6 tips for practising yoga in winter

A while back, I wrote a post on practising yoga in the cold , and got some great replies and tips in the comments. A friend of mine commente...

Pranayama and Pain Relief: A guest post

This is the first installment in a series of guest posts about Yoga and Healing.  Stay tuned for more - and if you have a story to contribut...

The Fourth Branch of Yoga: Pranayama (Toning down Agitation through Breath Practice)

by Ram Irises in Monet's Garden by Claude Monet In the Sadhana Pada of the  Yoga Sutras  by Patanjali we are introduced to the concept o...

Friday Q&A: Breath Practices for Anxiety

Statue and Bird by Melina Meza Q: I’ve been having bouts of anxiety lately, especially first thing in the morning after I wake up. Is there...

Friday A: The Three-Part Breath

Ladder by Melina Meza Q: I was taught the way to breathe is through the belly to the chest and ending in the sternum area.  I saw a video fr...

My (Almost) Two-Year-Old Taught Me Pranayama

I once heard David Swenson say that smoking would be a pretty healthy habit if it weren't for all the smoke. I mean, think about it. Smo...

Balancing Your Nervous System with Alternate Nostril Breathing

by Timothy Mountain, Sky, Clouds by Melina Meza In my last post Pranayama for Everyone: Bhramari Breath I wrote about the importance of pran...

Pranayama for Everyone: Bhramari Breath Practice

by Timothy Bee and Flower by Melina Meza One of the dirty secrets of the yoga world is how few yoga practitioners—and how few teachers—do pr...

Energetic Imbalance, Ashtanga practice, pranayama, and predominantly male abuses of power

Recently, I have been thinking quite a bit about what the Ashtanga practice does to us. Not so much on a physical level, but more on an ener...