Practicing Meditation
If you are familiar with yoga, you know how important it is to find a tranquil place to meditate. Also, you know how meditation is really a personal practice. Meditation does not necessarily need to take the form of sitting and closing your eyes. You can take more energizing forms of meditation, such as running, walking or just […]
Pigeon Pose for Healthy Skin
A main key to having healthy, glowing skin is to keep your anxiety and stress levels regulated in your body and mind. Pigeon pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) is one of the yoga poses that I rely on to release stress, tension, and anxiety from my body. For me, I generally hold my tension in my hips and […]
Yoga for Glowing Skin (Viparita Karani)
Legs Up the Wall pose or Viparita Karani (pronounced ‘vip-par-ee-tahcar-AHN-ee’) is one of my favorite yoga poses to practice to maintain clear, glowing skin. Some Hindu scripts say that Viparita Karani reduces wrinkles and delays the aging process. There definitely was some wisdom in this guidance. Viparita Karani is a mild inversion that reverses the flow of blood, […]
How I Found Yoga
As this is the first post for my new monthly yoga postings, I thought I would tell you how I began practicing yoga. It definitely has been quite the journey. I remember the first time I heard of yoga was when I was in the seventh grade when a girl in my class began doing […]