Feeling off balance in your yoga practice or want to strengthen your pelvic floor? You should try mula bandha! Mula bandha, or root lock, is an important yoga practice, but its teachings are often left out of yoga class and saved for yoga training. Related to the root...
If you’ve ever found yourself with racing thoughts, unable to concentrate, off in your yoga practice, or fidgeting in meditation, you may wonder what you can do to bring more balance to the body and mind. Buddhi mudra can help! Often, we can use the...
You may be used to making sacred shapes with our bodies during an asana class but what about sacred geometry with our hands? ‘Mudra,’ is the Sanskrit word meaning hand gestures or hand position. Mudras can enhance our practice by guiding a subtle...
If you’ve been to any yoga class, you’ve probably encountered the simple gesture of joining the hands at the heart center. Even if you haven’t taken a yoga class, you’ve probably seen this movement in everyday life with movies, tv shows, or prayer positions. ...
Bandhas are what yogis call energetic ‘locks’ and the Jalandhar bandha is one of the 6 main locks. Let’s take a closer look at this specific bandha and why it can be so useful for us on and off the mat. What is Jalandhara Bandha? Jalandhara bandha is one of the...
Have you ever thought of your feet as a way to take in your surroundings? They’re like your ears, but for the ground. Just like headphones make it harder to hear and respond to what’s happening around you, shoes do a similar thing for your feet with their potential to...
