Last week I decided to check out a new (well, newish) yoga studio in Seattle, Haute Yoga on Queen Anne. They offer hot yoga and power yoga classes, and despite the groan-inducing name and Lululemon profile they have a good list of teachers. When I got there the staff at the front desk were friendly, [...]

I was just looking through my RSS subscriptions, and realized I don’t have that many yoga blogs in my list. Lots of great fitness/health blogs, but it’s been a while since I’ve come across any new and interesting yoga blogs. I would love to discover a few new voices, so if you write a yoga [...]

Jenna at Simply, Naturally, Homegrown sent me an email asking about tips for choosing a yoga teacher training. She writes: I’m trying to find a yoga teacher training right now and am so overwhelmed by the process!  I want to do a month long intensive and came across your experience when doing some research and [...]

I wasn’t inspired to continue Dave Farmar’s podcast today, so I decided to do the 15 minute Ashtanga short form from David Swenson’s Ashtanga Yoga practice book. (This usually takes me about half an hour…) I switched some of the suggested poses: after the Suryas I did Trik, Parsva, and Prasarita C, followed by Marichy [...]

One of the blogs I love and read regularly is Eat, Live, Run, and in today’s post Jenna mentioned Dave Farmar’s yoga podcasts. Since I wouldn’t be able to make it to a class today I decided to give Farmar’s podcast a try. I’m usually not a big fan of DVDs or podcasts for my [...]

Wishing a healthy happy new year to everyone! The beginning of a new year always feels like a fresh start, even if I usually don’t make any new year’s resolutions. I want to use this January to recommit to my yoga practice and try to get on the mat every day. December was not a [...]