Therapeutic Yoga,
Somatic Training,
Movement + Meditation

Therapeutic Yoga, Somatic Training,
Movement
+ Meditation

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What are the differences between restorative yoga and yin yoga?

It makes sense that restorative yoga and yin yoga are sometimes confused with one another. These two practices are similar in many ways. They’re both slow, receptive, calming, cooling, and often emphasize contemplative teachings. These two practices do have some essential differences, though. I often get asked how these two ...
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Yoga Posture Basics :: Legs up the Wall / Viparita Karani

There are many variations of Viparita Karani, but in today’s post, I explore a simple variation of “legs up the wall”. This posture can be used in an active, yin, or restorative yoga practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafsWN8XwFo Legs up the Wall // Viparita Karani Legs up the wall is a deeply nourishing ...
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Yoga Posture Basics :: Savasana / Corpse Pose with modifications

Savasana (corpse pose) is a resting pose often used to help us let go at the end of our yoga practice. It helps calm the mind and induce relaxation. You can also use savasana at any point in your yoga practice to integrate the movement and practices you’ve done or ...
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Myofascial Meridians: The Body is a Spiral

Myofascial Planes Over the last few posts, I’ve explored the body’s myofascial meridians, lines, planes, or sheaths. To learn more, check out my previous posts on the lateral, dorsal, ventral, and core planes. These planes are a wonderful way to understand how movement, including asana (yoga postures), affects the body’s physical ...
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Winter Solstice Meditation

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, tomorrow is the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year. Winter solstice is a magical time. The darkness asks us to slow down and reconnect to the light within. This time of year holds such a beautiful and soulful energy. It ...
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Myofascial Meridians: Strengthen Your Core

Myofascial Sheaths Over the last couple of posts, I’ve been exploring the myofascial meridians, lines, planes, or sheaths of the body. Follow along for an exploration of the body’s planes by signing up for the series here.  These planes are a fantastic way to understand how movement, including asana (yoga postures), ...
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Myofascial Meridians: Open the Ventral Plane

Myofascial Sheaths The myofascial lines, planes, or sheaths provide a helpful map for understanding how positive and negative stress patterns are relayed and transferred through the body’s structures. Follow along for an exploration of the planes of the body by signing up for the series here. The Ventral Plane The ...
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Myofascial Meridians: Release the Back Body

Myofascial Planes The myofascial lines, meridians, planes, or sheaths provide a helpful map for understanding how positive and negative stress patterns are relayed and transferred through the body’s structures. When studying human structure, we often treat individual anatomical parts as separate from the rest. This, of course, is not true; ...
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Myofascial Meridians: Release the Lateral Sheath

Myofascial Sheaths When studying and discussing the human body, we often treat individual anatomical parts as separate from the rest. This, of course, is not true; everything in the body is deeply interconnected. One way anatomical structures connect to (and are affected by) one another is through the fascia, which ...
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Building Intelligence and Strength in the Feet and Legs for Stability and Grounding

The feet are the foundation of the body. The 33 joints and the 26 bones in the foot constantly move and make small articulations based on the forces the body is bearing. Ultimately, any incongruence in our posture or alignment (day to day and in our asana practice) will show ...
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