Winter
While it is not officially winter yet, I think we could all agree that it has officially arrived (at least in Edmonton, Alberta it has) The trees have all lost their leaves, the daylight hours have diminished and most animals have begun their hibernation. Because winter is a time of stillness and silence our …
Postures to Prayers. Movement as Medicine Week 4: Let Go & Flow
This week we will flip our perspective as we explore the 6th and 7th chakras and dissect the anatomy of the inversions. What does headstand have to do with enlightenment? The pose itself has nothing to do with enlightenment at all. In fact i know several ignorant people who can do a headstand. The only …
Postures to Prayers. Movement as Medicine Week 3 : Radiate Love
In the third week of Postures to Prayers. Movement as Medicine we will continue to ascend the evolution of consciousness through the chakras, focusing on the 4th chakra of the heart as we peel away the layers of tight laced chest muscles and explore the backbends. There are two motivating forces behind everything we do: Fear …
Postures To Prayers. Movement As Medicine Week 2: Step To The Edge
This week’s poses and questions are designed to test your limits and break your boundaries. From challenging balancing poses to arm balances this week will guide you safely to your own edge leaving you exhilarated by the view. Empowered Yoga’s Universal Laws of alignment in asana and life state that in order to grow you …
Postures To Prayers. Movement As Medicine Week 1: SHOW UP
In the first week of Empowered Yoga: Postures to Prayers. Movement as Medicine challenge, we will be focusing on the first two chakras: the seed and the roots, as well as the muscles and nerves of the legs and pelvis. Most ancient interpretations of the chakras focused on transcending our physical reality; shedding our mortal …
Postures To Prayers. Movement As Medicine
For the month of October we have decided to offer a social media course instead of a challenge. In this course, “Postures to prayers. Movement as medicine”, we will dissect the physical and psycho-emotional anatomy of asana practice in order to turn your postures to prayers and movement into medicine. If we call it a …
Empowered Yoga Handstand Challenge Week 4-Inversions
In the final week of the Empowered Yoga Handstand Challenge, we will finally look at going upside down. My original intent for this blog today was to address FEAR and that through the development of the roots of these scary poses we can remain anchored to our truth, so that when things get challenging and …
Empowered Handstand Challenge week 3: Stabilizing the Pelvis
In week 3 of Empowered Handstand Challenge we will look at perhaps the most overlooked component of executing Handstand: The Pelvis. The joint actions in handstand of the pelvis are as follows: Hips Extend, internally rotate and adduct: At this point you can think of handstand as “stacking the joints” Similar to building a tower …
Empowered Handstand Challenge-Breaking Down
……Soooooooo I had planed on writing this blog midpoint of the challenge, when the excitement runs out, handstand has not happened for you yet, you get bored, frustrated, angry and you want to quit…..you know all of those REAL emotions that surface in the REAL world, not the shiny happy, everything is awesome, any thing …
Empowered Handstand Challenge Week 2: Stabilizing the Spine
In the second week of Empowered Yoga Handstand Challenge we will look at stabilizing the spine. Continue to work on last weeks poses and exercises for shoulder stability as we add in some new movements this week. The second joint action involved in handstand (working from the top down): The spine lengthens and the torso extends. …
Empowered Handstand Challenge Week 1: Shouldering Responsibilities: Creating stability in the unstable
Empowered Yoga Handstand Challenge Week 1: Shouldering Responsibilities: Creating stability in the unstable In this first week we will be specifically looking at the shoulder joint. The first 5 poses will focus on creating both the upward rotation required in handstand as well as the strength and stability in the shoulders. I will explain all …
Empowered Handstand Challenge: Shouldering Your Responsibilities
Empowered Handstand Challenge In the last few months it seems like handstands are all the rage in yoga. This is most likely a result of the instagram frenzy that has made its way into pop yoga culture. I have no issue with handstands or yoga selfies themselves however what makes the EMPOWERED HANDSTAND CHALLENGE different, is …