Happy New Year! To start 2013 on a healthy note, I introduce Adho Mukha Svanasana, or downward facing dog, one of my all time favorite poses. For a beginner it can be one of the most challenging poses of the practice and for an advanced practitioner this could be...

As we draw to the end of 2012, let’s carry with us a feeling of gratitude of our journey, thinking about the great times we have had this year.   We often find ourselves pre-occupied worrying about the future or replaying scenes from the past. Yoga teaches us to...

A simple breathe can make all the difference. In yoga we put so much emphasis on the breath, on listening to it, on controlling it and on being aware of it. It’s because the breath has a profound impact to the mind.   When we are faced with any intense emotion,...

We know that a long straight back is a sign of good posture. We often tell our children to ‘sit up straight’. Here we will explore why there is such an emphasis on lengthening and lifting through our back.   The spine has a natural curvature, there is a slight...

Yoga tells us there is an intrinsic connection between the body and mind. Modern science has now confirmed this with relation to chronic back pain. Chronic back pain deals more with issues of the nervous system than the spine itself. The nervous system is a vehicle...