Welcome to the fifth instalment of my blog series based on the book I recently read, Your Spine, Your Yoga, by Bernie Clark. Your Spine, Your Yoga is divided into five chapters: the axial body, the sacral complex, the lumbar, the thoracic and the cervical complex. This post is dedicated to the chapter on the … [Read more…]
Let’s pretend you’re new to Yoga, you’ve been taking classes at your local studio for a week, you think you’re finally remembering the difference between Warrior I and Warrior II poses, and one day, the teacher decides to take 10 minutes of class time to do breath work. Breath work? Isn’t Yoga about holding poses … [Read more…]
If you’re new to Yoga, it may be daunting to go to a studio. You’re trying to walk the walk and talk the talk, there in the back row, hoping that no one notices you’ve absolutely no idea what’s going on. Yoga is not something that has a beginning and an end when it comes … [Read more…]
I am a public transport commuter, and sitting on the bus day in and day out, is definitely no party. You may have read my blog last year titled, The People on the Bus Breathe In and Out. Last year I took up Box Breathing on the bus to be ‘productive’ with my time and … [Read more…]
As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, I’ve had the great pleasure to expand my Yoga teaching offerings to teach Chair Yoga at a local retirement village. This month marks our one year anniversary and we celebrated with some new advanced moves to open the upper back and some yummy macadamia nut and white chocolate … [Read more…]
Do you find yourself stuck in a funk in your daily commute? I am a proud user of public transport and it’s vital for the citizens of a growing city to embrace it as the primary mode of transportation. However, there are those days before I’m even in the thick of traffic and I’m at … [Read more…]