"Tune into your breath, notice your inhales and exhales, inhale and exhale, big breath in, sigh out through an open mouth, sink into the pose with your exhale, soften with your exhale, just breathe, notice where you feel your breath, biggest breath … [Read more...] about How Breathing Deepens Your Practice
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Sand Bags and Eye Pillows
Sand grounds me, it calms me, it makes me feel secure and safe. A sandbag on my chest slows a racing heart and helps me quiet my mind. A sandbag across my lower belly makes me feel more connected to the earth beneath me. The same sandbag on a hip … [Read more...] about Sand Bags and Eye Pillows
How-To: Extended Puppy Pose
This pose makes me smile because I can picture my dogs Rosie and Bailey stretching, inviting each other to play with a similar playful bow. When I don’t want to be as compressed as a child’s pose makes me, and I don’t want something as active as … [Read more...] about How-To: Extended Puppy Pose