Do you remember when you were a young child and had nap time at home or school? Do you remember how refreshed you felt afterwards? Picture allowing yourself to do that again. To give yourself an hour (or more) to let go completely of everything going on in your life. To restore your body from walking in heels, sitting in an office chair all day, or just sleeping in weird positions nightly. Restorative yoga can give you just that. If walking into a full on flow class is intimi

When you get an injury, what is your first reaction- without thinking too much about it? When your stomach hurts, what is the first thing that you do? Or when you get a headache or brain-freeze? You'll probably realize that we tend to use our hands to grasp the area in pain for comfort. But why do we do this? Everything in the universe, including us, is made up of energy. Reiki is based on the principle that this energy can actually be channeled through the hands to heal. Rei

Weather you've just started looking into buying your own yoga mat or have been looking at them for a while, it can be so confusing deciding what type of mat to buy. Even after you've had your own mat, you may find that you don't like your mat as much as you thought you did. I think that what happens a lot of the time is that people will buy any yoga mat to start with, and then after practicing on it start to realize that not all yoga mats are created equal, and the one they p

One of the reasons I hear the most from people as to why they don't want to start yoga is "I'm not flexible". I think this is very interesting for a couple of reasons. First reason being that yoga isn't all about stretching. Depending on the type of yoga class you go to, there is usually a fair amount of strengthening involved- sometimes more than stretching. The image that most people have of yoga is just a whole bunch of stretching and breathing. While the breathing is defi

Just like many things, if you aren't used to something, it can be intimidating to try for the first time. If you aren't a "yogi", it might seem kind of scary to walk into a yoga class. Something that is really great about coming into yoga is that most people who walk into the studio come with an open mind. A yoga space is a judgement-free zone, and the instructor will always strive to make sure that everyone is comfortable there. In order to be comfortable, wear clothing into