by Mindy Arbuckle | Nov 6, 2018 | Monthly Inspiration, Yoga and Your Health
Bhramari Pranayama or Bumble Bee Breath, is a soothing pranayama practice that has wonderful and sometimes immediate effects. This technique is very simple. Inhale fully through both nostrils and hum for the length of the exhale. In a nutshell that’s it. Humming...
by Mindy Arbuckle | Oct 19, 2018 | Asana (Postures), Monthly Inspiration
Now that you are feeling safe and stable in your headstands, the next objective is to take your practice away from the wall. Move into your headstand in the exact same ways you have been consciously controlling the entry at the wall. (If you are still kicking up and...
by Mindy Arbuckle | Oct 19, 2018 | Asana (Postures), Monthly Inspiration
In the first blog post of this series, we discovered how to find the crown of the head and the safe introductory practices to begin moving into headstand. Here, we will gain more strength, steady our alignment and build confidence to fully invert the body. Let’s...
by Mindy Arbuckle | Oct 4, 2018 | Asana (Postures), Monthly Inspiration
Headstand is one of those classical yoga postures that you either love or hate. There’s very little middle ground when it comes to this pose. No matter which side of the spectrum you are on for what ever reason you are there (injury, fear, feeling like a kid...
by Mindy Arbuckle | Oct 3, 2018 | Healing Thyself, Monthly Inspiration, Yoga Wisdom
I love looking at the historical texts of yoga to learn more about its essence. Somewhere between 500-1500 years ago a sage named Patanjali wrote down for the first time a system of yoga that still exists today in a book called The Yoga Sutras. He likely wrote down...
by Mindy Arbuckle | Sep 5, 2018 | Healing Thyself, Meditation, Monthly Inspiration, Yoga Wisdom
I breathe in. I know I am breathing in. I breathe out. I know I am breathing out. I settle into my body and feel myself just as I am, in this moment and let go of comparing myself to who I was in the past, who I want to become and to other people. I am me. I am...
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