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By Ann Pizer, About.com Guide to Yoga since 2004

More Bad News for Adjustment Lovers

Thursday November 5, 2009

Just when I was bemoaning the lack of good adjustments in my recent yoga classes, here comes more bad news for adjustment lovers. Check out Elephant Journal's story about a student suing a venerable Colorado yoga studio for a bad adjustment that he claims led to injury. I'll be watching how this plays out, cause I have feeling adjustments are going to get harder and harder to come by in public classes.

Enlighten Up! Review

Wednesday November 4, 2009

I finally got the chance to see Enlighten Up!, the yoga documentary I first told you about last spring. The DVD will be released November 10, so read my review to see if you'll want to add it to your collection.

Forearm Stand - Pincha Mayurasana Is the Yoga Pose of the Week

Sunday November 1, 2009

Calling out my best-loved yoga poses sometimes feels like playing favorites with my kids (I love them all equally! I do!), but I'm going to step up and admit that I prefer forearm stand above all other inversions. A little more than a headstand, a little less than a handstand, a forearm stand is just right.

Show Us Your Yoga Room

Thursday October 29, 2009

Our new Show and Tell feature allows you to submit your own photos for publication on this site. How cool is that? Since there has been so much good feedback on sharing home practice tips, I thought it would be great to see your home practice spaces and hear how you created them. Whether it's a mat and an altar in the corner of your bedroom or a dedicated yoga room (lucky you!), show us your yoga room!

Top Yoga Tops

Tuesday October 27, 2009

My abiding interest in yoga pants is well documented, but I can't seem to get as excited about yoga tops. They all seem too strappy, too skimpy, and not supportive enough. I don't like spaghetti straps, racers backs, or uniboobs. Am I missing something here? If you've found a truly awesome yoga top, won't you share with us by leaving a comment?

Ear Pressure Pose - Karnapidasana Is the Yoga Pose of the Week

Sunday October 25, 2009

I've never heard karnapidasana called spider pose, but according to the all-knowing internet, it is (trick? or treat?), so we'll go with that since Halloween is this week. Try it as part of this invigorating sequence of inversions.

Yoga Mat Hygiene

Thursday October 22, 2009

If you've been waiting for the perfect time to get your own yoga mat, that time has arrived, my friends. Forget shared sweat, forget foot fungus, if you are using a communal mat, you are unnecessarily exposing yourself to others' germs, which this season means H1N1 flu. Also, if you are feeling fluey, do everyone a favor and do not drag yourself to class. This goes double for you yoga teachers! Your students would rather have a substitute that a nasty dose of the flu.

Yoga as Career Move

Wednesday October 21, 2009

Seems like lots of yoga stories in the media feature a former lawyer/international banker/business executive who has traded a soulless life in the fast lane for a more fulfilling career as a yoga teacher. I even reviewed a book with that theme (The Yoga Teacher). If you did a yoga teacher training program in order to change careers, tell us how it worked out.

Yoga Teacher App

Tuesday October 20, 2009

I just updated my round up of yoga apps to include this new game. As the Yoga Teacher, your job is to correct the alignment of the yogini on the screen. It's fun to test your asana knowledge, but the controls are a little clunky, and with only 10 poses in rotation, there's not much incentive for repeated use. Still, it's different from other yoga apps on the market and the price is right (99 cents).

Cat - Cow Stretch Is the Yoga Pose of the Week

Sunday October 18, 2009


If I had to pick a desert island yoga pose, I'd have to go with cat - cow stretch. Ok, it's two poses, but let's not get too technical. This nice, simple rolling and unrolling of the spine would pleasantly pass the time while waiting to be rescued and help relieve my stress (when am I going to get rescued????) to boot. If I could sneak in one more pose, it'd be a press back into downward facing dog. Then I'd really have something to work with. What's your desert island pose?

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