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 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 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 MOREAbs of Fire(works)
Right in time for your holiday BBQ, this new 10-minute ab challenge includes a few of my favorite, low to the ground yoga with weights moves all in a row- without a sit-up in sight. So many of you told me how you’re always pressed for time to squeeze in a workout, and that’s why I make […]
READ MOREHow to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s day 26 of 2015 and according to multiple behavior experts, we’ve got anywhere from 3 to 64 more days to make our resolutions (or intentions as I like to call them), become habit; that is if they haven’t already gone by the wayside.
READ MOREPigeon Pose Instruction
If you’ve ever been to a yoga class where the teacher announced she has sequenced the entire flow around hip opening then you’ve witnessed the sound of a collective “ugh” at the thought of it.
READ MOREIS HEADSTAND A GOAL? TRY THIS
Recently I finished a chapter in the book I’m writing on goal setting, touting it’s importance for making progress in any area of your life. I never really thought much about goals until I started practicing yoga; then I was constantly excited about nailing a new pose, or sitting longer in meditation. Many times my […]
READ MOREThe Ultimate Restorative Heart Opening Pose
Who doesn’t love a good restorative heart-opener? Well here’s some instructions on how to do my favorite restorative yoga pose that will not only open your heart, but also your hips: supported supine bound angle. It’s an incredible way to relax and restore, calm the nervous system, and open up the 5th chakra, the heart […]
READ MOREHow to Buy a Yoga Mat
20 years ago, I took my first yoga class and borrowed a mat- it smelled like feet and I couldn’t stop thinking about the last person’s sweat touching my face as I folded into child’s pose. I bought a mat on my way out, and haven’t borrowed one since. Depending on what type of yoga […]
READ MOREGet Rid of Desk Hunch
How many times do you go to Whole Foods, turn sideways next to a shelf, and then reach your arm overhead, gracefully arching while lengthening through your intercostal muscles to grab that box of gluten free cookies? Yeah, I thought so. Most of us spend our days plopped in front of a computer, or playing […]
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