by Jennifer Smith | Dec 22, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
Luminous : full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark. Feeling luminous and in the spirit of the Holiday Season I wanted to repost this from my personal blog as I am a big believer in giving back and as a yogini, a large part of yoga (which...
by Jennifer Smith | Nov 19, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
This is a topic that I reiterate over and over to my Corporate Yoga clients who want and need stress reducing yoga but do not know what stress reducing yoga looks like. It is a restorative, therapeutic, and/or yin practice that is not yang and produces little cortisol...
by Jennifer Smith | Sep 16, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
Gravity and daily activities such as sitting at the computer, driving and carrying children, have the tendency to incrementally pull the spine forward into flexion, which can lead to kyphosis (humping) in the thoracic spine. Your spine naturally moves in a number...
by Jennifer Smith | Apr 19, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
Yoga and the NFL: the benefits of mindfulness, yoga, and meditation to help prevent injuries and reduce stress in professional athletes Yoga is seriously the new buzz word in professional athletics and the NFL. With the proliferation of cheating, crime, spousal abuse,...