Are sun salutations necessary for every yoga session?

Short answer: no Long answer: not necessarily. However, knowing them will help you add an option to your own practice that you don’t even have to think about and they have a lot of history behind them. Suyra Namaskara is a foundational flow that each yoga student should eventually know. If the yo... Read More

How long should your yoga session last?

When starting your yoga practice at home one question you might have is: how long should each yoga pose be held and how long should the yoga session last? Such a great question with not an exact answer. I warn this up front because there is no real right or wrong answer. Each yoga practice is as ... Read More

7 Tips for Yoga, Aging & Injuries

As I write this blog I am recovering from an injury. No, it wasn’t from doing yoga. No, it wasn’t from doing something dangerous. How did I injure myself? Well, I injured myself just swinging my leg behind to get off my bike. Silly, right? To be fair, I had just put a rear pack over the back whee... Read More

Book Review: Starvation Heights by, Gregg Olson

Starvation Heights by Gregg Olson I don’t think I’ve ever read a more horrifically, frustrating true story. I picked up this book because it was a true story of a murder at the hands of a wellness influencer living in Olalla, Washington. It isn’t a direct yoga connection but more a connection to ... Read More

Prenatal Yoga Workshop 3.21.26

I have been diligently planning, promoting and all around getting ready for the Prenatal Yoga Workshop I'm hosting Saturday March 21st. It's my first workshop so I am making sure I can share as much as possible in the 3 hours I have set aside for this time. The location at Yoga Culture in Enumcla... Read More

Book Review: How To Be Well

Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure At A Time If you’ve ever tried adding apple cider vinegar to your diet or beauty routine you might have fallen for one of the most popular, dubious wellness trend to date. But, don’t beat yourself up, marketing is all about changing your mind an... Read More

American Culture and the Extreme Pregnancy Trends

From Free Birth Movement to “Zero Trimester” trend Some people claim America has no culture. However, there can be a strong argument made for the fact that America has two culture traits it can claim. Rebellion - I mean that’s how we became independent - and extremism. From extreme challenges, fo... Read More

Book Review: Surviving Modern Yoga, by Matthew Remski

I came across this title after listening to the podcast, Consprituality. The podcast consists of three guys who try to explore various health fads, misinformation, and how spiritually minded people can be lead down rabbit holes. I started listening to this podcast because I liked how each of the ... Read More

Svadhyaya or Self-Study: Acknowledging Strengths & Weaknesses

If you have taken any of my classes in person or watched any of my recordings one phrase you will hear from me over & over again. “Notice how this side feels different in this pose compared to the other.” This type of observations come from the yoga philosophy of svadhyaya or self-study. Why am I... Read More

Book Review: White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals

If you haven’t realized by now, I am a white woman. My heritage is mostly European dissent (Norwegian, Dutch, German) with my maternal grandmother and her family coming from Azores Island, Portugal. Even this is “technically” European. So, stepping onto the mat to teach a practice that originates... Read More