It’s that time of year! I LOVE giving gifts, and I love it even more when I know it’s something the recipient is truly going to love and use. When it comes to fitness, health, and overall wellness, take a look at this gift guide. These are the products I’m loving this year. Some I […]
Author: Your Body Best
30 Days of Gratitude
With Halloween behind us, November starts the holiday season–or so say the stores. I saw all sorts of Christmas stuff on my November 1 grocery trip. But before Santa and the tree comes Thanksgiving and these 30 days of gratitude. Though it was far from my favorite holiday growing up (it put my birthday, which […]
Yoga and Fear
Happy Halloween! As we down the candy and think about all things scary (I’m still working up the courage to watch IT), it’s a good time to talk about yoga and fear. Yoga and fear seem almost opposite, but they come together in two ways: Yoga can help reduce anxiety. Sometimes, people don’t do yoga […]
How to Know When You’re Ready for an Advanced Yoga Pose
There are thousands upon thousands of yoga poses and variations, and it’s tempting to try them all. I always encourage practicing a variety of poses rather than getting stuck in the habit of doing the same favorites. If you follow any Instagram yoga accounts, you might feel inspired (or discouraged) to try some of the […]
Finding Your Health and Fitness Support Team
I belong to a running group on Facebook, and recently a member asked for suggestions about how to deal with the fact that his wife does not support his running. This is something I think about a lot, because it’s pretty common and it devastates me. I’ve been lucky to have a huge support team: […]
Done is Better Than Perfect
As a kid, I proudly considered myself (and you probably would have considered me) a perfectionist. It wasn’t so much that I took ages to do projects in the name of getting it right, but I did take a lot of care to get it right. I sweated it out a little bit if it […]
Yoga Vocabulary 5: Meditation
We do yoga, at least in part (I hope), to prepare the body for meditation. More flexible hips and a stronger core, for example, make it easier to sit for extended periods of time. When our bodies feel good, we can be still and focus on our meditation rather than facing distractions of discomfort. As […]
Is Novelty Yoga Still Yoga?
You’ve probably seen the videos: adorable little goats hopping all over people as they do yoga. It’s springing up all over the place. And then there’s yoga with weights. Yoga in super hot rooms and yoga in the snow (snowga). Practice to heavy metal music! Do yoga in the air, with partners, and on slack […]
New Adventures in HIIT
In addition to yoga, I love a tough, sweaty workout as much as the next gym rat. My first introduction to exercise was not as a means of preventing weight gain or heart disease, but as a way to get better at sports, as a way to make my body work more efficiently. I still […]
The Benefit of the Doubt
Giving people the benefit of the doubt is one of my basic tenets for living. You might call it “look for the best in people” or “assume good intent.” It’s yoga in action. Someone is rude, someone cuts you off in traffic, someone takes the last cookie…I try to put myself in their shoes and […]