreat) and we opted for the ocean town of Newport, Oregon. Bright and early on Wednesday morning we …
12 benefits of yoga
This post is sponsored by Mambo Sprouts and prAna. Over the last 25 years I've tried just about every fitness trend thats come out. Heck I've taught most of them too. However the one staple that always remained in my program no matter whether my program involved weights, running or rebounding was yoga. Yoga just makes me feel good. Even bad yoga is good yoga. I walk out of every class feeling taller, and my joints feel like I took oil to a squeaky hinge. There are so many other benefits of yoga …
Triathlon Training – taming the triathlon transition
Disclosure: It's always my policy to make you aware that this triathlon training post is sponsored by ACTIVX SPORTS. Also links contained in this post may be affiliate links, which means I get a small commision on sales made through those links. It's a great way for you (my workout friends) to support the website and keep me motivated to continue posting. On May 1st 2010 I did my first 5k race. It was a fun run, no chip timing, no medals, no fuss. I was hooked. Fast forward to 2016 and I've …
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Fitmas Gift Guide for Yoga
It's gift giving season! So to help you on your gift purchasing endeavour I'm bringing you a series of Fitmas blog posts that's all about Fitmas gift giving. Now here's the thing, these posts are meant for people you KNOW, and know that they are already into said Fitmas Gift activity. PSA: DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy unsolicited fitness gifts for people who do not already partake in fitness activities. Whilst you might care about someone's health there are better ways of giving the gift of …
5 Yoga Props to Improve Your Yoga Practice
I've been practicing yoga for a while, since I was thirteen years old really, which means I have now been doing yoga for 30 years!!! Holy crap time flies when you're having fun. In that time I've fallen in and out of love with yoga, you could say we've had an on off relationship. This year however has been the year of yoga. I decided in November last year to become a registered yoga instructor (I had a basic yoga certificate but never did the full 200 hour certification) which meant fully …
7 Things I learned from Zumba training
Ok so about three years ago I wrote a post on this blog titled "I hate Zumba". It was one of the most controversial things I've ever written, with lots of comments, both agreeing and disagreeing with my opinion. But that's what blogs are... opinion. You are entitled to a different one, you are also entitled to change that opinion. Earlier this year I decided to remove the post from my blog, because I felt like it was dwelling on the negative and 2015 for me is all about self improvement, …
5 Tips for doing yoga while traveling
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 …