Yoga Tips: A Power Yoga Vinyasa

Here is a 12 minute power vinyasa that will work your triceps, core, hamstrings and help to release the psoas muscles. It is best to go into this warmed up, and most suitable for someone with a bit of yoga experience. Always move within a pain-free range, be gentle with yourself, and honor where you are in your practice. Have a wonderful weekend!

Yoga Tip: A 6 Minute Vinyasa

Here is a six minute vinyasa that will warm up the body. Perfect for beginners. Always move within a pain-free range, and be gentle on yourself. If there's a specific pose or vinyasa you'd like me to do in the future, I'd love to hear- tell me on twitter, facebook or leave a comment here. Have a wonderful weekend.

Yoga Tip: Yoga for the Holidays 4

One of the not-so-awesome things about YouTube is even if I choose a specific thumbnail, it seems to display whatever thumbnail it feels like. So if the thumbnail above is me in what looks like the worst plank position ever, then this is a good example of what not to do. ;) (I was in transition, I swear!) Anyway, here's a 5 minute vinyasa flow to add to the Yoga for the Holidays series that will get your heart pumping and quiet the mind. It features crow jumpbacks which are a little on the advanced side. If you've never done crow before, please either skip it, or work on crow first by following this video (instruction starts at the 45 second mark). Not to scare you, but my yoga instructor broke her nose when she face planted out of crow, so truly, be mindful of where you are in your practice. If you're relatively new to crow, use a pillow underneath your face. Other than that, get to it and let me know how it worked out for you. Have a wonderful weekend.

Abs for Handstand

I've been working on inversions for the past few months, and while I think my handstand is ok, I know there is a lot of room for growth. One of my intentions for the upcoming year is to learn to press into handstand (see this video, at the 23 second mark for an example). What I've learned is that a slow press into handstand requires a ton of core strength. Following Briohny's instructions, I tried out her ab exercise for learning to lift into handstand and let me just say it is one of the hardest ab exercises I've done (particularly most difficult as the feet come in close to the hands). If you give it a try, think less about dragging your feet and more about using your abs to lightly lift yourself up. Good luck!

Yoga Tip: Yoga for the Holidays 3

Week three here of yoga for the holidays series (see week 1 and week 2). This week I was inspired by Meghan Currie, this unreal yoga teacher, who creates time lapse videos of her practices. It's a nice way to see the entire practice and get inspired. So today I am uploading two videos. The first is the first 10 minutes of my practice in real time- a gentle ten minutes to set an intention of being present, to get the circulation going, and get the muscles and mind warm and happy. The second video is my entire practice this morning in fast forward- apologies in advance for my husky making a high five appearance at the end. He doesn't like being left out of the spotlight. Have a merry weekend!

Yoga Tip: Yoga for the Holidays 2

As a part of my Yoga for the Holidays series, I give you a 13 minute powerful yoga flow. Best for someone with a bit of experience, and best to watch it first and then try it out, just so you know what'll come next. My knees were bothering me (see my Lyme story if you're interested), so I have a lot of bendy knees going on to try to warm 'em up- feel free to just do what works for you. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

PS-Last week's Yoga for the Holidays.

PPS- a really funny video about instagram.