by Catherine Carrigan | Jul 31, 2013 | Blog
It is a great idea to find a yoga teacher you enjoy studying with. That way you can continue to grow. Many of my students have been studying with me literally the entire time I have been teaching yoga. We get to grow together, both as students and myself as a teacher...
by Catherine Carrigan | Jul 31, 2013 | Blog
One of the things I like best about yoga practice is that it’s exactly that – not theory, not a performance. It’s a practice. Yoga is not theory because no matter how many yoga books you read or how deep you get into yoga philosophy, at the end of the day it’s...
by Catherine Carrigan | Jul 31, 2013 | Blog
When I am too tired to do any other yoga pose, I put my butt against a blank wall and swing my legs up. This is my go-to yoga pose when the energy to do anything else is not available. In this pose, my lymph starts circulating. My blood pressure evens out. My breath...
by Catherine Carrigan | Jul 31, 2013 | Blog
Given that my hobbies, beading and knitting, call for me to be rounded over my projects, I am always looking for ways to balance my posture. We all spend too much time schlumped in front of a computer or steering wheel, bending over small children or the kitchen sink....
by Catherine Carrigan | Jul 31, 2013 | Blog
I feel like I am doing something really good for myself when I perform shoulder stand, as Mr. Iyengar argues it is the most beneficial of all the yoga poses. I like the fact that doing a shoulder stand will help to regulate my thyroid. I do best if I use blankets...
