Everything You Need to Start Meditating

Meditation is an extremely powerful tool that gives balance physically, emotionally and mentally and its countless values have been known and practiced for thousands of years. The benefits of meditation are endless, from inner peace and relaxation to slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases.

This week’s featured meditation classes will help ease you into a meditation practice, set the tone for your day, find your center in a moment of stress and help you explore your limitless potential.

• Guided Meditation for Beginners with David Wagner: David leads us through a simple 30-minute guided meditation, where all of the principles are put into practice.
• Meditation Tutorial with Giselle Mari: Have you ever wondered if you’re meditating correctly? This simple yet effective offering provides you with three steps that you can apply to your meditation practice, taking the guesswork out of this mindful experience. Whether you are a beginner or more intermediate practitioner, allow the many benefits of meditation to pour in as you reduce worry if you are meditating in an effective way. Props Suggested: A block and a blanket.
• Seven Chakras Meditation with David Wagner: In this 30 minute guided meditation, Harshada leads a journey through the 7 chakras or deep energy centers in the subtle body. For beginners or intermediate practitioners.
• How to Sit for Meditation with Marc Holzman: Learn how to take a seat so that you can let go, relax, and dive deep. Using a variety of optional props, learn what works best for you in your body. A great class for beginners, develop the tools and physical cues to assist and support you in your next seated meditation. Props Needed: One or two blankets, two blocks, a bolster and a chair.
• How to Create a Sustaining Meditation Practice with Sally Kempton: Learn about meditation as a concentrative and integrative practice as you practice three meditations that build on one another. Prepare your body for your open-eyed awareness practice. Practice with breathing through your heart, using the mantra “I am.” Includes a brief question/answer with a participant. Props Needed: Bolsters and blankets for sitting.
• Meditation on the Breath with Rod Stryker: Perhaps the most universal of all meditation practices, meditation on the breath is one of the most accessible (excellent for those starting to practice) as well as deep approaches to meditation. In addition to balancing the body and helping to build focus, the latter stages of this meditation opens the gateway to the Infinite. Recommended for all levels, enjoy and discover how ten minutes can lead to stillness and perfection. Prop Needed: Blanket to sit on

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/everything-you-need-to-start-meditating/

A Special Yoga Class to Support LoveYourBrain

Every 13 seconds someone experiences a brain injury affecting their lives and the lives of their loved ones.

As you may know, March was Brain Injury Awareness Month. We feel honored to have participated in LoveYourBrain’s MindfulMarch fundraising initiative by hosting a donation based class. For those who were unable to attend or would like to take the class again (YogaGlo members and non-members), we have it available to share with you. We invite you to take the class and donate directly to LoveYourBrain to help continue their fundraising efforts. Spread the LoveYourBrain love and share this class with your friends.

Professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce, sustained a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Together with his brother Adam, they have created the LoveYourBrain Foundation. We highly recommend watching the HBO documentary, The Crash Reel, to learn more about their story and the effects of traumatic brain injuries.

Below is a brief Q&A with the founders of LoveYourBrain Foundation, Kevin and Adam Pierce:

Kevin Pierce

Q. How did you get introduced to yoga & meditation? How did you feel after your first class?

A. I was lucky enough to find myself in the perfect place with the perfect friend who asked if I wanted to join in a yoga flow. It was with a great teacher and I was in the perfect place in my mind and body to try yoga. After that class, I was hooked. It did something to me where it really clicked perfectly at that moment.

I was introduced to meditation mostly through my father. I would always hear him tell me he was going to meditate or go be still, but I never really knew what that meant or how to do it. I became curious, so I asked my father about meditation and he gave me some pointers. When I first started, I used meditation apps to guide me. After that, I attended TM classes, which are super special and I continue to feel better after each and every practice.

Q. How has yoga & meditation helped in your healing and recovery process? In what other ways has it affected you and/or changed you?

A. First and foremost it has allowed me to slow down. I have always moved so fast through life, always felt like I needed to do more and be more. Yoga and meditation have really allowed me to be ok with not doing that so much. It has really helped in allowing me to live a more present life. I love when I’m really able to find that special calm, quietness where everything just becomes easy. It has allowed me to feel so much more relaxed, less worried, less irritable. So much good and nothing bad has come from it.

Q. What inspiring words would you like to share with anyone reading this that may be suffering from the effects of a TBI?

A.  “You can’t rush your healing.” – Trevor Hall

Adam Pierce 

Q. How has yoga and meditation benefited you as a caretaker, brother, friend?

A. We grew up ringing a Tibetan singing bell before each family meal. This was my first introduction to meditation which we used to facilitate meditation, relaxation, and awareness of the present moment. Through this simple action of striking the bell, it has helped me cultivate greater mindfulness and a deeper connection with myself and those around me.

Q. What has your experience of being a caretaker taught you about your own self-care?

A. To me, TBI means, Turn Boldly Inward. Meditation has given me the perspective to look inward and live in the present. After Kevin’s accident, I thought Kevin was the one that needed to change, but as I started to develop my meditation and yoga practice, I learned that it was me that needed to change.

Q. What inspiring words would you like to share with any care takers reading this post?

A. Inspiring greater peace, acceptance, and happiness for people affected by brain injury is a big part of what we do. We’ve learned that meditation is one powerful way to help transform chaos into inner calm and frustration into joy. Like anything it takes practice and openness to truly see the benefits. Be balanced, be happy.

 

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/a-special-yoga-class-to-support-loveyourbrain/

Work in Progress

In this week’s Overheard in Yoga Class, Steven Espinosa explains that one of the many lessons yoga teaches us is that we are a work in progress. Focus on enjoying the experience of being in your body and breath. Begin to relearn who you are and who you are becoming.

Take this class with Steven: https://glo.yoga/2qbYDTY

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/work-in-progress/

Ask a Yogi: Maintaining Balance in Everyday Life

You’ve practiced with them on YogaGlo. You’ve followed them on Facebook. You might even take their classes in person once in awhile if they travel to or live in your city. But how well do you know our YogaGlo teachers? Ask a Yogi is back so you can learn more about our teachers by asking questions you’ve always wanted to ask.

From favorite poses and tips for beginners to deeper questions about how their practice has changed their worldview, our teachers will collectively answer a new question each week. If you have a question you’d like to “Ask a Yogi” let us know in the comments and we’ll add your questions to the list.

How do you maintain balance in your everyday life?

• Alex van Frank: I try to make time for self care on a daily basis. For me self care can mean an extra meditation, doing something fun, a walk alone, making sure I have water, and any other acknowledgment of my needs whether they be physical, spiritual or emotional.
• Chris Chapple: Two hours of self care!  Walking in the early morning, Tribandha Pranayama (ten rounds) and a dozen asanas every morning, a bike ride, and gym or swim!
• Darren Rhodes: I don’t, which inspires me all the more to practice. Not only does practice move me toward balance it evolves what balance means for me.
• David Wagner: As a parent with 2 small kids, the balance is all about parenting vs teaching vs everything else. And there is a lot in that everything else. Relationships, self-care, fun, my own training and education, practice… I find that if I get it in my schedule it might happen. Otherwise the very important “everything else” gets eaten up by the constant needs of parenting and teaching.
• Mary Taylor: I work on maintaining balance by practicing every day. It’s like flossing your teeth or drinking water. You wouldn’t miss a day unless something really major got in the way, and so it is with our yoga practice. I find it part of the foundation of keeping the mind clear and the emotions open yet stable. It doesn’t have to be 2 hours of practice (though that’s nice), but for me it’s the linking together of opposite ends of the breath through movement and with a steady gaze that makes my body feel balanced. And from there other things begin to fall into a place of equanimity too.
• Noah Maze: Make a plan for the day the night before and get clear on the time blocks of work and play. Try to get eight hours of sleep. Drink hot water with lemon in the morning (before coffee) to get hydrated. Drink green juice and green smoothies during the day. Meditate for at least 5 minutes. Do a yoga asana practice at an opportune time. Get outside into the sun, preferably in my garden. Play with my kids. Have focused time working, set a timer if needed to minimize distractions and make progress on bigger projects.
• Steven Espinosa: I take a short nap almost everyday. I realize that’s not possible for everybody. But for me, it’s like going off-line for 15-20 minutes. I wake up feeling refreshed, clear headed and ready to go again. Especially now that I’m in my mid-50’s. I just don’t have the same amount of energy I once did. Even if I don’t fall asleep just laying down and closing my eyes takes the weight off my legs and helps rest my eyes.
• Taylor Harkness: Years ago, I thought that becoming a yoga teacher would mean my days would be less busy and more peaceful. HA! Things are about as busy as they’ve ever been. Being a yoga teacher has just made me more aware of it and I can recognize when I need to come down. I’ve been prioritizing getting outside, hiking, and staying off of mindless outlets like social media. I’ve been keeping an active journal that lists my to-do’s each day, tracks my hours of exercise and healthy meals, and even records how many pages of my books I’ve been reading. It helps a lot and holds me accountable. Plus, it feels good to see your progress.
• Tiffany Cruikshank: Meditation is my rock!

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/ask-a-yogi-maintaining-balance-in-everyday-life/

Pranayama for Meditation

  “Controlling the breath, and thus calming the nerves, is a prerequisite to controlling the mind and the body.” Swami Rama If you have been struggling to achieve a meditative state, you may want to begin your meditation practice with pranayama, the yogic practice of scientific breath work. Years ago, I found myself creating a […]

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The Definitive Guide to Achieving Higher Testosterone Levels

As a man, your testosterone levels are a major driving force in your overall quality of life. The problem is: Testosterone levels in American men have been steadily declining over the past few decades. In fact: According to the research, approximately 24% of American men over the age of 30 have low testosterone levels (<300 […]

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Yoga for Newcomers with Annie Carpenter

Yoga for Newcomers is a foundational series of classes for new yogis. This program is perfect for those looking to gain knowledge of basic poses who want to become comfortable enough to attend an in-person class at a local studio. Annie Carpenter will introduce you to the basic poses and each practice will get a bit more challenging, culminating with a fun sequence at the end that connects everything you’ve learned. You’ll need two blocks, a blanket or towel and a strap (alternatives are mentioned in the program).

Do your best to find a regular schedule where you can commit to taking two classes per week. You’ll need two blocks, a blanket or towel and a strap (alternatives are mentioned in the program). Be patient with yourself. Remember, yoga should always feel good so feel free to take a break or modify as needed.

Start Annie’s Yoga for Newcomers Program today!

If you aren’t a YogaGlo member, sign-up today so you can access Annie’s new program along with our library of programs, classes and courses!

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Lotus in Headstand

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Tiffany Cruikshank demonstrates Lotus in Headstand or Urdhva Padmasana in Sirsasana. Explore a challenging variation of headstand that employs both a stable inversion practice as well as open hips and knees. Work this one at the wall or in the middle of the room!

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/lotus-in-headstand/

The Latest in Wellness

This week in wellness news, want a tighter core, solid arms and sculpted legs? Not only can yoga make you more flexible and reduce stress, it can also make your body strong. By starting with poses like dolphin push-ups and half handstand, you can build and tone muscles throughout the body, and your mind will get a workout too. Now roll out your yoga mat and get ready to sweat! You’ll be amazed by what you can do.

Read that and other great yoga, health & wellness stories from around the web.

• Yoga to Make You Strong: “You don’t always think about balance when you think about strength, but in yoga, building strength comes with the ability to control your body, no matter its position.”
• Mediation Might Help You Live Twice As Long: “You might object that this is exactly the annoyingly metaphorical talk mentioned above. You’re not really living longer. Or are you? When we say we want to live longer, we surely don’t care about the numbers on our birthday cards. We mean precisely this subjective sense of a long, full life, of expanses of time spent with those we love, or on work we enjoy. In the only sense that actually matters, then, a life to which you paid twice the attention would indeed be twice as long.”
• 9 Surprising Ways Mediation Changes Your Brain: “By giving our bustling mind a dedicated break from its day-to-day worries, these studies suggest, we actually empower it to run more efficiently when we’re using it. This can come in handy when we’re trying to solve a tough problem, focus intently on a task, or search for creative inspiration for a project.”

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/the-latest-in-wellness/

Increase Your Flexibility with Cat Cow

One of the simplest ways to increase the flexibility of your spine is with Cat Cow Pose. What’s so great about this exercise? It’s easy! Many people feel especially stiff first thing in the morning. If that’s the case with you, you can get out of bed, place a yoga mat, towel or blanket on […]

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5 Yoga Classes to Help Balance Your Life

Balance is a feeling derived from being whole and complete. It’s a sense of harmony. Our lives are made up of so many different areas, both internal and external – (work, finance, family, friends, romance, health, our mind, heart, hobbies, etc.) that sometimes it seems impossible to give 100% to each and every area, all of the time. But guess what? That’s ok. Giving 100% to all of those areas, all of the time, does not create balance. It only creates stress.

Living a balanced life is about integrating components of your life that are important to you without focusing too much on one component or being too extreme towards one area (remember, when one area of your life is imbalanced, it can affect the others). Of course there will be times when you need to make choices about what has to come first, but as long as you don’t neglect the other areas of your life, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to live the balanced life that most of us crave.

Feeling like you’ve been focusing too much on one area of your life and putting others on the back-burner? This week’s featured classes will help you explore your capacity for balance, on the mat and off.

• Balancing Act with Sara Clark: Finding balance is a daily practice. Sometimes it comes with ease, and other times it is a quest. How you show up on your mat, and in life, is everything. Through a practice of standing on one leg, explore your relationship to balance on the mat, to support you in life off the mat. Come as you are and focus your attention on compassion and patience as you move. Props Suggested: A block.
• Balance Your Brain with Jodi Blumstein: The most difficult breathing sequence taught in the Ashtanga yoga system is the alternate nostril sequence. Taught with “kumbaka” (retentions), this sequence is quite advanced. For more accessibility, learn this breath technique without holding your breath in or out. Receive all of the benefits of deepening your lung capacity and mental focus. Begin with a quick discussion before moving directly into breath work that will bring you balance.
• Shelter from the Storm with Alex van Frank: Press the pause button on the noise of life and come into the calmness that is the essence of your being. Cultivate a nurturing practice with this series of poses that help shift you to awaken your natural balance and strength. Move through slow, mindful postures, allowing yourself to be supported by props, surrendering into the release. If suggested props are not available, substitutions are given, like using pillows, blankets or couch cushions. Props Suggested: Two bolsters and a chair.
• Slow Breath, Calm Mind with Rod Stryker: Experience first hand how your breath is the key to shaping your mind. The poses will be simple but the focus on breath will be constant throughout. Use asana to improve breath and your breath to improve mental focus. Emphasize the calming and grounding power of lengthening exhale with forward bends and twists. Close with pranayama to leave you feeling balanced and stable.
• Manage for Stress and Anxiety with Movement with Jason Crandell: Manage your physical and mental discomfort by bringing your focus to your body with this practice. Move through this flow to anchor your attention to the present moment and mitigate your mind’s tendency to spin out of control. Practice a sequence of sun salutations, standing postures, twists and an inversion, moving with intentional transitional movements between the postures. Maintain steady breathing throughout and allow your mind to reframe back to a balanced state. Props Suggested: A block.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/5-yoga-classes-to-help-balance-your-life/

Release Your Back Pain with Wide Leg Forward Fold

When you experience back pain, the first thing you want to do to release your comfort is to create length and space in your spine. This is the version of Wide Leg Forward Fold I recommend you do whenever you feel a pain in your back. Here’s a story of how powerful this exercise can […]

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3 Bad Habits That Cause Dementia

If you’ve ever watched a loved one slip away into dementia, you know how painful the process can be not only for the person suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease or age-related cognitive decline but also for their increasingly burdened family members who have to take over daily responsibilities. Scientific research shows there are 3 bad habits […]

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Seat of Power

In this week’s Overheard in Yoga Class, Rod Stryker explains that building prana at our navel using asana, pranayama and mantra will help us unlock our infinite potential.

Take this class with Rod: https://glo.yoga/2phR1PE

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/seat-of-power/

Prime of Life Yoga® with Larry Payne

Prime of Life Yoga with Larry Payne is a powerful way to kick off or renew your practice at any time in your life. Achieve a balance of body and mind through safe postures and modifications for all yoga abilities. Ignite a positive sense of well-being while enhancing concentration, increasing vitality, improving flexibility, promoting balance and gaining strength.

In this course you will find step-by-step yoga sequences, pose modifications and engaging lectures to support your practice. We give you everything you need to establish a fundamental yoga practice with the freedom to set your own pace.

Start Larry’s Prime of Life Yoga® course today!

If you aren’t a YogaGlo member, sign-up today so you can access Larry’s new Course along with a dozen more that will help guide you to meet your wellness goals.

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Ask a Yogi: Best Detox for Your Mind & Body

You’ve practiced with them on YogaGlo. You’ve followed them on Facebook. You might even take their classes in person once in awhile if they travel to or live in your city. But how well do you know our YogaGlo teachers? Ask a Yogi is back so you can learn more about our teachers by asking questions you’ve always wanted to ask.

From favorite poses and tips for beginners to deeper questions about how their practice has changed their worldview, our teachers will collectively answer a new question each week. If you have a question you’d like to “Ask a Yogi” let us know in the comments and we’ll add your questions to the list.

What is your go-to detox for mind or body?

• Alex van Frank: I am blessed with healthy liver and kidney function that detox me, naturally. I make sure I get plenty of water and fresh foods to help things move along. I regularly dry brush my skin. I also like taking cold water baths for both mind and body —I dare anyone to not feel a natural high after an icy bath! It really helps improve breathing and mood.
• Chris Chapple: One hour of junk television per week!!!!
• Darren Rhodes: Daily body detox: 12 to 16 hours between dinner and breakfast (I don’t do any major fasts or detox programs). Daily mental detox: meditation, pranayama, and asana (yoga postures).
• David Wagner: Always going back to vegetarian diet. I am a Midwestern meat-eater by birth, but when I need to be clean and clear, a good-old veg diet is always a good choice for my gross body as well as my subtle body. For my mind, definitely the practice of silence when i have the luxury of observing it. If nothing else, I can usually get some silence by avoiding media (TV shows, news, etc).
• Mary Taylor: Patience. Sticking with consistent practice. Detoxing if treated like a “special” event, or an antidote to living out of harmony doesn’t seem to last. “Detox” as a natural capacity of a fully functioning mind and body seems to be one durable perspective.
• Noah Maze: Green juice, sunlight and creative learning projects.
• Steven Espinosa: Fruit. I eat a lot of fruit when I need to detox my body. I tried fasting a few times. But to be honest, it wasn’t for me. For my mind, I turn off my phone and try to disconnect from all social media. Because it’s very easy to get swept up in all the “breaking news” we face on a daily basis. And then I get back to the basics like listening to music, reading a book or cooking myself a nice meal.
• Taylor Harkness: Comedy. More than ever because of how crazy our politics and world are right now, I try to laugh my ass off as often as possible. Funny shows, books, movies, friends, improv shows, community theatre, etc. I have to laugh daily or I’m going to lose my mind.
• Tiffany Cruikshank: For body – I’m a big fan of starting your day with juice of half a lemon and dash of apple cider vinegar. For mind- a walk or some sort of retreat into nature. If I’m short on time a quick pranayama session.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/ask-a-yogi-best-detox-for-your-mind-body/

Pose of the Week: Dolphin Pose

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Jo Tastula demonstrates Dolphin Pose or Ardha Pincha Mayurasana. Find some peace of mind and strength in your shoulders with this prepatory inversion pose. Bend your knees if you have tight hamstrings, or start working your heels towards the floor.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/pose-of-the-week-dolphin-pose/

3 Under-Practiced Personal Development Principles to Learn

The basic personal development principles are relatively simple to understand and adopt, however they’re are also some not so talked about principles that aren’t practiced enough by people, and really deserve to be. After spending years studying everything there is to know about personal development, I wanted to share with you the top 3 under-practiced […]

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5 Yoga Classes for a Mind and Body Detox

Feeling depleted, sluggish and in serious need of a mind/body overhaul? Yoga to the rescue! This week’s featured classes will help facilitate the body’s natural detox process, clearing out excess and removing internal stagnation.

• Detox Flow with Claudine: Invigorate your practice with this strong, challenging flow that focuses on twists and forward bends for detoxification. Twists are associated with toning and rejuvenating, and forward folding brings core awareness. Expect to increase blood flow, feeling a sense of rinsing and clearing from the inside out. Get your heart pumping and body moving as you also practice balance postures, optional handstands, and conclude with a nice long cool down. Leave feeling refreshed and energized! Props Needed: A block. Props Suggested: Two blocks.
• Detox to Freedom with Rod: Combining the principles of Ayurveda and tantric Hatha, move through a dynamic practice that emphasizes purification of your body by way of directing prana (life force) to your heart for transformation on all levels. Begin your practice with simple movements combined with the sound of Om so you can tune in and get centered. Use postures like forward folds, bound extended side angle, and a dynamic cobra sequence to engage the viscera. Rest in savasana.
• Inner Wellness Boost with Claire Missingham: Anytime you feel you need to boost your inner wellness, either your physical or emotional well being, to help you deal with imbalances, or in times of stress, this is the class for you. Twists, organ nurturing postures and toning through the detox organs, leaving you feeling invigorated, yet relaxed. Start sitting back on your heels and twist into several poses building to side crow. A variation on headstand will also help nurture your being.
• Mini Detox with Tiffany: Begin with a quick flow to build heat and then experience long holds. Also do some work for the neck & shoulders to help release toxic stress that accumulates there. Use movement to help circulate the blood to help release toxins with some deeper twisting variations to help work a little deeper. You can use this practice with a larger detox routine or on its own. Props Needed: A blanket or towel.
• Detoxify with Giselle: Eat right? Check. Drink plenty of water? Check. Get the right amount of sleep? Check. But do you still feel a little toxic? It’s easy to forget your thoughts, words and actions impacting the deeper layers of your being. This brisk practice provides a well-rounded experience with the intention of detoxifying your mind/body container through twists, front body openers, and inversions to help you feel truly cleansed. Props Suggested: 1-4 blankets.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/5-yoga-classes-for-a-mind-and-body-detox/

Sunset Stress Relief Program with Kia Miller

Ease into your evening with Kia Miller’s new restorative program, Sunset Stress Relief. This program is designed to be done in the evening or after work to create a state of relaxation and peace that carries into the next day. Relax and restore your energy with simple poses, restorative postures, and effective breath work.

Classes are short and sweet (20 mins) during the week, with the last two classes running longer for when you have more time on the weekends. Helpful props are used through this program including two blocks, a bolster or large cushion, a strap or belt and a few blankets or towels. This program is designed specifically to start on a Monday and completed on a Sunday for a grounded and balanced week.

Start Kia’s Sunset Stress Relief Program today!

If you aren’t a YogaGlo member, sign-up today so you can access Kia’s new Course along with our library of programs, classes and courses!

 

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Why Quality Travelling is Important for Ambitious Individuals

Travel is something that many of us are passionate about; While for others it is merely a necessity to get from Point A to Point B. Whether you travel across the country for work around the world for pleasure or hop between countries to visit friends and family, travel is unavoidable for the majority of […]

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Wrap It Up & Let It Go

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Richard Freeman explains that of utmost importance in all asana practices, especially more rigorous forms is a balanced and grounded finishing sequence. Discover the importance of finishing postures and the linking movements that gives them a truly meditative and restoring quality.

Take this class with Richard: https://glo.yoga/2oAXdkJ

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/wrap-it-up-let-it-go/

Ask a Yogi: Tips for Coping with Change

You’ve practiced with them on YogaGlo. You’ve followed them on Facebook. You might even take their classes in person once in awhile if they travel to or live in your city. But how well do you know our YogaGlo teachers? Ask a Yogi is back so you can learn more about our teachers by asking questions you’ve always wanted to ask.

From favorite poses and tips for beginners to deeper questions about how their practice has changed their worldview, our teachers will collectively answer a new question each week. If you have a question you’d like to “Ask a Yogi” let us know in the comments and we’ll add your questions to the list.

What are some tips on how to reconnect to your practice after some time away?

• Chris Chapple: Spend time alone with incense and a flame and your breath. Breathe with purpose and intention, recognizing the change.
• Darren Rhodes: In practice, transitions can be precarious. As one pose comes to an end I am at stretch capacity. It’s easy for me to relax at that very moment, when I must be most aware. Life transitions are similar, especially when challenging. At such times I make sure to maintain a consisten practice and increase contact with my mentors.
• David Wagner: This is something I have had the privilege/burden of going through many times over the years of spiritual practice. The Four Gates of Liberation from the Yoga Vasishtha come to mind: Self-control, Spirit of Inquiry, Satsanga and Contentment. Contentment is about being really aware of desire, aversion and fears and being vigilant not to be ruled by them. Satsanga is about having the right support, the right friends, the right mentors/teachers/therapists/elders, and staying connected to a good community of people in general – not isolating. The Spirit of Inquiry is about embracing the transition as an opportunity to grow as a yogi, learn about yourself, and get a little more free. And Self-control in this sense is about having discipline in all areas of life so that you can stay in your practice, stay awake, and avoid going into avoidant behaviors.
• Mary Taylor: Be kind to yourself. Be honest with yourself and still remain kind. Take pauses–even for just a couple of rounds of the breath–so you can consider the best course of action. Develop the practice of feeling the connection of your feet to the floor (or if you’re sitting the contact of your sitting bones to the floor or chair), so you can drop into the sensation of support from the earth beneath you.
• Noah Maze: Take advantage of what opportunities you have in the change/transition. When the ordinary patterns of life are disrupted, other things may become possible that you didn’t consider or have time for before.
• Taylor Harkness: Embrace that sh*t. The fear of the unknown is real and it sucks. But you can either whine about it or step up and rock it out. Continuously ask yourself how you can be better or do better. New job? Study more and work harder. Going through a break up? Ouch. But that means you get to eventually start fresh with someone new or just love yourself for a while. New city? Get out there and explore it, get to know people and take charge. Easier said than done, I know. But take control of the situation.
• Tiffany Cruikshank: I find my steadiness in my daily mediation ritual, its never to late to start!

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/ask-a-yogi-tips-for-coping-with-change/

5 Small Steps to Boost Your Confidence With Women

Having confidence in yourself is more than just having the courage to go ask out a random girl, which yes can be terrifying but there is a whole lot more to what confidence means for you. Having confidence in yourself will literally play the biggest role throughout your life from your relationships to what kind […]

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Pose of the Week: Half Locust Pose

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Giselle Mari  demonstrates half locust pose or arch salabasana. Find your back body strength with a fun variation of locust pose. A great pose when you want to build back body strength with a bonus front body opening.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/pose-of-the-week-half-locust-pose/

Mindfulness Stories to Kickstart Your Week

This week in wellness news, a new study by the University of Connecticut finds that practicing yoga may improve protein utilization among older women, and lead to the maintenance of muscle at a time in life when muscle loss is common.

Read that and these other great yoga, health & wellness stories from around the web.

• Yoga Was the Missing Link to My Fitness Routine: “Since participating in yoga classes, I’ve noticed a significant increase in my flexibility. I have very tight hip flexors, which often cause discomfort and limit my range of motion in some exercises. However, the stretches performed in yoga class loosened my hip flexors substantially. This increased flexibility improved my lifting technique. I am now able to get lower when I squat, which helps activate my glutes.”
• Yoga Helps Preserve Muscle Mass in Older Women: “Yogis burned more fat at rest than their non-exercising counterparts and had lower rates of protein synthesis and breakdown. This reduced rate of protein turnover may be associated with maintenance of muscle mass resulting from routine yoga practice.”
• Mindfulness in Policing Builds Resilience, Empathy: “For the last 10 years, Goerling has been exploring resiliency techniques and assisting with scientific research into using mindfulness and meditation as tools to enhance police officers’ performance and well-being. He calls it Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training (MBRT). “Police officers are required and asked to bump up against tremendous social problems, suffering, and trauma on a regular basis, day in and day out,” said Goerling. Research shows that the job’s intense demands place officers at higher risk of developing high blood pressure, heart problems, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and increased levels of harmful stress hormones.”

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/mindfulness-stories-to-kickstart-your-week/

7 Yoga Classes to Embrace Change

As humans, we are often resistant to change – and rightfully so. Most of us crave stability, comfort and control. So when things change, it can be a pretty scary and daunting phenomenon. Fear of the unknown, being taken out of our comfort zone, loss of control, realizing that we no longer can do the things that we once were able to do, are all reasons why we resist change. The thing is, change is a constant. Nothing stays exactly as it is. Nothing. It is the only thing in this life that is inevitable, so doesn’t it make more sense to embrace it rather than to fight it?

This week’s featured classes will challenge you to expand your boundaries and create positive change.

• When Life Is In Flux with Jodi Blumstein: Practice is easy during those times when you are in an established routine; however, life brings a lot of change. Practice is for the phase transition. It is for the moment of change – when life is in flux. You practice to build a solid foundation that you can lean on during the ups and downs.
• Change is in the Air with Chelsey Korus: Inspired by the Fall season, with its undeniable feeling of change in the air. Allow your practice to be inspired by the spirit of change and challenge yourself to sweat! Move through a balanced flow that strengthens and engages your core, hips, legs and arms. Leave feeling like you can navigate transitions with greater ease as you lean in to the simplicity, rather than chasing after the complexity.
• Calm Amidst Turbulence, Steady Amidst Change with Rod Stryker: In this practice, forward bends, twists, and longer holds will lead you to an incredible sense of stability and calm. Discover the power of stillness, calm in the midst of turbulence, and steady in the midst of change. The very qualities that allow us to embody yoga to the fullest. Prop Suggested: A blanket to sit on.
• Self Love is the Answer with Claudine Lafond: In various stages of your life, you feel differently about yourself. The ability to love yourself changes based on a collection of your internal and external environments. Focus on YOU as you explore asanas like ardha hanumanasana, baby crow and camel pose. Cultivate and nourish seeds of self love that will energetically spread through all parts of your being. Stir up love, breathe together and connect to the collective pulse. Prepare for an uplifting experience! Props Needed: Two blocks.
• Finding Your Touchstone with Kia Miller: This class is an invitation to walk gracefully through change or cycles of your life by connecting to your core Self. It has some strengthening poses and a focus on inner connection and mantras: HUM and SAT NAM. Props Needed: A blanket.
• Meet Every Moment with Elena Brower: Great to do in times that feel chaotic, practice engaging in the skill of meeting every moment. Start and end with moving bridges to warm up your spine and supine twists to rinse out your body. Through standing postures, backbends and forward bends, you’ll grow your capacity to meet any moment thoughtfully and articulately. Be reminded that every moment is a chance to be worshipful and thoughtful. End in a sweet savasana.
• Inner Stability, Outer Fluidity with Chelsey Korus: A powerful way to learn to deal with the instability of life. Learn to transition the legs from binds to extensions and from standing to inverted positions with a fluid outer body and a strong, focused inner body and core. Props Needed: Two blocks. – Props Suggested: A blanket

 

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/7-yoga-classes-to-embrace-change/

Release Fear

In this week’s Overheard in Yoga Class, Felicia Tomasko explains that the  home of the vata dosha, or air element in the body, is in the lower abdominal region, hips, pelvis and legs. This is where energetically you may store fear and anxiety. Yoga can help dive into your body and release these emotions stored in tissues with long holds and attention to the breath.

Take this class with Felicia: https://glo.yoga/2nbLHNb

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/release-fear/

The Ocean Heals, Yoga Heals

This week, YogaGlo was  honored to be apart of a healing, inspiring experience with the LA Kings and The Jimmy Miller Foundation’s Ocean Therapy program – using yoga and surfing to help heal veterans. Ocean Therapy is an adaptive surfing program to assist individuals coping with mental and physical illness in accessing the ocean environment. Surfing has long since been a sport associated with freedom and independence and has the ability to support individuals with special needs in increasing their self-esteem and self-confidence.

Both physical and spiritual, surf and yoga work together to help achieve a clearer mind and a stronger body. The two passions are perfectly matched with each move strengthening the other. So what better way to kick off the day than with our very own Marc Holzman, leading our group through a beach yoga session before our vets jumped into the water for surf lessons.

It was an amazing day that we will truly never forget. For more information on the Jimmy Miller Foundation, click here.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/the-ocean-heals-yoga-heals/

YOGA AND MINDFULNESS FOR K-12 TEACHERS

Yoga and Mindfulness for K-12 teachers is a research-based framework built by teachers for teachers. Too often teachers are stressed and overwhelmed with everyday pressures in the classroom, impacting the learning environment. Katherine Ghannam teaches how to live sustainably as a teacher, supporting your own social and emotional health first, in order to support the social and emotional health of your students. This course will show you how to use yoga and mindfulness as a practical tool to improve your well-being as a K-12 teacher.

Whether you have two minutes or 20 minutes to spare, this course will show you how to regroup and refocus with simple yoga and mindfulness videos. You will dig into the research and science behind yoga and mindfulness to understand the impact these practices have on the brain and body.

Start Katherine’s Yoga & Mindfulness for K-12 Teachers today!

If you aren’t a YogaGlo member, sign-up today so you can access Katherine’s new Course along with a dozen more that will help guide you to meet your wellness goals.

 

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Ask a Yogi: Tips to Reconnect to Your Practice

You’ve practiced with them on YogaGlo. You’ve followed them on Facebook. You might even take their classes in person once in awhile if they travel to or live in your city. But how well do you know our YogaGlo teachers? Ask a Yogi is back so you can learn more about our teachers by asking questions you’ve always wanted to ask.

From favorite poses and tips for beginners to deeper questions about how their practice has changed their worldview, our teachers will collectively answer a new question each week. If you have a question you’d like to “Ask a Yogi” let us know in the comments and we’ll add your questions to the list.

What are some tips on how to reconnect to your practice after some time away?

• Alex van Frank: In my experience the best way to reconnect with practice is to treat it like a good friend. It feels good and feeds the soul to take the time to connect with all the pieces of myself —just like with a good friend who I haven’t seen in awhile. This friendly approach is about accepting you as you are, how you are and with all of your glorious bit and difficulties. To be able to witness the beauty of embodiment and also the internalized difficulties and self judgment is powerful.  I’ve evolved this practice to make it a deeply safe and sacred place that I go to get aligned from the push and pull of a busy and full life.
• Amy Ippoliti: If I have been disconnecting from my practice, the only thing that gets me back is to simply get back on the mat with no time commitment other than a minimum of 10 minutes so there is not a lot of pressure. It’s the pressure I put on myself to practice that makes me resist, not the practice itself. So if I can give myself just 10 minutes it feels do-able and I’ll often stay longer.
• Carole Westerman: I’ve gone though all kinds of cycles with my practice over the past 20 years.  I’ve even taken some time off from the physical practice due to injury, etc. But I always come back. I find the key for me is to give myself permission to practice as little as 5 minutes if that’s what feels right. And to explore the many depths and layers of yoga such as Yin, Vinyasa, Meditation, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, studying ancient texts, Pranayama, psychology, and so much more. Some ingredients of yoga are daily go-tos, others are like exquisite spices I only use occasionally. But the whole of yoga stays consistent for me, I just add the ingredients in varying amounts depending on the recipe I feel like making at the time
• David Wagner: The suggestion to the last question also a place here as far as beautification goes. It also helps to get inspired. I’ll read a book that turns me on, or listen to another teacher’s talk. The Internet is so great for finding inspiration these days. You can search almost any great teacher and find something, some snippet of their teaching – and in many cases even audio or video. For instants, right now I’m really into Sufi teachings. I’m listening to traditional Sufi music, reading poems by Sufi Masters, and reaching out to my Sophie friends to have uplifting conversations about spiritual life. I could do the same thing with Tibetan Buddhist teachings, or Christian mystic teachings. It definitely helps to get some fresh inspiration and input.
• Giselle Mari: Remind yourself there is no end game here. Do your best to let go of expectations around how it should be now in relation to how it was. Its a new chapter in your practice with new things to share with you. Its cliche’, but enjoy the process of rediscovery.
• Jo Tastula: Start slowly. Create a nice place to practice. Focus on the positives such as how good it feels to care for yourself rather that comparing to how your practice used to be.
• Noah Maze: Don’t be attached to your practice looking and feeling a certain way. Deconstruct your own expectations attachments. Be spontaneous and creative, seize the opportunities when they present themselves:
  • Practice while you are waiting for something or someone; in a waiting room, in an airport, in an airplane, in a car, on a sidewalk
  • Practice outside, be inspired by your surroundings
  • Practice on the grass, in the park, with your dogs, with your kids
  • Take five minute practice breaks during your work day
  • Use a timer to help you with discipline; practice for five minutes total. Do a 5 minute meditation. Do three timed handstands. Do five timed standing poses.
  • Put a yogaglo class on
  • Put music on and let the music move you into your practice
  • Do core work throughout your day
  • Do supported backbends over your furniture
• Steven Espinosa: This is a great question. Because sometimes life dictates that you have to take time away from your practice. Whether it’s because of an illness, or a new job, or moving to a different city or raising a family. It’s not always going to be possible to do yoga every day forever and ever. So it’s important not to be too hard on yourself. To remember that yoga is meant to be a joyful addition to our life. It’s meant to ENHANCE our life. So when the time comes and you are ready to reconnect with your practice it’s because YOU LOVE DOING YOGA!
• Taylor Harkness: Try practicing with a new/different teacher/studio or try a different style of yoga. Also– don’t worry about getting a full 60 minute practice in. Just sneak 10-15 minutes into your day whenever you can. You’re going to have peaks and valleys with your practice over the years. Ride the waves.
• Tiffany Cruikshank: Consistency is key. Find a length of time & frequency you can commit to and be realistic.  Making a habit of it will bring more tangible results to help keep you inspired to continue. Let it be simple.  Approach your practice as an investigation into your experience in your body, mind, spirit, whatever you feels needs some attention that day.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/ask-a-yogi-tips-to-reconnect-to-your-practice/

Pose of the Week: Reverse Warrior

In this week’s Pose of the Week, Stephanie Snyder demonstrates Reverse Warrior or viparita virabhadrasana. Build heat in your lower body simultaneously as you open your side body with this foundational standing pose. Find the perfect balance between stretch and strength as you breath.

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/pose-of-the-week-reverse-warrior/

Sara Clark is a YogaGlo Teacher!

We are thrilled to announce that Sara Clark is now a YogaGlo teacher!

Sara Clark is a 500-hour certified meditation and vinyasa yoga teacher residing in New York City. You can find her teaching for thousands at Yoga Journal in Bryant Park, as a faculty member at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, for large corporations and health clubs in New York City and coming soon, at Wanderlust.

Sara is known as a compassionate teacher who makes both the novice and more experienced practitioner feel welcomed in her classes. Her fluid vinyasa sequences layered with mindfulness and meditation techniques create an environment for self-inquiry and transformation. Sara’s mission is awakening her student’s to their highest potential both on and off of the yoga mat. When she isn’t teaching you can find Sara backpacking through foreign lands.

Sara’s first few classes have been added to the site so you can start practicing with her today:

• Bow Down: Bowing down to yourself and others is a beautiful opportunity to welcome in gratitude and humility. After warming up your legs with utkatasana, the focus of this smooth and steady flow will be on staying low to the ground in lunges, standing forward folds and optional inversions. By frequently bowing your head towards earth, you allow yourself to move with grace and surrender, recognizing your deep inner and outer strength. Props Suggested: A block.
• If Not Now, When? When you can tune in to how you are feeling, you can better understand your needs and thus, mindfully and compassionately care for yourself. Learn to simply breathe and sit with this simple meditation. Allow yourself to embrace the present moment, because now is the time to relax into breath. Now is the time to be fully present. You have the right to be here and give this to yourself. If not now, then when? Props Suggested: A blanket or a bolster to sit on.
• Relief in Every Breath: Imagine being able to press a restart button whenever you’re feeling stressed out. It is indeed possible! This restart can be your breath, and you can access it at anytime. Let your breath melt your challenges away with this pranayama practice. Be guided through a technique that counts inhales and exhales, which gives your mind something to focus on, allowing you to experience a more expansive breath in the present moment.
• Hippified: Got tight hips? Come to class prepared to squat, lunge and lengthen. Focus your attention on your hips, and the muscle groups that support their mobility, with a flow that gives your entire body a healthy challenge. Start with sun salutations that focus on your quads, moving on to add twists, straddles and balances to target your hips. Wind down with camel and pigeon variations, concluding with supine stretches. Leave feeling grounded and more mobile.
• Love is the Way: Love is a birth right. It’s time to return back to this vibration by tuning into your highly intelligent heart. Love yourself with this meditation that guides you to practice sending your focus to the left side of your chest. With breath as your guide, listen closely to your heart’s inner wisdom. Pause for a moment and listen, and the answers will come. Learn to trust in the intuitive energy of your heart.
  Props Suggested: A bolster.
• Childlike & Courageous: Explore floating and balancing in this class that calls forth a child-like mind and a courageous spirit. This dynamic paced practice will create space for you to fly and play. Explore more advanced postures like tripod handstand with a non-judgmental attitude and compassion for yourself, taking a joyful approach to a sequence of squats, hop-ups, arm balances and inversions. The focus will be to not take anything too seriously and enjoy the play! Props Suggested: A block.
• Intertwine & Bind: Come ready to intertwine and bind with this practice that uses your arms to hold you up. Explore how this engagement of arms and hands can both deepen and physically support each asana. Warm up your shoulders, wrists, and spine through a series of twists and folds, moving on to a challenging series of arm balances and inversions. Invite yourself to take bigger stances in asanas and bind, an opportunity to go deeper into postures.
• Hands Off: Want to give your shoulders and wrists a break? Get ready to break a sweat without doing a single plank or downward dog. Explore a circular flow that calls for balance and stability while utilizing all sides of your mat. Heat up with a continuous flow, gliding in and out of warriors, low lunges and standing balances as your legs and arms are put to work! You’ll forget all about chaturanga during this well-rounded class. Props Suggested: A block.
• The Cycle of Life: There is a beginning, middle and end to everything in life. Understanding that you, too, are in your own cycle can be quite comforting, and even better when you remember that you can choose how you’d like to show up. Acknowledge where you are in your life at this moment and meditate on showing up for yourself. Be encouraged to focus on your breath, allowing it to be a reminder that even your inhales and exhales are a cycle.
• Twist, Release, Replenish: Come undone, your body is ready to be rung! Twist and flow to welcome in new energy and strength for any season ahead. Begin warming up briskly with surya namaskars, focusing on a cleansing breath. After creating heat, gradually dive deep into twists such as revolved chair and revolved half moon, making your way into standing balance postures, arm balancing and optional inversions. Come to class focused on releasing and replenishing. Props Suggested: A block.
• Balancing Act: Finding balance is a daily practice. Sometimes it comes with ease, and other times it is a quest. How you show up on your mat, and in life, is everything. Through a practice of standing on one leg, explore your relationship to balance on the mat, to support you in life off the mat. Come as you are and focus your attention on compassion and patience as you move. Props Suggested: A block.
• Go Slow: In this fast-paced world, remembering to slow down takes practice. Slowly flow through sequences that support calming down and reconnecting to your body and breath. Begin with a meditation and build from there, starting low on the floor, then make your way into standing poses, concluding back down with gentle twists. Witness yourself moving through each asana, aiding in heightened body awareness. Give yourself the gift of pausing from your busy day and tune inward.

Please join us in welcoming Sara Clark to YogaGlo!

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/sara-clark-is-a-yogaglo-teacher/

3 Yoga Stories to Kick Start Your Week

This week in wellness news, if your company doesn’t offer a quiet room (yet), then make it a priority to take 10 to 20 minutes every day to quiet your mind. Add it to your calendar. Go outside and sit on a bench to close your eyes, clear your head, and take deep breaths.

Read that and these other great stories yoga, health & wellness stories from around the web.

• Yoga Reduces Major Depression: Harvard Study – “In the study, adults 18 to 64 years of age with MDD participated in either three (high-dose intervention) or two (low-dose) yoga classes per week and practiced coherent breathing at five breaths per minute. Symptoms of depression were measured at the beginning and throughout the 12-week study. Volunteers who took three yoga classes a week were more likely to achieve lower depression scores after 12 weeks than subjects who took two classes.”
• Neuroscience: This Is How Meditation Changes Your Brain for the Better – “When we meditate, we weaken this neural connection. This means that we don’t react as strongly to sensations that might have once lit up our Me Centers. As we weaken this connection, we simultaneously strengthen the connection between what’s known as our Assessment Center (the part of our brains known for reasoning) and our bodily sensation and fear centers. So when we experience scary or upsetting sensations, we can more easily look at them rationally.”
• Why More Companies Are Incorporating Meditation Into the Workplace: “Major companies are trying to capitalize on these benefits, incorporating meditation into their culture on a daily basis. Etsy’s headquarters include a “breathing room” where digital devices are not allowed. The only furniture is a stack of mats. Google goes a step further by offering their staff mindfulness courses, including one called “Search Inside Yourself.” At General Mills, there’s a dedicated meditation room in every building of their vast campuses, and they offer all staff members weekly meditation sessions and yoga classes. They also teach “Mindful Leadership” to settle the mind and create a calmer, more productive workforce. And Zappo’s, in addition to encouraging their team to meditate throughout the day, offers their employees EnergyPod chairs, massage chairs, regular wellness fairs, and on-site health screenings.”

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/3-yoga-stories-to-kick-start-your-week-3/

5 Yoga Classes to Refresh Your Mind & Body

Refresh your mind and body with this week’s yoga classes!

• Refresh with Tara Judelle: Access new perspectives and a fresh outlook by starting with a long headstand with leg variations in the middle of the room or at a wall. Continue to invert with a standing forward fold, using props to support your head. Spend a moment twisting through your torso and low back before opening your front body with bridge and wheel pose. Props Needed: Two blocks and a blanket. Props Suggested: Wall space.
• Invigorating Tonic with Tiffany Cruikshank: A quick wake up call to refresh your brain. Start with a flow focusing on accessible inversions and backbends. Props make the poses easier than you might normally approach them so you can stay a bit longer to steep in the invigoration. Headstand, pincha mayurasana, supine hero’s pose and a restorative backbend will leave you charged and ready to go. Props Needed: Two blocks.
• Stop & Smell the Roses with Kathryn Budig: A slow moving flow is here to help you celebrate your internal Spring time. Let this practice instigate a lovely sensation of rebirth. Through refreshing postures, flows that gradually build and blossom like a flower in to peak poses that challenge yet inspire. Creative sun salutations build on each other gradually getting longer and more fluid to create a dance like flow that opens your shoulders and hips. Your peak pose is bird of paradise.
• Boost Brain Function & Refresh Your Mind with Kia Miller: This powerful practice is done sitting down. A few warm-ups open the hips and spine and prepare for the kriya, which consists of a pranayama and meditation specifically designed to fight brain fatigue and refresh your mind, elevating you to a sublime state of connection and peace. This practice also benefits the liver, navel point, spleen and lymphatic system. Prop suggested: One blanket.
• Amy’s Anytime Refresher: Like a spritz of facial mist, this quick and delicious yoga break will warm you up and loosen up the tight spots. There are no chatturangas or anything too deep. Also serves as a great warm up for more advanced practices and tutorials.

 

 

source https://blog.yogaglo.com/2017/04/5-yoga-classes-to-refresh-your-mind-body/

FREE Video Class: How to Get Out of Back Pain

You can learn how to get out of back pain, knee pain and neck pain by watching these two FREE videos with Catherine Carrigan, yoga teacher with 21 years of experience. These videos were filmed at Georgia State University on Thursday, March 30, at a class hosted by Tarryn J. Hoff of http://www.gotarryn.com, an exercise physiologist since […]

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