Tight Neck Muscles – Lean Away from It!
Today I had a student come up to me and ask me what she could do about her tight neck. She pointed to the space on the left side of her neck and down into her upper shoulder area. She…
Are Three Flights of Stairs Daunting?
When our bodies are called to duty, will they perform? Can we lift something heavy, trek up a hill, wipe up a spill on the floor? Funny thing about these types of physical movements is that we never know when…
Bum Shoulder? Bum Knee?
I get it now! I know why the term "bum shoulder or "bum knee" are often used to describe an area of our body that is not quite working at its optimum. It's because that part of our body was…
Why Yoga is Good for Grieving
Sensations of heaviness, thickness, inertia and sadness is how many describe the feeling of grief. It is as though the life energy in our bodies is dammed up and cannot move. We can feel stuck, immobile and unmotivated. Grief comes…
We are not just our Bones, Muscles and Joints
I finally got it. I finally understand why Yoga is so powerful. Not because it challenges us to do crazy movements or heat up our body to extreme temperatures. But, rather it is much more subtle. It teaches us to…
On Your Birthday, Do This!
I had the pleasure of speaking to a local Women's Group today that meet on a monthly basis for tea, conversation and good works. Most of them were between the ages of 60 and 90 and we had a great…
Meet the Creator of Chair Yoga, Mary Cavanaugh
Do you remember your first Yoga class? When you had no idea if you were doing things the "right way"? Or when you asked your body to do something and it said "no way!" If you stuck with your Yoga…
What Is Normal Aging?
Something happens to our bodies as we enter midlife. No matter if you have been a health nut or exercise fanatic your whole life, or tend toward the couch potato syndrome, or anywhere in between..... some changes seem to be inevitable.…
Really Personal, Really True – Yoga for Mental Health
Do you know that your personality and temperament get etched into your physical structure? The mind and the body dance together. If your mind is heavy with worry, anxiousness or pain - you are bearing a heavy load and your…
Straight as a Pencil!
When I first really started embracing the study of Anatomy, I found it so incredibly logical and magical! Take for instance our joints. Our joints hate compression (think knee pain when walking up the steps)... but our joints love extension…