Yoga

Benefits of Shavasana

Yoga poses can vary greatly in intensity and skill required for execution. While many yoga poses expend energy, some are intended to...

Are Yoga's Health Benefits from Postures, Pranayama or Both?

Over the last few decades, interest in the science of yoga has increased both in the lay and scientific communities. The number of...

Immediate Benefit of Vinyasa Yoga after a Single Class

Most yoga research touts mental and physical health benefits from 1 to 6 months of consistent yoga practice. Much less is known about the...

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Does Yoga Burn Calories?

Over the last decade, I’ve come to realize how misunderstood the practice of yoga is particularly among those who’ve had little to no...

Getting Black Women Engaged in Yoga

It’s been awhile since my last post and I wanted to start by saying hello and thanks for reading. These past few months have been...

Benefits of Slow Breathing

Breathing is not only fundamental to sustaining life, but also has many health benefits. Pranayama is one of the 8 limbs of yoga and is...

Benefits of Vinyasa Flow: Focus on the Upward Dog, Downward Dog Transition

Forward fold, plank, upward facing dog, downward facing dog, a sequence we flow through time and time again in a typical vinyasa or...

Yoga at Home: Is it Safe?

Yoga: No Sweat Required?

Temperatures are on the rise in yoga studios across the globe. Hot yoga was previously an option for those wanting to sweat it out from...