by Shellie Crow | Nov 4, 2020 | inspiration, poses, Yoga
Happy holidays? Well, maybe. The holidays are a difficult time of year for many people. This holiday season is sure to be like one we have never experienced before. No matter how merry and bright we make November and December’s cold winter days, they will likely be...
by Shellie Crow | Sep 2, 2020 | health, inspiration, poses, Yoga
Where is your energy going? According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the state of yoga is realized when the agitations of the mind are still. Yoga gives us a way to become aware of our thoughts. When we are aware of our thoughts, we have greater choice with regards...
by Shellie Crow | Nov 20, 2019 | Energetic Anatomy, health, poses, Yoga
Come on, baby! Let’s do the twist! Take me by my little hand and go like this… What is a twist? That sounds like a simple enough question. We do it all the time. Twist to the left, twist to the right, twist again like we did last summer! Twisting and our physical...
by Shellie Crow | Nov 6, 2019 | Energetic Anatomy, inspiration, poses, Yoga
The first time I attended a yoga class, I was surprised when after stretching and strengthening our bodies through a challenging practice, the teacher encouraged us to lie down, close our eyes, and relax our bodies. Lie down and relax? No one had ever told me...
by Shellie Crow | Sep 4, 2019 | health, poses, studio, teacher training, Yoga
Utthita Trikonasana, or, Extended Triangle Pose, is one of the first asana many beginning yoga students learn. It is actually quite a complex and challenging pose! With regards to Extended Triangle Pose, good things come in three. There are three major things to...
by Shellie Crow | Aug 7, 2019 | inspiration, poses, Yoga
As the very flow of Consciousness, you whirl around in ecstatic delight as the mandala of existence—the cycle of birth (srsti), stasis (sthiti), and death (samhara); You dance the world into existence as its very Consciousness; You are the incomparable Divine Joy who...