Advanced arm balance series: Pinca Mayurasana

Hi folks! By now, you know the drill.  You can chaturanga like a boss.  You’ve experimented with crow pose and headstand. Maybe you even connected your crow pose to your headstand.  What’s next?  Well, Pinca Mayurasana (forearm stand) is an excellent next step.  It is a great inversion to help you build toward handstand, which…

Arm Balance Series: Sirsasana

If you’ve made it this far, you are a champ!  So you’ve perfected your chaturanga and started to fly your crow in bakasana…  Now what???  Part of the process of exploring our third chakra is rising above our fears.  A great way to do this is in sirsasana (supported headstand)!  Look.  I know many of…

Arm Balance Series: Warm-up and Chaturanga Dandasana

It has been a while since my last post!  I apologize for the delay, lovelies, but life has been hella hectic over here.  This past weekend at Yoga School was focused on the third chakra, Muladhara.  This chakra center is located approximately at your navel and is associated with fire and its transformative properties.  Sometimes…

Dosha, Dosha, Dosha

…Or in other words, the yogi version of Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. Last weekend we had a crash course in Ayurveda. Not going to lie, it is A LOT of information, but knowing a few small concepts can drastically improve your life. So what is Ayurveda? The term “ayurveda” comes from the Sanskrit words Ayur (life)…

Yoga teacher orientation!!!

I want to share with you all some useful information that came up through one of my first assignments for yoga teacher training.  Following this, I will try to post twice a week, breaking down poses step by step so you can try them at home!