Why add weights to your yoga? These top 5 benefits of yoga sculpt will have you on your mat adding strength training to your yoga poses asap. Get flexible, strong, and boost your metabolism all at once with Xen Strength Yoga.
READ MORE5 Tips for Practicing Yoga at Home
You slept through your alarm for the 6am, you were driving carpool during the 9:30 am, and now your boss wants you to stay late and you’ll miss the last yoga class of the day. Sound familiar? There is something so energizing about practicing yoga surrounded by others, in a class at your favorite studio, […]
READ MORE5 Things Yoga Taught me About Business
I took my first yoga class over 20 years ago, without a thought that getting flexible, strong, and calm would ever actually turn into a career. I’m so grateful to have found something I’ve got such a passion for, and am able to share with my community. It’s been a great journey since launching my Xen Strength brand; filled with much […]
READ MOREMy Dirty Little “Resolution” Secret
Happy New Year! There’s something so refreshing and exciting about the start of a new year; a blank slate. A chance to renew our commitments to what’s working in our lives, and a chance to let go of what’s not. What’s my dirty little “resolution secret?” Well, I never actually made them. I decided a […]
READ MORE5 Tips to Enjoy the Holiday Season With Less Stress and More Joy
I love the holidays! I mean, I love most things about the holidays. Ok, honestly there are just a few things I truly love about the holidays. Downtime with my family. Cooking special meals for those I love. Decorating the Christmas tree. And the extremely raucous and competitive Yankee Swap party my friends host every year…. […]
READ MOREWhy Your Yoga Needs Weights
Why you should add Yoga Sculpt moves to your Yoga flow. Get flexible and strong all at once with Xen Strength Yoga.
READ MOREThe best foods to eat to fuel your workout
As important as moving your body is every day, it’s just as important to make sure you’re fueling it correctly before and after, to optimize your performance and enhance recovery. You don’t want to go to the gym without eating- your body will be pissed! No, you don’t want to eat a full farmer’s breakfast […]
READ MORERelationships Are Like Yoga Poses…..
The first few breaths (years) are bliss, then all of a sudden you’re holding your breath (and biting your tongue) Yoga means “union, to bring together.” Within your physical practice you negotiate the union of the mind with body, body with breath, and breath with movement. A union of some sort takes place in any relationship […]
READ MOREWarrior 1 Aligment Video + Xen Strength Version
Tired of the same old Warrior 1? Mix it up by adding some weights and take it to Xen Strength status. I’m using Warrior 1 as the foundation here, and give detailed alignment instruction on the basic pose before adding the weights element. Working the poses this way not only gives you a fabulous stretch, […]
READ MORETime for a “Mental Handstand”
As much as I practice gratitude on a daily basis, even the best of us can slip into ungrateful mode… as I did last week while driving to teach a yoga class. As always, I call myself out on my crap and shared the following story with my students. They appreciated my honesty and laughed […]
READ MOREWhat John Mayer Taught me About Meditation
This month marks 15 years of marriage to my awesome husband, so a few weeks ago he surprised me with a trip to Atlantic City to see John Mayer; probably one of the only modern day guitar players I’d care to see live. I couldn’t have been more excited, until he told me it was […]
READ MOREYoga as a Mirror for Life
Have you always wanted to start a yoga practice, but weren’t quite convinced it was worth it? Maybe you didn’t want to “waste time” just stretching, or heard it was some cult-like, religious thing…. I’m happy to tell you neither is true. From personal experience, and that of my students, I can confidently confirm that […]
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