Yoga is a fantastic way to keep your body healthy, both physically and mentally. It can help with flexibility, strength, balance, and stress relief. However, like any physical activity, it’s essential to take care of your body to avoid injury. In this blog, we’ll focus on knee health for yoga. The knees are one of…
Modifying your yoga poses in order to protect your knees is simple and easy. From group instruction to personal yoga at home we’ve got some great advice for you. Check out our list of ways to modify yoga for people with knee problems.
When we consider the concept of balance, we tend to think of it as a set destination, a singular attainable goal that is fixed in it’s position. We also associate balance with a sense of peace, calm and focus. Balance does in fact invoke a feeling of calm and centers the mind, essentially, bringing together…
We do not always consider the complexities associated with knees unless you have actually suffered or sustained an injury. The knee is the single most delicate joint of the human body. It is responsible for our ability to move freely, walk, stand, pretty much everything! In yoga, there are so many postures that affect this…
A few years back, I was a horse trainer and I loved to run. That’s all I had to do to keep in shape. Well, the horse training slowly started to be replaced by children and running for myself was getting replaced by running after kids. I needed to do something. So what did I…
When I started practicing yoga, I knew that my body was not ‘bendy’. I would watch the ‘bendy’ people with complete awe and I’ll admit it, jealousy. I thought that the more I practiced yoga, the more flexible I would become. Well, it is true to a point. What I didn’t take into consideration is that I’m…