I know – it’s tough. The days are shorter, cooler, cloudier, and the soft hush of dusk settles in earlier than it has any right to. Maintaining a regular yoga practice through the colder months takes a particular kind of commitment – the kind that has to be bigger than a blanket. I fight it too – the lure to linger longer in bed each morning, to nestle under a blanket and Netflix a weekend afternoon away, to eat more and move less. Every year, without fail, winter rolls in an
Move more freely, feel less restricted Over the past couple of months at Sunsara Yoga, we’ve explored strength and balance – two essential pillars of a healthy body. This May, we’re shifting focus to something just as important, but often overlooked: mobility. Mobility is your body’s ability to move with ease, control, and freedom through its full range of motion. It’s what allows you to bend, twist, squat, and reach without stiffness or strain. And when it comes to improving
I thought twice about designing a four-week strength series at Sunsara Yoga. After all, yoga and “strength training” aren’t words we always expect to hear together. Strength training can conjure images of the gym – pushing harder, lifting heavier, chasing results. Yoga, on the other hand, has traditionally focused on calming the mind and softening the body rather than pushing it. And yet, the more I reflected on it, the more it made sense. Because strength – when approached m