by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher Dear Male Yogis, Last month, in Yoga for Men, Part I: Forward Bends, we learned a sequence that shines some light on poses that are both challenging and necessary for men’s bodies to practice. We started the process of stretching the muscle groups around the […]
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Yoga for That (Nagging, Aching) Pain in Your Butt
“The science of Yoga is the eradication of sorrows.” —Prashant Iyengar, yoga teacher, author, and son of Guru B.K.S. Iyengar There are some things in life that we cannot change and others that we can. I recently moved to a new state and learned that if I want to register my car in said new […]
Is That a Rope or a Snake? A Yoga Practice for Clarity and Stability
by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher I’m currently in between homes and staying at a friend’s cabin buried deep within the woods. The other night, this snake (nonvenomous, a milk snake) landed on my head when I opened my front door. It took a few moments for me to realize that […]
Yoga for Digestive Health: Detoxifying the Body, Mind, and Soul
by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher The sun is shining brighter and longer each day now, which always inspires me to go deeper into the cleaning of my home—probably because I can actually see the dust bunnies now. Your body lives in the physical structure called “home,” and it thrives when living […]
Valentine’s Day Yoga
by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar yoga teacher It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so I’ve prepared a gift for you that’s even more delicious than a box of chocolates: a yoga sequence of backward extensions. I know—you want to know exactly how yoga could be more delicious than chocolate, right? Well, Hatha Yoga uses modalities (yoga […]
Thaw Your Body, Mind, and Soul with a Winterized Yoga Practice
by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar yoga teacher “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.” —Albert Camus, French Nobel Prize–winning author […]
Yoga for Insomnia
by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar yoga teacher On the day after Thanksgiving, I left for India to study with Geeta Iyengar at her 70th birthday intensive. At the gathering, 1,500 practitioners represented 57 countries from around the globe with one intention: to practice yoga. It was the most precious experience of my life to […]
How Yoga is Like Apples
by Holly Walck Kostura, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher photos by T. Maxová, shot on the lush grounds of a private retreat located on the French Riviera and owned by a family of Karma yogis How is yoga like apples? The answer is simple: From one small seed grows a multitude of fruit. Apple […]
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