Kate CovelloAttention all my pregnant friends, new and old. I’m teaching prenatal yoga on Wednesday nights at Taiga Yoga. The yoga part will be scaled to your experience level and current mobility. Every pose will have options. There will be a flowing sequence based on the ashtanga chandra namaskar (moon salutation). There will be time to […]
The second round of Yoga Teacher Training is happening this fall. For the autumn, I’ve created a part-time evening and weekend program that will fit into your busy life. Here’s the deal: You get an unlimited membership at Taiga Yoga (valid until December) to do your practice, and then three evenings per week, we meet […]
You already believe in the power of the practice for yourself. Teacher training will immerse you in the practice and you’ll emerge with an understanding of how to describe yoga.
Weight issues are epidemic in our culture. Obesity as a medical problem is widespread, and overweight patients are often prescribed “weight loss” as a solution to any medical problem. People with the particular physical characteristic of excessive body fat are given only one prescription for health. They feel constant pressure to conform, change and shrink. […]
Yoga as self-therapy: Tune out to check in. Yoga as therapy has been contentious in recent years. In January 2016, the Yoga Alliance requested that any yoga school remove the terms “yoga therapy” and “yoga therapist” from their title. This suggestion was a precaution against misleading the public to think that yoga teachers are diagnosticians. […]
The yoga posture begins when you want to leave it. Practicing for the past week at an ashtanga-style studio where we contort ourselves into the primary series’ postures and then hold each one for five breaths (that’s four seconds in, four seconds out, times five) has really emphasized Iyengar’s point that la posture commence quand on a […]