Jivana Heyman – Yoga Cielo Stellato

A Fresh Look at the Eight-Limbed Path

Can you see the progression from one limb to the next? All eight are important to our personal and planetary development.

Fail Better, Yoga Style

[Failure] illuminates the limits of the body and mind, not so we can overcome them through sheer force, but so we can love them more. How else can we become whole (healed) without completely embracing our mistakes and our failures? This quote is from Jivana Heyman, founder of Accessible Yoga and author of two booksContinue reading “Fail Better, Yoga Style”

Yoga People: Addie deHilster

It’s fascinating to see the circuitous ways that some of the best teachers come to yoga. Take Addie deHilster, creator of Moved to Meditate, an Internet site dedicated to all forms of slow yoga practice. As a music major, Addie found herself constantly critiqued, growing increasingly frustrated, grumpy, and edgy. When a friend suggested sheContinue reading “Yoga People: Addie deHilster”

Making Down Dog Accessible

Adho Mukha Svanasana, or Down Dog, strengthens and stretches multiple muscle groups in the arms, legs, core, and back. It’s the basis of most vinyasa classes, where some iteration of Surya Namaskar. or Sun Salutation, connects different asanas. Downward Dog is a simple inversion, bringing all the benefits of placing one’s head lower than theContinue reading “Making Down Dog Accessible”

My Knee Wants Its Say (a personal interlude)

I’ve been sidelined this week by the voice of my unrepentant right knee, which currently insists that it doesn’t want to bend. This knee has been troublesome every since that time I almost died in Patagonia (a phrase I love to throw around that exaggerates a hiking mishap outside of Ushuaia, Argentina), but lately it’sContinue reading “My Knee Wants Its Say (a personal interlude)”

Gratitude For My Sanghas

Hello, all. It’s the day of the Winter Solstice, and I just had the privilege of teaching a yoga class that started right as the sun was at apogee, or the furthest point from the earth. Because Tuesdays are my day to teach Yin and restorative poses, the class was slow, with an emphasis onContinue reading “Gratitude For My Sanghas”

Yoga People: De Jur Jones

I first learned about tree inequity from De Jur when we met to discuss yoga over high tea in downtown Los Angeles. For the similarly uninitiated: studies have shown that low-income areas have less trees. Because of this, these neighborhoods are hotter. In addition, residents are more eight percent more more likely to experience heatContinue reading “Yoga People: De Jur Jones”