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Improve your Balance by enhancing your Proprioception
Thankfully, we can improve our balance by working on our proprioception — our sense of knowing where our body is in space.
Keep your Feet Healthy… They do a lot for you!
We see a lot of bare feet in Yoga classes. Panning the room, I can see swollen and discolored feet, toes that jam together, ankles that turn outward, flat feet, corns and calluses. And then I see...
Move Fluidly with the Sunflower and Moonflower Flow
Finding ways to move fluidly and freely is something that is very important to me. Therefore, I always keep my eye out for movements that I can incorporate into my classes and share with others....
Essential Program: Strength & Endurance
It’s obvious one needs strength and endurance to become a marathon runner. However, everyday life also requires those physical attributes. For example, lifting and carrying groceries, climbing steps and walking from our parked car into a store requires strength in our physical structure.
Movement Guidelines: Strength & Endurance
If you have cardiovascular issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, history of stroke or heart attack, make sure to always follow the guidelines of your healthcare professional when...
Healthy Physical Exertion – Let’s get “Hot and Bothered”
I understand why some people don’t like to move and exercise. Sometimes, it can get us feeling uncomfortable. For example, the huffing of our breath and the raised temperature in our body can make...
The Connection Between Yoga and Heart Health
In the medical world, the words “evidence-based” are required to make claims about the benefits of certain health treatments. Although Yoga has been practiced in various forms since ancient times,...
Burning Calories: Is this the reason to Exercise?
“How many calories will I burn in a Yoga class?” I hear this question often from people looking to Yoga as a way to manage their weight and physical fitness. But my answer typically has a lot less...
Muscle Contractions – Strengthening with Weights or Yoga?
Yoga Vista is all about helping people stay healthy and strong on all levels as they age. However, in order to build and maintain physical strength, some people choose to lift weights as part of...
Essential Program: Covid Support, Healing and Recovery
With Simple and Effective Holistic practices, you can strengthen your body to fight Covid! We are a team of Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists and we compiled this Holistic Covid Toolkit you can rely on to help you through Covid and recover from it!