What if you could begin to regain your range of motion in just five minutes a day?

Have you been cleared by your doctor to begin gentle movement but not sure where to begin?

Try these 5 simple stretches every day to get started.

I am a yoga teacher. I love going to yoga classes. And I still think that a home practice is an incredibly important part of learning and growing as a yogi.

As a student, it’s where I can spend more time in poses that I want to explore. I may only have one try to work on a new arm balance in class, but at home I can play with it for a while. Fall, get up, laugh a little and try again.

According to US News and World Report, 80% of New Years’s Resolutions fail. Yes, you read that right, 80%. 

Yet, it is something that people continue to do, year after year, failure after failure. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Are we insane?

What is it about resolutions that we continue to fail? Are they unrealistic? Do you set goals that are too lofty? And what can you do differently this year to set yourself up for success instead of failure?

What’s in your toolbox? Hammer. Screwdriver. Wrench. Breath. Courage. Wait, what?

Okay, not your traditional toolbox but your yoga toolbox. What is a yoga toolbox you might ask? It is where you start to collect all the lessons you’ve learned from your time on the mat that you can pull out as needed.

Your yoga practice is hopefully so much more than your one hour on the mat. It is a lifelong practice that teaches you the skills and gives you the tools that you need in challenging times as well.

Little by little, year by year, you build your toolbox from the safety of your yoga mat. Then you have your yoga tools for support when they really matter.

What’s in my toolbox? Here are just a few that I rely on...almost every day.

n some places, spring means new growth, green buds on the trees and flowers emerging from their winter hibernation. Here in the mountains at 9000 feet, we are still blanketed in a few feet of snow.

But wherever you live, the qualities of Spring have a similar feel. Whether it is April showers bringing May flowers or spring snowstorms melting to mud season there is a wet, heavy quality this time of year.

In Ayurveda, the traditional system of wellness from India, creating balance during each season is an important part of cultivating overall health and wellness. And springtime is the season of Kapha dosha. What’s a dosha you ask? Read on to find out.