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Below you will find exclusive yoga videos and blogs to support your practice. You can also use the search bar if there is something specific you are looking for. Should you have any requests, please feel free to submit them using the comment form at the bottom. These videos are meant to support your growth as a yogi and to help you look inward to better understand your body. Every single body is unique, and it’s important to acknowledge that some of these techniques might unlock tremendous freedom, while others may not be suitable. Please be mindful as you explore, and if you are ever unclear on whether or not something will be good for you, please see a specialist to help guide you properly into your body. Thank you for practicing with me, and enjoy the free yoga resources!

Compass Pose

COMPASS POSE 3 KEY TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITYCOMPASSTechnique Makes Everything Easier Technique is like following an instructional guide that your body celebrates upon reading. The body, like all things in nature, has a certain timing that when followed will...

Samskaras and Neuroplasticity

Dissolve Thought, Emotion, and Behavioral Patterns Does your family put your spiritual practice to the test? Have you been making leaps and bounds through your yoga or meditation practice - feeling better day to day, learning to take a breath in the challenging...

Spanda: Secret of Life

Life's Little Secret What is Spanda Spanda is one of the foundational teachings from the ancient tantric philosophies. To be clear, I am referring to the yoga traditions not the modern westernized term for sexual practices. Spanda refers to the pulse of the universe,...

200 hour training Questions

THE BIG DECISIONYou are likely here because you have been considering taking your 200-hour training but you aren't sure if it's right for you, what you will learn, who you should take it with, or where you should go to take it. It is a big decision and a commitment...

The Transformation Equation

A.C.T. Deep inside every one of us there exists a desire to be the best we can be during this short time that we have here in this life. It may be covered up by insecurities, shame, guilt, or the business of our day-to-day. You owe it to yourself to live a life...

UNLOCK YOUR HIPS

OUTER HIP STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY FOR THE LOW BACK AND S.I. JOINT THE LOW BACK AND S.I. JOINTLow back pain or S.I. Joint instability are quite common for many people and the cause seems to be a mystery. What most people don't realize is that pain is usually the...

Lifting The Arches of Your Feet

Is your foundation trong? Setting the foundation of any posture is arguably the most important step you can take aside from breathing of course, which you can simply consider a part of the foundation. You probably have heard me talk about the foundation of arm...

Triangle Pose: Trick to Avoid Hip Impingement

Triangle Pose Triangle pose is an iconic posture in yoga that has tremendous benefits for increasing hip range of motion by creating more flexibility of the hamstrings and adductors (inner thigh muscles). There are several potential strength benefits that triangle...

find your seat

3 BEST SEATED MEDITATION POSTURES Find Your Seat: 3 Ways to Sit without Knee, Hip or Back Pain!Find Your SeatLet's go over the 3 best seated meditation postures and find out which one is right for you. The deep benefits of seated meditation are well known to have been...

4 Exercises For The Ankles and Feet

Move better, feel better Strengthening our Foundation Walking on the streets of some of my favorite European cities, I took note of how tired the muscles of my feet and lower legs were. Although I consider myself to be a rather in shape human being, during the winter...

Avoid Hamstring Tendonitis “Yoga Butt”

YOGA STRETCH FOR HAMSTRINGS HAMSTRING TENDONITIS: AVOID HAMSTRING PAIN "YOGA BUTT"HAMSTRINGSA Different Approach To Stretching The HamstringsStretching the hamstrings provides many benefits - including my personal favorite, low back relief! In the pursuit of...

Pigeon Without Knee Pain

Why Stretching your hips might cause knee painPigeon Pose is one of the most widely beloved postures in the yoga practice across a multitude of styles. This is for good reason. However, the issue I see most often with this posture is that it comes with little guidance...

Chaturanga Alignment Part 2

Chaturanga Alignment Part 2 3 Steps to Apply Shoulder ActionsCHATURANGACHATURANGA: Integrating Shoulder ActionsIntegrating the 3 Necessary Shoulder Actions into your practice can be complicated, so to help you I have come up with 3 Steps to Master your Chaturanga. If...

Chaturanga Alignment Part 1

CHATURANGA ALIGNMENT FOR STRENGTH Chaturanga is one of the most repeated poses in the modern yoga practice, and it happens to be one of the most challenging on the shoulders. It is highly beneficial to take a look at the mechanics of the posture. I have been studying...

Backbends and the Glutes

Should I Engage my Buttocks in a Backbend?In the yoga world, there are many opinions on alignment and what muscles "should" or "should not" be engaged. One of the common questions I get is, "Should I engage my buttocks in Wheel pose or bridge pose?" I decided it's...

Down Dog: Avoid Shoulder Impingement

Should You "Relax Your Shoulders" Away From Your Ears? In my previous blog, "The Yoga Cue That Could Be Destroying Your Shoulders," I explained how taking the arms up overhead while dropping our shoulders down our back could be a recipe for shoulder impingement. Many...

Avoid Shoulder Impingement

"Relax your shoulders" There probably isn't a single yoga teacher out there, myself included, who hasn't used the verbal cue “relax your shoulders away from the ears.” This cue can be totally innocent and helpful to point out unconscious patterns related to...

The Key To Arm Balances

The Secret is Simple Finding ease in arm balances can seem like a mystery and it can be frustrating to figure them out while struggling to breathe in positions that feel constricting. The secret to arm balances is simple, but it is not always easy to put into...

Arm Balances: Protraction Action

ARM BALANCE STRENGTH BUILDING Most who practice yoga have come to realize that the practice requires a certain physical strength that doesn't necessarily coincide with the image of strength in our head. Every yogi has seen a physically in-shape gym goer walk...

Headstand: Neck Relief

Intentional Practice For many years I split my yoga asana practice into two parts. On one side I dedicated my learning to the therapeutic qualities and on the other side advancing my practice. It was a while before I realized that they were one and the same and...

Headstand: 3 Ways In

Three Ways In Headstand is a powerful pose, typically referred to as the King of the Yoga Asanas (poses). While the gurus and masters have long been preaching the importance of headstand, modern-day anatomists often caution against it. Physically speaking my personal...

#1 Tip To Advance Your Practice

#1 Tip to Advance Your Yoga Practice Dharana Leads to Mastery There are multiple reasons why we practice asana (the physical practice of yoga), but most of us would agree that the primary one is that we feel better afterward. Asana offers us an opportunity to get to...