Should you let your knees go past your ankles? What about if you have an injured knee? I posted this tweet on my Instagram a few weeks ago, and boy did I hear a lot of opinions on the matter A lot of people were upset by this because their doctors have told them notContinue reading “Should You Let Your Knees Go Past Your Ankles?”
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4 Core Exercises To Try That Aren’t Crunches
If you’re looking to work on your core, but are sick and tired of crunches, I’m here to give you permission to toss the crunches out the window. If I’m being honest, crunches aren’t the most effective core exercise. Why? Because crunches really focus on targeting one of the MANY muscles that make up theContinue reading “4 Core Exercises To Try That Aren’t Crunches”
My Yoga Story
I went to my first yoga class when I was a Research Assistant at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. I was working for a woman who focused on feminism in Egypt, and it was right before the Egyptian Revolution broke out in 2011. My boss was over in Egypt just in time forContinue reading “My Yoga Story”
How To Tell If Your Shoulders Are Tight
Often times the thing stopping us from nailing a pose isn’t always the thing we think it is 🧐 We think we don’t have enough flexibility in our spines to do a wheel pose, but really it’s about glute and hamstring strength and wrist and shoulder mobility. We think we don’t have the upper bodyContinue reading “How To Tell If Your Shoulders Are Tight”
3 Tips For Anxiety Using Your Breath
With the holidays happening and COVID cases spiking, I’m sure anxiety is running high around the world, so I wanted to offer you 3 tips you can do ANYWHERE to manage anxiety and stress. These are tips you can do anytime – and no one will even know you’re doing them! 1. Count Your BreathContinue reading “3 Tips For Anxiety Using Your Breath”
Achy From Sitting at Work? Try These Desk Yoga Moves!
One of the most common requests I get is for more yoga moves to do during your workday, so I decided to create a blog post with a compilation of desk yoga, working from home, yoga moves and sequences so you can refer back to this throughout the week. I’ve broken down this blog postContinue reading “Achy From Sitting at Work? Try These Desk Yoga Moves!”
4 Restorative Yoga Poses to Battle Anxiety and Stress
With COVID numbers starting to rise again, I thought now might be a great time to share a few restorative yoga poses that will help you slow down and ease any anxiety or stress that shows up in the coming months. Not to mention, winter is on its way, and what better way to spendContinue reading “4 Restorative Yoga Poses to Battle Anxiety and Stress”
6 Tips For Creating a Consistent At-Home Yoga Practice
If you’ve ever struggled with finding the motivation to practice yoga at home – I hear you! This blog is going to give you 6 actionable steps you can take to help you build the consistent yoga practice you’ve been wanting, but struggling to create. Forget motivation – we’re going to be talking about creatingContinue reading “6 Tips For Creating a Consistent At-Home Yoga Practice”
How To Conquer Fear in Crow Pose and Handstand
In honor of Halloween I decided to write a blog breaking down Crow Pose and Handstand because these are poses that typically scare people. This post is going to teach you how you can conquer your fears and nail these poses. Let’s get into it! HANDSTAND This is a pose where eventually one day you’reContinue reading “How To Conquer Fear in Crow Pose and Handstand”
How to Use Yoga for Weight Loss
Something I hear a lot of is that people are coming to yoga to lose weight. While I applaud the efforts of those individuals and am happy that they’re finding a way to move their body in a way they maybe haven’t done before, I wanted to write a blog about the real way yogaContinue reading “How to Use Yoga for Weight Loss”