Hi Everyone!
Today marks the end of the first JWM Yoga Challenge. You now have a nice sampling of what yoga has to offer: asana, pranayama, philosophy, meditation, music (click for last week’s playlist), and more! If you are new to my website, feel free to browse the entire yoga channel to find more information and videos on all of the above topics (Please watch the videos on a computer screen as they are not viewable on all mobile devices). Continue reading
There’s nothing like a great morning yoga sequence to get you out of bed in the morning with comfort, balance, and ease. Join Julie Wilcox for this 10-minute AM morning yoga video. Julie guides you through a sequence designed to gently awaken your energy, get your circulation going, open your joints, stretch your muscles, and finally, to ground you through simple balances. Continue reading
There’s nothing like practicing yoga to the sound of great music. From Electronica, to Film Soundtracks, Rock to Yoga Instrumentals, TV Music (gotta love Tear Drop, the House intro) to Reggae, Jazz to Ambient..etc. You name it, it all works. An awesome playlist brings yoga to a whole new place just like the breath does. Try both! Continue reading
The Sanskrit word “satya” means truth and is one of the yamas in yoga philosophy (the yamas are the first limb of the eight limbs of yoga or ethical rules). According to the ancient yogis, being truthful to one’s self and others provides a path to clarity and self-contentment. They believed that if we are constantly in denial about what is true and what is not, we remain trapped in “avidya” or ignorance. Stuck behind a veil of ignorance, we can only exist in “maya” or illusion. Continue reading
Balance out your system with this awesome 30-minute evening yoga video. This PM yoga video will leave you feeling calm and mellow as you move through your evening affairs. Continue reading
What Does “Sadhana” Mean?
If you are practicing yoga once a week, try to bump it up to two times a week and then more if you want to or can. However many times you choose to practice yoga, try to develop a sadhana, meaning a chosen, committed, consistent, and aspirational approach to your practice. Yours could be a daily yoga practice or perhaps you practice 3x a week (or 1x a week). Make a decision, schedule your time for your yoga, and do it! It’s extremely difficult to reap the wonderful healthy benefits of yoga without sadhana. The more you practice, the more you will get out of your practice as long as you are practicing safely and in a manner that suits your constitution.
Breath is the external manifestation of prana, which translates as life force. Without breath, we cannot live. Therefore, how we breathe and the many manifestations of breath, serve as key indicators of our state of being and how our prana is functioning. Continue reading
If you have never done yoga before, this video is for you. In this beginner yoga video, I cover three yoga poses, Warrior 2, Extended Side Angle, and Triangle. These poses will kick-start your practice and serve as the foundation for many other yoga asanas (poses). Take your time to pause the video and perfect your alignment; it is critical to start your practice by learning how to perform safe and effective asanas. Continue reading
What is yoga? The actual definition of yoga is to become one or to yolk. Pantanjali’s first Sutra, “Now the exposition of Yoga is being made, translates more simply as “Yoga is now.” For the most part, many think of yoga as asana, pranayama, and meditation. These are all aspects of yoga, however, anything that one experiences in the present moment, the “now,” qualifies as yoga too. Continue reading
