What's the point of yoga? {mindbodygreen}

My answer — and yours — to this heavy question. (For mindbodygreen.)

YogaCara McDonaldApril 5, 2016Mind Body Green, Yoga 101, yoga benefits

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

Summer Solstice yoga + meditation

A short meditation to welcome summer. Plus, why yogis do 108 sun salutations on Summer Solstice.

Yoga, Living WellCara McDonaldJune 21, 2015Summer Solstice, yoga benefits, sun salutation, meditation, tradition, yoga sequence

Yoga isn't for the flexible

Think you aren't flexible? Here are 5 tips to getting over that mental block.

YogaCara McDonaldApril 15, 2015yoga benefits, flexibility, off the mat, popular, Yoga 101

Yoga for self-love

Allow yourself to feel more compassion toward yourself and others with these heart-opening yoga poses.

Energy + Healing, YogaCara McDonaldMarch 4, 2015yoga, yoga benefits, self love, love, heart chakra, off the mat

Why your hips are keeping you sad (and what to do about it)

Learn about the emotions and trauma we store in our hips, why we store them there and how to release them.

Energy + Healing, YogaCara McDonaldNovember 13, 2014yoga, hips, popular, hip-openers, yoga benefits, poses, sacral chakra

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?