Drop a Block To Tune Your Triangle Pose
It’s a happy coincidence that just as the triangle is the first figure of plane geometry, Utthita Trikonasana (extended triangle pose) is often the first place where many of us feel the inner geometry of yoga – the understanding that as we align ourselves physically, we also somehow bring our minds and emotions into alignment […]
Crank Your Thighs in Bound Angle Pose To Protect Your Knees
Is it extreme to bind your upper thighs like a very tightly wrapped sausage and then crank them into the deepest external rotation you can manage? Yes, but it’s worth it. Hip joints are strong and well protected. Knees are much more vulnerable. When you increase your ability to externally rotate your thighs, your hips […]
10 tips for building a home yoga practice
If I could write a letter to myself at 39, I’d probably make it anonymous, so as not to freak myself out by revealing a rupture in the space/time continuum. But what would I say to that brand new yogi with her faltering home practice? After 23 years of practice and 10 years of teaching, […]
Set a Timer and Stand in Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
Nothing exposes our minds for the busy monkeys they are quite as well as standing in Tadasana. After all, most of us have been standing since we were a year old. We already know how to stand, in a way that we don’t know how to do triangle pose, or warrior II. That’s why setting […]