The Yoga Blog
a collection of stories, helpful resources, education and musings related to yoga
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Dawn Marie invites you to come as you are: ALL bodies, ALL sizes, ALL shapes, regardless of perceived limitations. You are invited to start NOW to expand, move, grow, challenge yourself, and break through the barriers of limiting thoughts and beliefs.
This blog page is specific to yoga. Please visit the main blog for more posts related to spirituality, wellness and healing.
Modifying a Yoga Pose
A modification of a Yoga pose is simply a communication that suggests a change to the alignment of a pose. I may ask you to back out of a shape a little bit or change it slightly, so the pose is more stable or more energetically expressed.
Working with Misalignment of a Yoga Pose
Has this ever happened to you? You are practicing a pose and your expression of it doesn’t look or feel like anyone else’s. You feel awkward and off balance and maybe you are struggling a bit to get the shape right.
Slow Flow Yoga
During my first Vinyasa Flow class, I was introduced to Sun Salutations – a series of movements linked with my breath. Just when I began to feel comfortable, a variation would be introduced, completely disrupting my rhythm.