by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, BSN and certified Iyengar Yoga teacher Laptops, smartphones, planes, trains and automobiles all contribute to the “slumpy grumpy” appearance that so many of us are wearing on our souls these days—and it’s not a good look. You know that look: shoulders rolling forward, a tight, collapsed chest and a […]
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Yoga for Men, Part II: Closed Twists
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 […]
Yoga for Peace and Happiness
“The Guru’s Feet” a drawing of B.K.S. Iyengar’s feet by Aretha Mckinney Blevins by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher Let this, the dissolution of union with pain be known as Yoga. It is to be practiced with determination and an undismayed mind. —The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter VI, verse 23) One of our shared experiences […]
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 […]
Light on Iyengar: My Little Yoga Story
I first started taking yoga 17 years ago. How do I remember that number exactly? Well, I was pregnant with my now 17-year-old daughter and really wanted to find a yoga teacher who could help me through the pregnancy. And that leads one quickly to Iyengar yoga, since it is the most cautious and health-focused […]
Yoga to Transform a Bad Day
by Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher When I was asked to write on this topic, the first thought I had was, “How can I write a blog about bad days when I don’t have them anymore?” It had been so long since I was unable to be seated in gratitude (which leads […]
Yoga for an Immune System “Boost-Up”
by Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher There are countless studies that show that yoga improves immune functioning, most recently the one mentioned in a post here by Dr. Eliaz that describes “how yoga is actually working to benefit us on the genetic level.” The online Oxford English Dictionary defines immunity as “the […]
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