If you find your wrists starting to hurt during your yoga practice, you may be placing your weight on the wrong places. The solution to this recurring discomfort may not be that you have bad or weak wrists, but sincerely just the placement of your hands on the mat.  

Something I took interest in was our internal storage of emotion. I learned our brain stores memories just as our body stores feelings. Our hips and heart primarily, among countless other “storage facilities” within our body remember the events of our past.

Used for Savasana and restorative yoga, eye pillows give more benefit to the body than just shutting out the light. Ever wonder just why it feels so good to have a little weight on your eyelids?

Each bolster is different, and some are better used for certain yoga postures than others. Your height, weight, and style of practice are the deciding factors for what type(s) of yoga bolsters you should be using for your body.

Inspirationally planting seeds within us, Becky helps us to grow into the person we wish to become. Her yoga classes are inspirational, filled with her own personal poetry and shared experiences of her personal journey. You know a yoga teacher is a powerful influencer in life when you tear up in their Savasana.

Research shows that doing yoga to lengthen, twist, and enhance the spine right after a car accident can result in extreme turmoil for the body. You can slip a disk, ruin the alignment of your spine, and contribute to further permanent injuries that would require constant attention for practically the remainder of your life.

A yoga rug, as fewer than expected know, is another type of yoga mat or surface for your practice. Its thickly woven cotton material is 100% environmentally friendly and perfect for any outdoor setting. This alternative mat provides a non-slip surface on its own or can be layered with another mat material.

Replacing an old, well-loved yoga mat is necessary over time once the grip begins to wear thin or soft and the material can no longer become clean when washed.

The question is, what do you do with these old mats?