The pelvic floor is more than just the bedrock that supports the rest of our “building”—it houses our energy and influences how we hold ourselves while standing, sitting, walking, or having sex. In other words, the pelvic floor is key to performing our everyday activities.
Read MoreFor most of my life I’ve been a Type A, work-all-day-all-night, driven to succeed person and took pride in the fact that for years I existed on 4 hours of sleep a night. Then I hit 40. I began experiencing hip and pelvic pain, extreme PMS, ever-lingering colds that wouldn’t go away, brain fog, and eventually life-threatening anaphylaxis. As a Forrest Yoga teacher I started to weave in more self-care practices, but REST was still the elusive unicorn in attaining Balance in my life.
Read MoreLike most every woman I know, I have my own #metoo stories. It's been both a heartbreak and a relief to see so many of these stories be aired out on my social media feed. At the same time, I'm looking at my own actions as a leader and a yoga teacher who uses touch as a basic form of communication -- informed by my own privilege as a white, cisgendered woman -- and asking myself "what can I do to clean up my actions, and uplevel my ability to support my students?"
Read MoreSigning up for a yoga or Pilates teacher training is a life-changing decision, and an important moment in your physical, emotional, and spiritual evolution. Whether or not you ever intend to teach, we believe that you will be able to go deeper in this journey if you’re supported by teachers who are committed to their own ongoing practice and growth as humans, who care deeply about their students, and who treasure the opportunity to pass along their wisdom.
Read MoreMost of us know what’s good for us, but we struggle with all kinds of obstacles (both internal and external) to actually making healing choices and taking action on them. So how do you break through these blockages and make a practice that nourishes you on the deepest levels -- body, mind and Spirit? What are the keys to success? Well, it looks different for each person, but we’ve made a list of our top five signs you’re on the right track to creating something sustainable, practical and powerfully transformative!
Read MoreWe are negatively biased. It’s a part of being human. We are told to reach outward for our happiness and our sense of worth. That we really aren’t doing enough, being enough, or are good enough. You know this trap. It goes round and round until we consciously choose to interrupt the dialogue.
Read MoreAfter I gave birth to my first child, I did all the “right” things. I rested. I asked my friends and family for their help in making meals and sweeping the kitchen. I let go of my need to control my business— and rested into the support of my managers and employees and teachers. And I modified my yoga and Pilates practice to care for my weak and tired postpartum body.
Read MoreInjury, in any context, gives you an opportunity to look deeply into the situations in which you find yourself, and to learn from them. Sometimes you have to look very, very deeply, in particular, when you have old history with an injury, and it may take a very long time to unfurl.
Read MoreI just finished my first “real” yoga practice in over two months since my daughter was born. And by real, I mean twenty-five minutes of gentle postnatal yoga — mostly breathing and stretching exercises on the floor — followed by ten minutes of Savasana. The word “humbled” kept coming to me. I felt how alien my breathing was, how numb my low belly is, how weak I feel in my arms and legs, and how stiff and tight I am all over. I’m starting over.
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