Deepen Your Yoga Practice with Language The Language of Yoga: Complete A to Y Guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and Chants By Nicolai Bachman Sounds True (July 31, 2005), 139 pages + 2 CDs The Language of Yoga gives a brief yet balanced introduction to Sanskrit, the language of yoga. This book has two accompanying CDs that demonstrate Sanskrit pronunciation. The […]
Wanderlust Whistler 2016 Highlights: Find Your True North, Find Yourself
Wanderlust was a transformational experience for me. I’m dropping a spotlight here on the very best bits. Frankly, the whole experience was an awesomely outstanding inspirational journey. Wanderlust Highlights My Yoga Heroes (Teachers) Being able to meet and practice with the people you look up to doesn’t just happen — easily or often — Wanderlust makes […]
Book Review: Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom
Freedom & Life Through Yoga Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom By Colleen Saidman Yee with Susan K. Reed Afterword by Rodney Yee Atria Paperback (June 2, 2015), 272 pages Yoga for Life reads like a great novel. I couldn’t put it down, just had to know what happened next. This book shares Colleen’s […]
Book Review: Yoga and Body Image
Paper Cuts & Bandaids Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body By Melanie Klein & Anna Guest-Jelley Llewellyn Publications (October 8, 2014), 264 pages Yoga and Body Image is like reading a diary — by 25 people. Authors Melanie Klein and Anna Guest-Jelley combine their own stories with other men and women in the […]
Plank Challenge
UPDATE: Week has passed, my best time: 3 mins 2 seconds Plank Challenge – but why? Why am I doing a plank challenge? Definitely not because I want to beat this guy with his 8 hour Guinness World Record. My reasons: Need more specific, tangible goals in my life right now. I just celebrated […]
Migraines: YogaShelf Survival Tips
Here it comes…again, another migraine and another day (or more) of mind-blowing pain. I’ve been getting migraines for 16 years. I have nailed down my warning signs, but sometimes I don’t whip out my medication fast enough to head off an attack or sometimes: it just plain doesn’t work. Here, I’ve put together a list of my […]
DVD Review: Anatomy for Yoga with Paul Grilley
Featuring: Paul Grilley Pranamaya Inc (Nov 25, 2003), 4 hrs + Bonus Material COMPRESSION! Well Paul, your message got through to me: it’s all about compression. Anatomy for Yoga is a huge eye opener. Many people assume if you keep practicing yoga that you will someday accomplish every pose. Paul Grilley bursts this sparkly bubble. If you had your […]
