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What are your go-to poses right after you step onto your mat? I like to warm up with a “gooey” Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose)….

Years ago, I remember a senior Iyengar teacher telling workshop participants that she’d abandoned teaching Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III Pose). “It’s just too hard for too…

More questions than answers on how we view and work with pain in yoga By Veronica King A recent post about a pain relief ad in a pharmacy sparked a lively discussion around yoga and pain, one which I was interested in exploring further. It seems to have created more questions than answers. A topic dear to my heart as […]

Most of us spend an awful lot of time sitting. Desk jobs may seem easy on the body, but in reality, all that sitting can wreak…

Are you thinking about trying a yoga class? Or have you just started attending a class? In either case, the yoga props you use to assist…

IT Band Challenge: May ‘ 22 This challenge is all about expanding our understanding as much as it is about exercising the iliotibial band…  What is it? “The iliotibial band (IT band) is also known as the iliotibial tract or Maissiat’s band. It’s a long piece of