Legs Up the Wall, Yoga Tips for Digestion & Circulation Legs Up the Wall Yoga Posture Relieve tension and stress quickly with this simple, restorative yoga pose! Lie on your back with your sit-bones as close to the wall as possible. Extend your legs up the wall so your backs of legs are resting on […]
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Retreating and Replenishing with a Yoga Retreat
We all need time to retreat and replenish…Yoga Retreat We all need time to retreat and replenish, taking time away from our busy lives. However most women and men don’t invest their time or money in this essential practice of life. To keep a balance and remain healthy you need to be sure you are […]
Seated Spinal Twist
Seated Spinal Twist Stretch the spine, shoulders and hips, massage the abdominal organs, relieve stress and improve digestion. Sit on the floor, and stretch your legs out in front of you. Bend the right knee placing your foot on the floor. Cross your right foot over the left leg and use your left arm to […]
Breathing With Intention
Breathing With Intention Breathing is an essential part of a yoga practice. In yoga or in everyday life, when you breathe with intention it is clearing, balancing and strengthening to your mind, body and spirit. Here is a simple exercise that will bring a powerful intention to your breath. 1. Sit comfortably on the floor or […]
Yoga For The Heart – Heart Poses
Heart Poses with Karen Enjoy these simple heart-opening poses! Stretch and expand your heart center, increase circulation to the heart and support lowering blood pressure. Open Heart Pose 1 Sit with your legs crossed on the floor or in a chair comfortably seated. Raise the arms into a V position. You may open […]
Balancing Table Pose (Dandayamna Bharmanasana)
Balancing Table Pose 1. Position your body on your hands and knees with your spine in neutral. This position is called Table Pose. Inhale the right leg up parallel to the floor, reaching the toes back. 2. Begin focusing your gaze between the palms, slowly inhale the left arm up parallel to the floor, reaching […]
The Benefits of Tree Pose (Vrksasana)
The benefits of practicing the Tree Pose: • Stretches your inner thighs, groin and shoulders. • Strengthens your thighs, calves, core, and foot muscles. • Strengthens your posture. • Calms and relaxes your mind and central nervous system. • Develops balance. • Increases your mind / body awareness. Steps for the Tree Pose: 1. Stand […]
Kundalini – Enhance Healing, Vitality and Spiritual Strength
Kundalini yoga is a branch of yoga which increases healing, vitality, intuition and awareness. Yoga postures are combined with breathing and guided meditation, which target the whole body system (organs, nervous system, endocrine system, brain, chakras). Kundalini cultivates the creative spiritual potential to live from love and compassion. The practice supports prevention of disease, increases […]
Yoga – The Best Medicine There Is
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years as an ancient art to harmonize the body, mind and spirit. The specific bodily positions used in yoga increases strength, flexibility, balance, enhances clarity of mind, and also improves the functioning of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive and hormonal systems. Practicing on a regular basis will realign and […]
Yoga And Healing In Paradise!
Many powerful and magical experiences occurred on our Mexico Yoga and Healing Yoga Retreat in Nuevo Vallarta this past week. As I reflect from my beautiful room overlooking the ocean, I realize how special our time was together. Firstly, the resort is beautiful, friendly, extremely safe and helpful in every way. We were completely taken […]
