I am here to tell you: perimenopause can do a number on your body. If you want to be proactive in finding natural ways to alleviate your perimenopause symptoms–as opposed to popping pills–check out my series of 5 blog posts with lifestyle changes you can make (links at the bottom of this post). My topic …
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Do you have high blood pressure (or a genetic predisposition for it)? In my Continuing Education Training over the past several years I have taken courses on yoga for high blood pressure, or hypertension (HTN), with Dr. Tim McCall and Dr. Baxter Bell. Both shared scientific data regarding the benefits of yoga on HTN, including …
Over the past few years as I’ve been doing research on yoga and aging, I’ve come across several recommendations from experts saying that as you get older your workout routine should change. In particular, the general consensus is that the length of your workouts should get shorter. Yes, you heard that right! Less exercise! The …
You know how you have those incidents that stick in your mind long after they’ve occurred? One of my favorite student stories about the importance of relaxation is one that has stuck in my mind for almost a decade now. Allow me to share… A number of years ago I had a student who was …
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Osteoporosis–a condition in which bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes as we age, a calcium or vitamin D deficiency, corticosteroid therapy, excessive alcohol use, smoking, rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes –affects 1 in 10 women in their 60s, 1 in 5 in their 70s, 2 in …
I recently wrote a blog post about Text Neck as a supplement to the audio sequences I recorded as part of my *7 Weeks to Better Posture* course. My yoga classes always have very thought-out intentions behind them. My intention for this sequence is to help you bring greater awareness to the placement of your neck …
Do you have text neck? If you’re leaning over your phone right now to read this, chances are you do! Did you know that shoulder tension happens more because our head is not positioned correctly on top of shoulders (forward head) versus from stress? The first sign of posture deterioration — forward head, or ‘text …
Do you sit at a desk or work on a computer all day? Are you looking down at your phone right now to read this? Are you neck, shoulders, or back killing you? Are you feeling and seeing the effects of aging in your body, ie. hunched shoulders or osteoporosis? Our posture affects everything: our …
Plantar fasciitis is a pretty common complaint that I hear from yoga students. Since I just had another student asking me about it I thought I would post these two short videos from some anatomy-based yoga teachers here so that you can educate yourself in the hopes of preventing plantar fasciitis yourself, or mitigating it …
Updated April 2024 If you’re over 40, you’ve probably observed that your balance just isn’t what it used to be. For me, it started with noticing how much more unsteady I felt in my Warrior 3 poses. I know some of you can relate! So why does balance become more difficult as we age? Here …
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