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3 Can’t-Miss (and COVID-Safe) Yoga Destinations in Portugal
This article was originally posted in Yoga Journal. Read the article here. With over 86 percent of Portuguese citizens vaccinated, Portugal is one of the safest and easiest places to travel in Europe during the ongoing pandemic. Here's where to go. Ah, the grand...
Why You Shouldn’t Tell Students to Tuck Their Tailbone—And 4 Other Cues To Rethink
Avoid these commonly used (and misused) phrases—and replace them with these better ones. As yoga teachers, you probably spend countless hours curating and planning classes that fit your individual teaching style and the needs of your students. But how often do you...
Offering Hands-On Assists? Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes
After you've made sure your student wants to be touched, follow these hands-on assist upgrades. As yoga teachers, we often default to providing hands-on assistance to guide students into more comfortable asana positioning. But despite our earnest efforts, we may...
You’ll Be Ready to Move After This Short Series of Spine Stretches
It’s been said that you’re only as young as your spine is flexible, and there’s some truth to that. The spinal cord holds our lifeforce energy, so warming it up properly before any form of movement—including yoga—not only helps unleash that energy, but also supports...
What is your moon?
The other day, I was talking to a close friend who's heart had just been just broken. She had just parted ways with her significant other of one year. Just a few months prior to starting a relationship with him, she had divorced her partner of 15 years. She recounted...