Topics and Practices
Yoga at the Virtual Y (2024)
Practice 45 min. of Yoga Flow class with me! These are livestreams from the Virtual Y, which has free classes on YouTube every day!
Yoga for Hand & Wrist Strength
Practice building strength in the hands and wrists—part of a 5-class series on Yoga for Upper Body Strength at the Virtual Y.
Yoga Practice #7: A Gentle Practice for All
This gentle yoga class takes the time to walk through some basics and emphasizes the unity of body, breath and mind. A freely-available studio-length practice!
Yoga Practice #6: Activating Your “Solar” Center
This yoga class teaches how to tap and build the power of our inner sun! A freely-available studio-length practice.
The Silver Linings in Pandemic Skies
How living through a pandemic taught me lessons about presence, space, discipline, equity and stress.
Yoga Practice #5: In the Sivananda Style
An intermediate class in the style of the Sivananda school of yoga. This is a full, studio-length practice that moves with poses through the chakras!
Short Asana Practices: Preparing for Meditation
Two short yoga asana practices that help prepare the spine and hips for meditation.
Yoga Practice #4: Sustaining a Calm, “Lunar” Mind
An intermediate class with lots of variations! This is a full, studio-length practice incorporating breath work, asana (postures) and meditation at the end.
Yoga Practice #3: Gentle & Balanced
A Gentle Yoga class for all levels! This is a full, studio-length class incorporating breath work, asana (postures) and meditation at the end.
Yoga Practice #2: Activating Your Central Line (suṣumnā nāḍī)
A 90 minute yoga and meditation practice. The theme is our “central line” or “sacred stream” … the energy in the region of the spine. Includes meditation at the end.
Yoga Practice #1: Balancing the front and back of the body
A 75 minute yoga practice whose theme is “Balancing the front and back of the body.” Includes meditation at the end.
Mindfulness + Movement + Meditation
Practice a 30 min. of quieting mindful meditation, with a small amount of slow flowing movement.
Gentle Yoga Classes (2022)
Practice a 30 min. gentle class with me! Recorded at the Virtual Y.
Yoga Flow Class (30 min.)
Practice a 30 min. Yoga Flow class with me! This recording is courtesy of the Virtual Y.
Chair Yoga Practices
Practice a few physical postures anytime, anywhere! Here are some 20 minute practices that can be done from your chair.
Meditation: Where Do I Begin?
The topic of meditation can be confusing to beginners. Learn a few things about the practice of meditation within the yoga tradition.
Becoming Centered: Sway the Spine Meditation
A meditation to activat the susumna nadi… where we “sway the spine.” In order to achieve any higher purpose in life, we need to learn how to become and remain centered.
Quieting the Mind: Still Lake Meditation
The Still Lake of the Mind meditation is a “lunar practice,” a meditation for making the mind more cool, calm and reflective.
A-ha Moments: Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater
A review of Judith Hanson Lasater’s Living Your Yoga, highlighting my personal “a-ha” moments.