Your Summer Yoga Re-start: Yoga Foundations
It’s been a spell since the last time I popped in your feed, friend. I hope you’re having a WONDERFUL summer break, getting some much-needed sunshine and fresh air, and appreciating the time of year where you can slip-on sandals and pop out the door...
Core Strengthening Basics
In this class, expect a review of our foundational shapes: tabletop, down dog, and mountain pose (tadasana). We’re building into muscular engagement in our yoga shapes and preparing for some more yoga breakdowns in the next few days. > This may be a practice that...
Yoga for Better Posture
Alignment in body – in other words the muscular and skeletal alignments of your body in a physical yoga practice – leads to greater integrity, stronger muscles, and better posture. Alignment in body-mind-breath brings it a step farther: rewiring your...
Introducing Yoga Foundations
Have you been practicing studio yoga for a while? Maybe you’ve dropped into a couple of classes, and you would like to understand a little more about what you’re doing on the mat and why? Maybe your physician or therapist suggested trying yoga, but you...
Foundations of Tabletop Pose
This simple, foundation pose is a cornerstone of many yoga shapes. It’s simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Through understanding this shape, you’ll have all the tools you need to create a safe, strong downward dog. Because this pose can be a lot on the hands...
Yoga for Mental Clarity
Today we’re exploring Mantra, or a single-pointed focus that brings together mind, body, and actions. It is the essence of yoga: alignment, one-ness, union. In practice beyond the mat, this skill of alignment leads to greater mental focus, better routines, and a...
Gentle Yoga for Presence
We begin this gentle yoga practice with back and spine care and a short awareness meditation using gentle guided breath. This is a great practice to do at the bookends of the day: when you first wake up or when you are preparing for sleep. In this class, we’re...
Gentle Yoga for Ease
In this floor-based practice, we’ll begin on the ground, offering care to the back and shoulders, with some key supportive alignments to help the small muscles in the neck, shoulders, and spine begin to relax. From there, we’ll open up the base of the body: legs,...
Gentle Yoga for Hips
In this class, we’ll dive into movements in the hips and pelvis. It will provide more support and space for your body to adapt to larger range of motion in the largest joint in the body. Why hips and pelvis? I am so glad you asked! The hips and pelvis, and the angle...About Me
Julie Love Gagen
Owner, 200-hr E-RYT
