The first month of the new year is drawing to a close. If you didn’t accomplish all your goals this month, don’t worry, because you get a chance to start again with a new month. In fact, why even wait for February first? Each new day offers up the opportunity for a fresh start. So [...]

One of the best ways to inject a little life into your practice is to try out a new style of asana. There are so many different options that it’s hard to keep track of what’s what, so I made this little yoga styles cheat sheet for you. Also make sure to take my yoga [...]

In honor of the new year, my teacher broke out some ab-tastic boat crunches. To do these, you come into boat pose and then release out of the pose to hover both your torso and legs a few inches above the floor. Then you come back up into boat. Rinse and repeat until you feel [...]

Though we are a week into January, you can still hop on the WoYoPracMo bandwagon to jump start your practice in the new year. Say what? Why WoYoPracMo (and its close relation NaYoPracMo) of course.
WoYoPracMo originally appeared on About.com Yoga on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 23:17:16.
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Let’s get the new year off to a strong start with a power pose: warrior II. I’ve heard it said that the back arm in this pose represents the past while the front arm represents the future. The body should be kept in the present, so make sure you’re not leaning to the back or [...]

Welcome to the new year! Even if you don’t do resolutions, there’s no getting around the feeling that January 1st offers the chance for a fresh start. I always find that during the holidays, I (1) get so busy that my yoga practice suffers, (2) eat a lot of crap. I look forward to the [...]

The key to keeping any health-related New Year’s resolution is to make it something you can actually sustain long enough to benefit from. Today’s New York Times includes ten such resolutions from Dr. Oz, including this one: Do seven minutes of yoga a day.
Just a few minutes spent on the mat each morning is [...]

A little holiday overindulgence + a little seasonal cold calls for nothing too ambitious on the mat. A supine spinal twist is just perfect to gently unwind the spine and flush out the organs. This week before the new year is always a good time for a little restorative yoga before stepping up your game [...]