Brock & Krista Cahill workshop: Notes & drawings (handstands, trapezius, bakasana, and tired-ness)
Notes from Brock & Krista Cahill’s yoga workshop. Notes on handstand & bakasana transitions, drawings of trapezius muscle, opening block shoulder sequence, plus various notes and musings.
Boston New Years Yoga Classes and Events 2012
The annual blog post covering special yoga events and classes in and around Boston on New Years Eve, New Years Day, New Years Weekend, January 1st and beyond. We’ve got you covered: Friday December 30, 2011 6 – 8 PM Yoga Mudra: An Invitation to Closure with Jared Hirsch at Down Under Yoga (Newton, MA) Cost:$30 [...]
Yoga Art: Balasana to Ustrasana transition
A simple sketch from after yesterday’s class with Ryan Cunningham at Back Bay Yoga. Nice to go to class and explore yoga asana practice through the lens of another teacher. In this case, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d done the transition into Ustrasana (or Camel pose) from Balasana (child’s pose). Ryan’s sequence was [...]
Restorative Yoga Poses: Grounded Savasana
The following is part of a series on Restorative Poses. Over the next weeks and months I will be posting some sketches highlighting restorative poses you can do at home. Each sketch will focus on a pose, action, or sensation. Please leave any questions below! Grounded Savasana or Grounding Corpse or Final Relaxation Pose Savasana [...]
Restorative Yoga Poses: Supported Supta Baddha Konasana
The following is part of a series on Restorative Poses. Over the next weeks and months I will be posting some sketches highlighting restorative poses you can do at home. Each sketch will focus on a pose, action, or sensation. Please leave any questions below! Supta Baddha Konasana or Reclining Bound Angle Pose Supta Baddha [...]
Yoga Art: Hand: Connect A Mudra
Hand. Hand. Alive. Energy. Fingers. Folds. Deep Ridges. Wrinkles. Experience. Lines. Circles. Connect. You might also like the Senses series, including the upcoming Yoga Art: Senses: Drishti and Yoga Art: Senses: Scent
Yoga Art: Heart Opening Poses: Front, Back, and Ground Study
A potpourri explosion of asanas. [four sketches]. Backbends. Forward bends. Breathe open shoulder blades, to sides. Open Front of Heart. Open Back of Heart. Balance and find ground. You might also like Yoga Art: Kidney Ribs Study: Thoracic Heart Cavity Or the Yoga Art: Grounding Study
Yoga Art: Grounding Study. Earth Center of Gravity. Center Line
Balasana. Child’s Pose. Earth. Center of Gravity. Center Line Balance. Spine. Feet. Hands. Ground through your feet + hands. Dance Balance through your center (of gravity, aka by the pelvis.) Tadasana. Adho mukha vrksasana (Handstand). A potpourri of poses: Vrksasana (Tree pose), Lotus, Parsvakonasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, Virabhadrasana 2, and Virabhadrasana 3. You might also [...]
Yoga Art: Evolution to Center
Parsvakonasana. Side Angle. Side Bends, Side Waist, Twist Ground. Cones of torso shoulders, hips, body. Heart. Center Plane. Yoga Center of Gravity. Pelvis. Sacrum. Heart.
Yoga Art: Lung Arc Study
Ribs. Ribcage. Lung. Diaphragm. Liver. Breath. Heart. Torso. Colon. Organs protected interacting with bones and connective tissue. Weight and fall and relationship of liver to lung, diaphragm. Pleura. Pleural Cavity
Restorative Yoga Poses: Supported Child’s Pose (Balasana)
The following is part of a series on Restorative Poses. Over the next months I will be posting some sketches highlighting restorative poses you can do at home. Each sketch will focus on a pose, action, or sensation. Please leave any questions below! Balasana or Child’s Pose Child’s Pose, or Balasana, is many yoga student’s [...]
Reflections on Matthew Sanford yoga workshop and some initial concussion thoughts
How do you work from the mind if the mind isn’t working? What if the mind is hurting? This Friday and Saturday I had the great fortune to attend Matthew Sanford‘s workshops (Self Realization and the Asana) at Majestic Yoga. If you are not familiar with Matthew’s work: Visionary Health Care Pioneer, Award-winning Author of [...]
Boston New Years Yoga Classes and Events
Looking for 2012? Updated: This year’s blogpost covering New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2012 yoga classes and events. Yoga events and classes in and around Boston on New Years Eve, New Years Day, New Years Weekend, January 1st and beyond. We’ve got you covered: Friday December 31, 2010 10:00 PM – 12:05 AM Om [...]
Yoga Sutras: Santosha means Contentment
How can I be happy? What if there’s something better than happiness? Is contentment (santosha) ultimately be more fulfilling? Santosha means contentment. Not happiness, not ecstasy or delight. Contentment. We don’t strive for the high, the amazing happy feeling that drives us wild–pure pleasure, endorphins firing and heart racing. Instead we work towards contentment. Santosha is [...]
Yoga sells Money, Literally: Is yoga advertising misleading?
Yoga gives me strength, balance, and flexibility. Apparently this women’s bank does too. Screenshot off of the New York Times website on Monday May 31, 2010 Is yoga advertising misleading? This is not just a rhetorical question. The focus on balance, strength, and flexibility…. Gives me a strong sense of well-being. (I’m talking about my [...]
The Meaning of Namaste: Peace, Compassion, and Love [Video]
The meaning of namaste in yoga and in life. An inspiring video showing how the use and meaning of namaste can shift our world into a more compassionate, peaceful, and loving place.
Yoga and the Happy baby pose
The Yoga of Happy Baby There’s so much that could be said about the use of yoga in advertising. Money matters and yoga sells. But right now, I do not wish to over-intellectualized a video that just made me smile. Happy Baby. Atha Yoganuaasanam. Yoga begins now. Who knew diapers could be so lighthearted?
Yoga for Haiti: Join in a day of karma, asana, puja, and community
Update 03/26/10: Thanks to your support, we raised: $1,302 at the Silent Auction and $760 for classes. Thank you to all who came on Sunday. We collectively raised GRAND TOTAL: $2,062! go yogis! Here is the breakown of the numbers raised for the Haiti benefit: $1,302 silent auction, $760 classes–GRAND TOTAL $2, 062! Thanks to [...]
Restorative Yoga Workshop for the Spring Equinox
**Please see schedule page for upcoming restorative yoga workshops around Cambridge and Boston. The information below will give you an idea what to expect. Hope to see you on the mat soon!** Refresh, Recharge, and Renew! March 28th, 2010 Join us for a restorative yoga workshop by the Equinox to prepare for Spring at Black [...]
Research: Stress & inflammation age & kill, but the benefits of Yoga may prevent it
Yoga = the anti-stress, anti-inflammation drug Yoga may reduce stress by reducing baseline levels of inflammation and reducing inflammatory responses to stressors. Do yoga and your body Starts with less stress (via less inflammation) Reacts with less inflammation (meaning less stress) Sensationalism aside, a new research study showed that these may be benefits of yoga. [...]
Best of Yoga: Insights from Himalayan Institute-Digestion-Part 1
How to improve digestion? Part 1 One of these days I’ll write about my experience at the Himalayan Institute (Honesdale, PA) but for now I thought I’d start a Best of series to share some of the practices we learned. We were given ideas of Ayurvedic practices to incorporate into our daily routines and given time [...]
Yoga Review: Beauty catches us by surprise: the Yoga of MoMA
There’s such a simple beauty in the Music Movement Sound & Light. Beauty: Yoga at the MoMA with Elena Brower, Pipilotti Rist, Cinematic Orchestra (music & light) In October, I was in New York and had a blast “yoga shopping”. That’s my loving term for trying out different studios, teachers, and styles. I asked for [...]
Are you Stressed? Tired? Restorative Yoga on the Equinox
**Please see schedule page for upcoming restorative yoga workshops around Cambridge and Boston. The information below will give you an idea what to expect. Hope to see you on the mat soon!** **12/20/2009: Restorative Workshop postponed due to winter weather! Rescheduled for March 2010 and the Spring Equinox.** Refresh, Recharge, and Renew! December 20th, 2009 Join [...]
Save the Date! December 20th
Take advantage of restorative yoga to recharge before the holidays. Stay tuned for more information! UPDATE: More details about the restorative workshop taking place in Cambridge, MA.
Yoga teacher in Boston, Cambridge, and Newton. Specializes in vinyasa, therapeutics, and restorative yoga. Loves