On Valentine’s Day, Open Your Heart

What does it mean to “open your heart?” To most yoga practitioners this term refers to postures that anatomically open the chest area, including asanas that bring the shoulder blades together including backbends. When you bring your shoulder blades together during Bridge pose, or when you do Came... Read More

Strong bones for long life!

Bone is a living tissue. The processes of bone building and bone breakdown are lifelong processes. However, when bone breakdown exceeds the body’s ability to build bone, bones get thinner and weaker. Contrary to what most people think, bones are not solid structures. They are made up of a network... Read More

Thinking Back to the Spine

When I was a kid, if I ran to my mother to complain about being left out of a game, or about being bullied or pushed around by other kids, she used to tell me to “grow a backbone” and then would send me back out with further instruction to “stick up for” myself. I wondered how I was supposed to g... Read More

Valley Soul Yoga: Realization of a Dream Studio in Waitsfield, Vermont

Before I moved to Vermont, I taught yoga in several studios and in some corporate sites. Over the years I noticed a few things….. First I noticed the lovely yoga students in the room. Many students came to my class in an attempt to use yoga to help them heal from an injury, ironically sometimes a... Read More