Arm balances are some of the most exciting and rewarding poses in yoga. But if you’re new to them—or have tried and taken a spill—fear can feel like a giant roadblock between you and that next step. Whether it’s fear of falling, failing, or just looking silly, these worries are more common than you ...

In our fast-paced world, we all love immediate gratification, and want to learn new skills quickly and easily. But what if the key to real growth lies not in speed, but in embracing what’s known as “beginner’s mind”?

Beginner’s mind is a mindset that can transform how we approach any new skill, cha...

One Size Fits All vs. Custom Made: How Personalized Yoga Coaching Transforms Arm Balances and Inversions

What's the difference between “one size fits all” and “custom made”?

You may be wondering what this has to do with yoga or your ability to arm balance and invert. I'm not looking to change my c...

Everyone is looking for the key to "success."

Whatever "success" means to you....because it's different for each of us.

Maybe you've been dreaming about nailing your first arm balance, landing that promotion at work, realizing a financial milestone, or simply building good lifestyle habits.

Maybe ...

"Why can't I achieve a straight line in my inversions?"

How many times does this frustrated thought run through your mind while re-watching videos or looking at photos of your practice?

Whether you are upside down balancing on your hands or on your forearms, it's the same old story.

Maybe you hav...

What is meditation?

Everyone seems to have their own idea of what meditation is supposed to be and feel like---except those who never practice it.

Believe it or not, I was part of the latter group for quite a while. 

The first time I thought about medtation, I was downright confused.
 ”I don't kno...

Your hands and wrists are a crucial part of your yoga practice.

If you are a yoga lover, you probably have discovered that by now. 

We spend so much time with our hands on the mat, holding our entire body weight up on our tiny wrists....

And we rarely (if ever!) think about them!

Do you ever get o...

You've been living your life backwards.

So have I, and so has most of the planet. And I don’t mean upside down, that is my jam. I literally mean backwards. Most of the planet functions from these three principles, and in this order: have, do and be.

I want to have this result.
I want to have this h...

Small subtle shifts in your body can make all the difference from nailing your pose confidently or struggling to figure it out.

When learning how to do arm balances (or really any yoga pose), this is one of the biggest and usually surprising factors people don’t realize.

Here, we’re going to talk ...

"What you think you become, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you create" -Buddha

Our minds are way more powerful than we think. 

Have you ever heard the Buddha quote ‘what you think you become’? The same thing holds true to your arm balance practice!  How you think is how you show up, a...