Manifesting and chakras are both common topics in the yoga world. Today we are going to look at manifesting with the chakra system! Chakras are energy centers in your body aligned from the base of the spine to the top of your head. We will be looking at the seven…

Shakti (Sanskrit transliteration is Śakti) is the divine feminine energy that pervades our world. It is creativity, power, and matter. Everything on this earth is made up of shakti energy. It’s all shakti, patterns and patterns of shakti.  Activating your shakti is a way to tap into the oneness and…

It is that time of year again when the transitions of late summer move into fall.  Many of us feel this as “back to school” time. Whether you have children or not we all feel this energetic and physical shift in the air.  Something changes. Your yoga class is a…

Yoga has been a part of my life since I was 20 – a young college woman traveling the world looking for balance and health. That’s when I picked up my first yoga book and started to practice the breathing and physical practices.  A few years later I discovered the…

I’ve had a couple interesting conversations recently about the fact that we don’t have mirrors within the practice space at my yoga studio.  To me it seems quite clear why we don’t have them. And yet, through my conversations I realize that we are a bit of an aberration for…

Full stop.  Just breathe.  Most of us tend not to breathe very well or very consciously.  Do you know if you are a chest breather or a belly breather? If you tend to breathe primarily up in the chest, it is an accelerator to your stress levels.  If you use…