A doctor once told me that I had below average lung capacity – but that my lung elasticity was off the scale; I simply have small lungs, but they work very efficiently. While yoga practice is unlikely to give us bigger lungs per se, we can use both posture and breath to help increase the […]
Why should you read my advice on backbend preparations? Simple: because my backbends are average at best. This means that, A) my backbends are probably similar to yours, and, B) since backbends don’t come easily for my body, I’ve been struggling to figure out effective ways to deal with these #@#% poses for more than […]
Podcast Intro: Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most commonly used weed killer. Over 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicide are sprayed on farms and foods yearly. Agrochemical companies claim that glyphosate is safe for humans, animals, and the environment. But scientific studies suggest otherwise. Glyphosate has created a deadly disruption of […]
“Chakras” the most discussed topic in the filed of yoga and holistic healing and there are lot of misconception about the topic. There are over 100s chakras in our body, to be more specific; there are 114 chakras from which 112 are there in our body and 2 are at outer side of the body. […]
Being the architect of a little person’s life can be exciting and scary at the same time. It’s normal for self-doubt to kick in. Am I eating the right foods? Am I getting enough sleep? Am I taking the right amount of vitamins? Taking care of your body during pregnancy is as important as breathing. […]
I’m so happy to share that our kitchen and powder room reno is finally complete! The project took about six and a half weeks and while I can honestly say I felt every hour of that six and a half weeks, it was worth it. Let’s start with the powder room. It’s a small space […]
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Unlock Your Back-Body Strength: The Key to Movement & Balance in Daily Life Written by LJ Let’s be Funkin’ real, many of us spend a good chunk of our days hunched forward, tethered to: screens, steering wheels, cutting boards, you name it. Over time, this hunched-posture-party can invite a not-so-celebrated guest: Upper Cross Syndrome. What […]
It makes sense that ignorance is an obstacle to enlightenment. But how do we know what we don’t know? In sutra 2.5, Patanjali sheds light on this issue. Specifically, the sutra describes four obstacles to enlightenment. Once we understand how we are ignorant, we can use yogic wisdom to pull back the veil of darkness. […]
When a child’s emotions get big, our own emotions can swell up, too. Our stress response kicks in, overriding our own “upstairs brain” – the logical, controlling part. When a child is upset, they rely on a parent or other caregiving adult to guide them through the emotion. If the adult gets upset, it only […]
