Feeling disconnected? 7 yoga poses to ground your root chakra

Find connection, safety and stability in these grounding yoga postures.

YogaCara McDonaldJune 4, 2017yoga, root chakra, chakras, Chakras 101, asana, grounding

6 more juicy hip openers to release stuck emotions

Your hips are like your body’s junk drawer. Things get shoved in there and forgotten, until the drawer becomes hard to open and you just avoid it altogether.

Energy + Healing, YogaCara McDonaldApril 3, 2017hip-openers, hips, yoga sequence, asana

Melt anxiety with these variations of child's pose

Benefits of child's pose and fun variations to add to your practice.

YogaCara McDonaldDecember 22, 2015Balasana, yoga, poses, Child's pose, how to, Anxiety, yoga benefits, Friday Faves, Stress, asana, hip-openers

Corpse pose and our dance with death

Since it's Halloween, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about our friend corpse pose (AKA dead man's pose or final savasana). You probably know that corpse pose is done at the end of your yoga practice. It helps your body rest and absorb the good work you've done. But did you know, as the name implies, it's also about death?

YogaCara McDonaldOctober 31, 2014corpse pose, yoga benefits, asana, yoga, Halloween, Holiday