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 …
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Posture Clinic: October 1
The first online Posture Clinic of my *7 Weeks to Better Posture* course is this week! See details below. All students enrolled in this course are invited to attend. Please RSVP to info@christydeburton.com for Zoom link. Posture Clinic Thursday, October 1, 7-7:30pm Online Zoom session This is an opportunity to touch base and ask any …
What the Re-Opening of Fitness Centers Means for The Yoga Room
Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently announced that gyms and fitness centers in southeastern Michigan could re-open on Sept 9, 2020. In case you were wondering how this might affect group classes here at The Yoga Room, I have written this blog post explaining how many of the qualifications to the re-opening order make them impractical at …
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Breathing Techniques From *Soothing Yoga For Stressful Times* Course
Updated June 2022: These breathing techniques are helpful for HSPs, anyone dealing with anxiety and insomnia, and any ‘hot-heads’ who just need to cool off. ;) I teach these calming breathing techniques in my upcoming ‘Yoga Chill’ Live+Virtual course. Join me; we begin July 11, 2022! I had some requests from students to compile a …
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Meet Keely, The Yoga Room’s New Mascot!
We had another socially-distanced pop-up poolside yoga class this past Saturday morning. Nine people asked to come, and I hated to turn anyone away (and luckily some of those 9 did not need to social-distance from each other), so we figured out some extra spots in the yard for everyone to be able to attend! …
Socially-Distanced Pop-Up Poolside Yoga!
Last week I wrote about the importance of having continuity to our yoga practice–how easy it had been for my husband and me to fall out of our Monday evening Yin yoga routine, and how we were motivated to get ourselves back into it because we could feel the differences in our bodies and minds. …
Continuity of Practice
Continuity of practice…that phrase has been going through my mind often over the past few weeks. My husband and I are long-time students of the Monday night Yin class at The Yoga Room. So we, of course, are grateful to have the weekly audio sessions that Christina is recording in lieu of in-person classes right …
John Earle: My Friend & ‘Spiritual Guru’
I have known John Earle since 1997, when we worked together as seasonal staff at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York for 6 months. It was fate that brought us together, as I originally had another co-worker from our seasonal staff pool who decided that Omega wasn’t right for her, and John …
A Pandemic, A Pause, And A Pivot
Acting before processing–that’s what a lot of people have been doing since the start of this pandemic, instead of taking time to pause, to gestate. I know some of us may have felt like taking time to pause was a luxury we couldn’t afford. I personally felt like that when I started seeing so many …
5 Senses Meditation
Get out in Nature and join me for this short ‘5 Senses’ Meditation. It would be a fun one to do with kids, but really it’s just a great practice in present moment awareness for people of any age!