Welcome to the 2020, 21-day yoga challenge! Start here: sit a spell, breathe mindfully and smile.
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Jan
26
What is the 21-day yoga challenge?
Is there something you know so well that you assume everyone else knows it just as you do? That is my shortcoming I have about the 21-day yoga challenge. Read on to receive a brief tutorial on what, when, why and how the 21-day yoga challenge works. This year’s challenge begins Saturday, February 29th and runs through Friday, …
Dec
21
Welcome Winter, Welcome Light
Today is the winter solstice, usually noted as the shortest day of the year. However, the earth conducts its rotation regardless of imprints on our calendars and often the 21st of December and the shortest day of the year do not coincide. Not unlike how you and I might be off a bit in our rotation, especially …
Dec
21
Day 21! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 21: Savasana with Legs on a Chair The Pose: Our last day of our 21-day yoga challenge to release, restore & rebalance offers the pose enjoyed at the end of traditional yoga classes. Savasana is the resting pose or the corpse pose and the pose …
Dec
20
Day 20! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 20: Supta Baddha Konasana ~ Reclining Bound Angle Pose or Queen’s Pose The Pose: Supta Baddha Konasana can be set up in a myriad of ways. A minimalist can simply recline and take the bottoms of the feet together. In our version today, we’ll offer it with …
Dec
19
Day 19! 21-Day Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 19: Upavistha Konasana ~ Supported Wide Angle Forward Fold The Pose: Our version of this seated wide-legged forward fold is meant to help you draw inward and therefore your must be comfortable to do so. Just as in uttanasana, tight hamstrings can make comfort a far-away goal. …
Dec
18
Day 18! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
Day 18: Supported Uttanansana ~ Supported Standing Forward Fold with a Chair The Pose: Uttanasana or forward fold is traditionally practiced from tadasana or mountain pose. From this aligned position the core is engaged, shoulder blades draw down the back and your collar bones broaden. As you begin to hinge at the hips to …
Dec
17
Day 17! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 17: Seated Marjariasana and Bitilasana ~ Seated Cat and Cow Cat and Cow (Click to see the video and thank you Jeri Rowe for being our model today!) The Pose: Cat and Cow pose flexes and extends the spine — another vital movement for the health …
Dec
16
Day 16! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 16: Seated Twist from a Chair The Pose: One of the important practices in yoga is the attention paid to the movement of the spine. Through flexion, extension, side-body openings and rotation of the spine you access all the movements and all the benefits. Yesterday, …
Dec
15
Day 15! 21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance
21-Day Yoga Challenge to Release, Restore & Rebalance Day 15: Supported Adho Mukha Svanasana ~ Downward Facing Dog Adho Mukha Svanasana or Downward Facing Dog is a staple in many yoga classes. In sun salutations, it is the basis from which the other postures flow into and from. It is a pose to help your body …