A Non-Yogi’s Guide to Valentine’s Day with Your Yogi
I love, love, love seeing yogi couples posting their creative and adorable acrobatic yoga pictures all over the internet! In picturesque settings with perfectly toned bodies, each posture is sealed...
View Article4 Ways to be a Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher
In addition to teaching yoga and working with Bad Yogi, I’m also an advocate for sexual assault survivors. Through doing trauma-informed social work, I’ve become quite sensitive to all of the things in...
View Article4 Reasons for Yogis to Elope
My first wedding anniversary is today, and I’ve been reflecting on the decisions we made around our wedding a year ago. A couple weeks after we decided to get married, I was severely sick in the...
View ArticleHow to handle jealousy (Q&A)
Jealousy is a horrible feeling. It’s one of those emotions that makes us feel out of control and guilty, but it also feeds on itself. So the longer we linger in jealousy, the deeper we spiral down into...
View ArticleWhy You Should Share Bikini Photos on Social Media
Inspired by Erin’s beautiful hashtag #allbelliesarebeautiful – because they truly are. In the summer of 2015 I shared a yoga picture of myself in a bikini, to my own surprise! I did not expect this to...
View Article7 Stupid Phrases Yogis Can’t Stop Using (funny)
This probably won’t surprise you if you’ve followed/known me for any amount of time, but I really have to roll my eyes at all the “typical” yoga terminology out there. Not necessarily yoga specific...
View ArticleThe Health Benefits of Six Herbal Teas
An ancient Chinese proverb says: Better to be deprived of food for three days than of tea for one. Tea has been a favorite beverage worldwide for hundreds of years. A pot of tea shared among friends...
View ArticleYoga Is Not a Fad
It’s not a new fad, and it’s not even old — it’s ancient. And quite frankly I’m struggling with not feeling judgy about the rap that yoga gets sometimes. No Gear Required Yoga doesn’t require a mat,...
View ArticleMy Yoga Journey: Out of My Comfort Zone
My Yoga journey began about 20 years ago, when I started attending a weekly after-work class with a colleague, whilst working in central London. I’d always been aware of the value of Yoga, having a...
View ArticleBeauty is Found on the Mat
I am twenty-two years old, in the middle of a divorce, living on my own in Colorado. I work an office job, I have two dogs named Annabelle and Sven, and I practice my heart out in my beautiful yoga...
View ArticleHow to Do a Handstand: 4 Tips to Mastery
Handstand is one of those poses that feels like only a dream for so many of us. It’s possible to master Handstand with plenty of practice and with keeping a few keys in mind. 1. Plank it out! Wait,...
View ArticleAll You Need Is: This Bad Yogi Love Advice
What’s love got to do with it? At this time of year, it seems like everything is focused on getting everyone coupled up and out on expensive dates with jewelry and chocolates and stuffed teddy bears...
View ArticleQ&A: Fake positivity?
Let’s talk about fake positivity. Someone asked how I stay “so positive & happy all the time” which got me thinking… do I put on a filter for you guys (unknowingly)? I’ll answer this as well as how...
View ArticleHow to Journal Like a Boss
I’ve been journaling daily for the past 8 months and I can tell you with certainty that this is one of the best things I’ve done for my mental health in a long time. Before I was a yoga teacher, and...
View ArticleA Love Letter to Women
2016 was very valuable to me because recognizing who I am, accepting everything that implies being me, has allowed me to forgive myself and also those who have intentionally or unintentionally harmed...
View Article4 Things I Learned from Daily Yoga Practice
Up until a few months ago, I practiced yoga “almost every day.” I’d go through stretches of consistent daily practice, followed by a couple of misses (and in earlier years, a couple of months of...
View ArticleMeditation on the Mat: Balancing Adventure with Stability
Can an adventurous spirit and a desire for stability co-exist peacefully within the same life? Or will it be a constant internal push-pull into what you want and who you are? This is my on-the-mat...
View ArticleQ&A: How can I encourage things like alcohol within a yoga lifestyle?
How can I encourage things like alcohol within a yoga lifestyle? Today’s question brings up a controversial topic in the yoga community: how can I, as a yoga teacher and influencer, “promote” my...
View ArticleA Thoughtful Critique of Eric Shaw’s Anti-Feminism Rant
You may have heard by now that a yoga teacher by the name of Eric Shaw wrote a takedown piece directed at women a few days ago, and not surprisingly, the world has not taken kindly to it. This was one...
View ArticleFacing My Fears: Teaching Yoga for the First Time
It is Tuesday morning in the last week of my yoga teacher training. I am about to teach my first class. It is my final exam, an hour class with five students. And I am extremely nervous. We had already...
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