When is the last time you had 30 minutes to think about NOTHING? As a yoga instructor, it probably comes as no surprise to you that I enjoy the practice (and will make the case to anyone and everyone that they should try it, too). But even when I think I've experienced the best parts …
Ice, Ice Baby: The Ultimate Post-Hot Yoga Cool-Down Drink
Those of you who read this blog semi-regularly know how much I love hot yoga. It's the perfect workout for building endurance, strengthening, stretching, and toning muscle... all while literally sweating off the extra pounds. I especially love hot yoga during Montana's long winter months. Nothing obliterates that bone-chilling winter frost like holding Lotus Pose …
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New Season, New Start
Check out upcoming opportunities to get back into the fall fitness routine!
Kitchen Sink Drink
Make this drink on a hot summer day and toast to your good health.
The Power of Weakness: Embracing Our Physical Limits
Find out how I learned to embrace my physical limits, and how you can live up to your greatest potential by doing the same.
Using Yoga to Channel Grief + Loss
Yoga is widely praised for its benefits to the mind and body. Most revere it as a method of relieving stress, finding focus, and establishing a quiet sense of calm. Yoga is all of this to me, as well, but it also serves another very important function: a means of finding closure and moving on …
New Health Fads You Should Know: Celery Juice
This past weekend, my family and I enjoyed a visit with my mom and her husband, who traveled all the way up to Montana from coastal California. As cheesy as it sounds, my mom is an awesome health resource, always scouring the latest headlines for the Next Big Thing. This trip, she introduced us to …
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How to Do Yoga (Without Doing Yoga)
You've heard me talk about how adding a touch of yoga to your life or workout routine can greatly enhance your day-to-day performance. Yoga is widely known to improve muscle tone and endurance while increasing range of motion and flexibility. Doing it regularly can help head off injury and make your non-yogi pursuits much more …
Advice From a Yogi: Do Less Yoga?
I'll let you in on a little secret: I don't love yoga... at least, not ALL the time. I know, I know. As a yoga teacher, I probably shouldn't be admitting this publicly. Or should I? A lot of folks out there think of yoga as "all-or-nothing." There's a common misconception that you either love …