Squeeze a Brick for Strength and Clarity in Your Legs: Five-Minute Yoga Challenge
Every once in a while I read a description of Iyengar yoga that says something on the lines of: “This style of yoga uses props to make the poses easier and more accessible.” Oh no, dear hearts. Indeed, there are times when a cushy bolster, a stack of blankets or a well-placed chip foam block […]
Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: Kitchen Counter, part two
Last week’s Five-Minute Yoga Challenge could actually be accomplished in 90 seconds. This week’s challenge adds the remaining three minutes, in the shape of Utthita Trikonasana, (triangle pose). Triangle pose at the counter is a wonderful variation in several ways: • It entirely removes the possibility of touching the floor by your front leg with […]
5 good reasons to let a timer be your practice buddy
My timer, and constant practice companionI love my timer. It’s no longer handsome. I dropped it once, and the face came off and had to be glued back on, and the glue shows. But that’s just the aging face of a friend, who is no less lovable for a few wrinkles. It has the excellent […]
Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: find your inner monkey
The Five-Minute Yoga Challenge started as a response to two of Gretchen Rubin’s Rules for Adulthood: “What you do EVERY DAY matters more than what you do ONCE IN A WHILE,” and “By doing a little bit each day, you can get a lot accomplished.” That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of My Five […]
Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: half a headstand with 3 blocks and a wall
The Five-Minute Yoga Challenge started as a response to two of Gretchen Rubin’s Rules for Adulthood: “What you do EVERY DAY matters more than what you do ONCE IN A WHILE,” and “By doing a little bit each day, you can get a lot accomplished.” That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of My Five […]
Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: spend a week walking your dog
Place a penny between your index and middle finger moundsMy friend Terri told me recently that she’d had a pain in her foot that was given temporary relief whenever she did downward facing dog pose. So she found herself doing dog pose five or more times a day – whenever the pain-relieving effect wore off. […]