10 yoga poses for shoulders, and three tips to make them even more powerful

The thing about the shoulder exercises gathered on this page is that they all work, in the sense that a good cookbook works if you actually open it and cook. But just as cooking has principles that extend through every recipe, yoga has certain principles of movement that work in almost most every pose. Correct […]
90 days of shoulder stand: a long and winding road

Back on September 6th, I committed to doing shoulder stand every day for 90 days. Yesterday was day 30. Here’s the report: I started with the assumption that the hard part would be showing up every day. In fact, it’s not so hard. Maybe it’s the power of commitment: I feel like a switch has […]
Are you prepared for a Yoga Emergency?

If you’ve ever wanted an inside look at a yoga teacher’s practice, you won’t want to miss Sandy Blaine’s account, titled How Last Week Went. Sandy has been teaching for 20 years in the Bay area. She studies with Donald Moyer and has had two books published by Rodmell Press, one on Yoga for Computer […]