Lunchtime Yoga in Carrboro

If you’re looking for a little mid-week pick-me-up, you’re in luck! I’m taking over a fellow yogini’s Lunchtime Yoga class while she recovers from, ironically, a back injury. My classes will begin February 22 and will take place each week from 12-1pm at Balanced Movement Studio (304 W. Weaver St.). Yoga is a joy for …

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Online Streaming Yoga Classes with Sara

Online streaming yoga classes are here! In what has to be the most exciting news since the announcement of my newest workshops in Hillsborough and Raleigh, two new yoga classes have been added to my weekly teaching schedule. And get this: You don’t even have to leave your home to be in my class! That’s …

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Back Pain & Spinal Flexion

Why is it that most yoga teachers believe that spinal flexion helps alleviate back pain? Let’s explore. What is spinal flexion? Flexion of the spine occurs when your rib cage rounds closer to your pelvis or thighs. In most yoga classes, flexion is achieved by performing common Forward Folds, such as Balasana (child’s pose), Uttanasana …

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Yoga in Puglia: We Are Not Alone

If you’re considering signing up to fill the last available room on my Yoga & Well-being Retreat in Italy this spring, you might just be swayed to immediately pay your fare after reading this woman’s account of her recent yoga holiday in Puglia. A few important notes: The villa at which we are staying (pictured …

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Yoga without Back Pain – the asanas

For those of you taking my Yoga without Back Pain series who’d like to practice at home, here are the asanas we have covered so far. Thanks to your fellow student Shauna Hay for asking that I send out the list! By the way, you’ll each get a complete list of the pranayama, meditations, and …

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