The Breath Journal

Sitting or standing all day for work or school? Try practicing dandasana or staff pose to help improve your posture, stretch your hamstrings

Life have you stressed out? Practice Uttanasana, standing forward bend, for a moment to calm your anxiety.

Restorative yoga is a gentle, supportive, and therapeutic practice and is designed to relax and restore energy. It is a practice of...

Back in St. Olaf… No wait, back in Ohio…I practiced yoga with Malini, at MP Yoga, and she was the best yoga teacher I’ve ever had. I...

Kinhin is a walking meditation that is practiced in combination with zazen or seated meditation in the Japanese Zen tradition. During...

Garudasana or Eagle pose strengthens legs, stretches shoulders and upper back. It also improves balance and coordination.

Legs up the wall is a restorative pose that's helpful for headaches and stress. Do this pose at the end of your yoga practice for savasana.

One of the great yoga poses to strengthen abdominal muscles.

Read a little bit more about me and my yoga journey.

A short description of Hatha Yoga and the structure of my weekly Hatha Yoga class.

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This is what my yoga practice is all about.

A flavorful, Ayurveda inspired bean and veggie soup.

Notice your breath in your back body in balasana, Child's pose.

Honor the moon in this pose.

If you do no other yoga pose, do this one. So many benefits to the body from shoulders to hamstrings.

This is one of my favorite poses. I like to sit in baddha konasana while watching a show, with my back against the coffee table.

Find stability and strength in Warrior 1, by feeling Earth's energy come up your feet and into your hands as you reach for the sky.

Read this post to find out what to bring to your yoga class.