Accessibility and Yoga
Allihopa is a colloquial Swedish term meaning “every body.” It’s also the name of Rodrigo Souza’s accessible and adaptive yoga community. I was so lit up by Rodrigo’s online workshop with Love Your Brain last week. More than 50 of us logged on to learn from his story and practice yoga together. The practice was open […]
Arthritis and Yoga
Yoga practices are so varied and adaptable that there is something helpful for everyone. I picked up a stack of books at my local library the other day. Yoga Therapy for Arthritis, Yoga for Diabetes, Yoga for Osteoporosis, Yoga for Grief and Loss, Yoga Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, and Yoga for Cancer. Most of these […]
You don’t have to be flexible like Simone Biles to do yoga
Images like the one above give us the impression that we should be able to compete with gymnast Simone Biles to be good at yoga. I led a small group through a grief yoga practice the other day. A few days before the class, two thirds of my students got in touch to warn me […]
Can I do yoga if I’m dying?
“Well, the people at our hospice wouldn’t be doing that.” This is what someone told me at an event I went to on the weekend when I said I specialized in yoga for people at the end of life. It’s understandable that people think yoga is not for the dying. We’ve all seen Instagram-worthy photos […]