The sweetness of freedom. Juneteenth is a great time to practice yoga postures that help us connect to a sense of freedom and expansion. While our experience as Black people collectively may not always feel like true freedom, yoga allows us to access that feeling within our own bodies. We can choose [...]
Rest is most certainly a trending topic these days. From social media channels, to blog articles, to podcasts, talking about rest seems to be everywhere in mainstream media. But, rest has always been central to the practice of yoga. Because western methods have focused so heavily on asana - equating [...]
Photo credit: Sebrina Wilson A few years ago when I was expecting, I found many benefits of doing prenatal yoga during my pregnancy. What exactly is prenatal yoga? It is a yoga practice specifically designed to support the body during pregnancy. The postures of prenatal yoga accommodate the many cha [...]
Wouldn’t it be amazing to escape to the top of a mountain, sit in undisturbed silence and quietly meditate for as long as you wanted to? Sounds like bliss to me. But let’s keep it real…ain’t nobody got time for that! LOL :) If you’ve been wanting to try meditation but feel like it’s too complicated, [...]
It’s resolution season! Sigh. With the new year comes a bevy of promises we make about how this year, it's going to be different: new diet, new exercise, new look, new life, new YOU. Then, two weeks in, sometimes not even that long, we’re back to our same old patterns, awash in disappointment and ju [...]
Winter Solstice Ritual Winter Solstice is today, December 21, so brace yourself. We will experience the fewest hours of sunlight today but on the flip side we will start getting increasingly more hours of sunlight after today. The astronomical reason was confusing to me but in short (no pun intend [...]
January 31, 2018 is a Full Moon. The phases of the moon are determined by the moon’s relative position to the sun. Full moons occur when they are in opposition and new moons occur when they are in conjunction. The sun and the moon have a gravitational pull on the earth which creates different energe [...]
Meditation and Yoga: The Connection Yoga, when broken down to Yuj means to bring together. In yoga we are bringing the body back to the breath. When researching the history of yoga, we find the many fathers and pioneers from different schools of thought. We find that each school of thought is reach [...]
As a black yogini, it's challenging to find culturally-affirming yoga teachers to practice with online. It is still rare to find black yoga teachers leading online classes even with the growing number of yoga websites. Online classes are a great alternative to studio classes, can save you money, and [...]
Before I get into this, I would like to say that the idea of converting my garage into a home yoga studio came about while I was cleaning out my garage. I noticed the empty space that is never used. The yogi in me quickly became intrigued by the space. All of a sudden, my mind went to yoga. What a n [...]
