[caption id="attachment_1743" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Monica Felix @ www.monicafelix.com[/caption] Never too late, never too old, never too bad and never too sick to do this yoga and start from scratch again. That’s the mantra of our founder. Interestingly, the word “discipline” comes from the Latin discipulus,...
My friend is a chiropractor. In the past five years, he’s sent over one hundred of his patients to the yoga studio down the street from his clinic, where he is also a student himself. The other day his assistant yelled at him for sending too much...
[caption id="attachment_1711" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Monica Felix @ www.monicafelix.com[/caption] Yoga is the sum of a million micro corrections. Small, quick, deliberate and precise modifications that seem like nothing, but once employed, make a huge difference in your practice. In final stretching, you touch your ankle bones together...
[caption id="attachment_1705" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Monica Felix at www.monicafelix.com[/caption] Savasana, also known as corpse pose, is the most anatomically neutral position of any yoga practice. Physically speaking, it’s the most ergonomic position of the human body. It reduces stress and fatigue on muscles and joints. It...
[caption id="attachment_1702" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Monica Felix @ www.monicafelix.com[/caption] At my yoga studio, our instructors remind us to use every part of our body to achieve the total expression of the posture. Even the parts that are relaxed. Just because something is disengaged doesn’t mean it’s unimportant, they...
[caption id="attachment_1682" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Monica Felix @ www.monicafelix.com[/caption] Often times when I practice yoga, I set an intention before class. I plant a seed in my brain. I take a particular thought or problem or issue that I’m currently struggling with and use that as...