by julie gagen | Aug 15, 2021 | How to Start Yoga
As a long, well studied, and mature movement practice, yoga’s rich culture and philosophy offers relevant, useful, and on-the-mark ways of viewing the practical aspects of physical practice with a depth and richness. Today, we’re going to give you an introduction to...
by julie gagen | Aug 6, 2021 | How to Start Yoga
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...
by julie gagen | Aug 3, 2021 | How to Start Yoga
In this light seated class, we’re introducing some concepts we’ll dive into later in this series: cultivating internal awareness (Pratyahara or Interoception) and also bringing awareness to the breath. Through light, connected movements, we’ll begin the coordination...
by julie gagen | Aug 1, 2021 | How to Start Yoga
This class is a beginning point that begins to answer the question: What is Yoga? In popular culture, we’re lead to believe that yoga is a set of accessible stretches on the ground. And while that is partly true, it is such a limited perspective on what yoga is. ...
by julie gagen | Jul 30, 2021 | How to Start Yoga
How do I sit in yoga class without hurting my knees? Yogi, this is something that comes up again and again in conversation with friends and family that are interested in starting yoga and have tender or sore knees, past knee surgeries, or just don’t love the...