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Plank to Downward Dog: 5 Awesome Ways to Transition Between Them
By Kristen Fischer for Greatist. Love how it feels to go from Plank to Downward Dog in yoga? There are stellar benefits for each pose. Combining
Yoga for the Fire Element
By Kate Howard-Keyes for her Yoga Life with Kate Blog. Summer and the Element of Fire Sunday June 21st marks summer solstice and the day when
10 Ways Yoga Straps Can Deepen Your Practice
By Rachel Land, Senior Yoga Medicine® teacher, for Yoga Digest. Props are for students who can’t do the “full pose”, right? Wrong! Rather than being training wheels for beginners
Do Politics Belong in Yoga?
By Andrea Rice for Yoga Journal. Yogins United, a collective of yoga and Buddhist teachers, says yes. The organization is a new initiative to help
Breaking Boundaries to Teach Online
By Rachel Land, Senior Yoga Medicine® teacher, for Yoga Digest. Times have changed, and teaching yoga has changed too. Not that long ago, we connected with our students in
About Black Lives
By Eding Mvilongo, MScE, MD, FRCPC for Yoga Medicine®. It all started last week. After over 10 weeks of intense work on the COVID-19 healthcare
Dhanni Podcast Interview: The Nervous System, Immune Functions and Lymphatics with Tiffany Cruikshank
Saadia Tariq interviews Tiffany Cruikshank for the Dhanni Podcast. In this episode, Tiffany discusses: What is the Nervous System? HPA Axis & Immunity Tools to
Resetting the Clock
By Dr. Doreen Wiggins for Yoga Medicine®. In the last three months, all of us have entered a new relationship with distance, time, and, as social
What is Trauma? And Why is It Important to Know for a Yoga Teacher?
By Katia Shulga for Yoga Medicine®. When I started researching trauma in literature over 10 years ago, I had no idea how wide-spread the concept
Guidelines and Grace: Recommendations for Teaching Trauma-Informed Yoga
By Jaci Gandenberger for Yoga Medicine®. As a social worker and yoga teacher who has supported many other teachers in offering classes to vulnerable populations,
How Does Yoga Affect the Different Systems in the Body?
By Tiffany Cruikshank for Yogapedia. How does yoga affect the different systems in the body? When we look at the research and breakdown how yoga
What is Pain Education and How Can Yoga Help Us Understand Our Pain?
By Tiffany Cruikshank for Yogapedia. What is pain education and how can yoga help us understand our pain? There’s some interesting research out of Australia
