Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: roll your feet on a tennis ball to loosen tight...
Cover every part of your foot, from under the toes to the heels Is there such a thing as yoga magic? If you struggle with tight hamstrings, this Five-Minute Yoga Challenge might lead you to say yes....
View ArticleFive-Minute Yoga Challenge: greet your feet in the foot-work series
Just think, your toes used to be this easy to get to know. When we’re babies, most of us can suck our toes. As adults, we’re much less intimate with our feet. Yes, there’s a greater distance between...
View ArticleInterpenetrate Your Fingers and Toes: Five-Minute Yoga Challenge
One of the most revolutionary Five-Minute Yoga Challenges you can do If setting down roots is the fundamental act in a yoga practice, then we’d best pay attention to our feet, the primary roots for all...
View ArticleFive Minute Yoga Challenge: press your outer arches down to lift your inner...
A sparkling clean down and a dirty up? What a lovely reversal of expectations. Words are important, and what we say when we teach matters. So kudos to yoga teacher and blogger Michelle Myhre, who...
View ArticleSquat on: deepen Malasana with straps at your hip creases
View from the deck of the Boatyard Inn, Langley, WA. It was lovely, thank you. Yes, my fascination with hip creases continues, and only grows deeper. I just came back from a short road trip. When I...
View ArticleFive-Minute Yoga Challenge: Stretch Your Feet on a Wood Brick
Perhaps it's time to pitch that chair. . . . . This just in: sitting in chairs is lethal. Yogis already know that sitting leads to tight hips and shortened psoas muscles. Now, a comprehensive new study...
View ArticleFive things I learned after I sprained my little toe
Looks innocent, doesn't it? Fold it in four, leave it lying around, and you'll see the damage it can do. I learned that if you’re walking barefoot, and your little toe gets caught in something and you...
View ArticleFive-minute yoga challenge: add a roll in Virasana to loosen your hamstrings...
That roll between my calves and thighs is a close to magical prop for foot pain, and it helps tight calves and thighs too. Thirty years ago, when I first started taking yoga classes, Virasana (hero...
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