If you were to ask someone who practices yoga on a regular basis why they do yoga, you’re likely to get the answer “because it makes me feel good.” If you were to ask someone why they started going to yoga in the first place, it was often about the “fitness,” the activity aspect of the practice. For most who practice, and continue to practice, it quickly becomes something much more.

Inversions. They are amazing postures. They take concentration, practice, focus, and determination. We all have the strength to hold inversions, but they are still challenging for most of us. It takes time and patience to understand what we need to nail inversions.

I recently read a quote that said if you schedule a task the chances and likelihood of you completing it goes from 40% to 70%. I really do find this fascinating. Simply writing things down can increase your chances of completing your tasks. Why does scheduling increase the chances even more? There are a few reasons for that success rate.

Wake up with the sun, and I don’t mean the actual sun, unless you’re a morning person! Wake up with the sun salutations. The yoga sun salutations, or surya namaskar, is a full body warm up. You can take these postures at any pace, modify the positions, add things in, and can be a great foundation to your practice.

This question comes up a lot. How can we put more structure onto our organizing and clearing out so that it doesn’t become overwhelming? When we plan ahead, set expectations, and make habits, organizing becomes more a part of our daily lives and less of a burden.

I’ve had to take a step back from intense physical movement to heal an injury lately. The movement always helped with the injury, but in order to fully and truly heal this time, I had to pause. One of the things that I’ve had two of my favorite teachers tell me is that visualizing the movement is just has beneficial as actually doing it.