Live Asana 3/16/25 ~ a practice for working with Anger or Krodha. Anger isn't bad per se, it's our relationship with anger and how we work with it that can be regressive or out of alignment with our values. We often try to talk ourself out of emotions - maybe sometimes it works. But using your bo...

Embrace is a practice that liberates your heart center, frees your shoulders and even releases your hips. We start with a tension relieving sequencing to help you truly embrace the moment.

It’s an embodied practice of self-love to remember and honor who you are, just as you are.

Live Asana 11/10/24 A grounding practice from New Zealand

Lots of technical difficulties but we finally made it happen using my phone and cellular so please excuse both the blurred background and the lack of music for this one.

Includes breathwork, kriya (purification), opportunities to dischar...

This practice highlights SAMANA VAYU, or the energy that flows from outer self to inner self, a gathering in of energy if you will

We’ll start with a grounded simple flow that leads to a creative, midline energy specific sequence into some supportive hip openers.

You might like to have a block ...

Live Asana 3/17/24 - St. Patrick's Day - Trinity - Impermanence

0:00-9:00 - Greetings, meaning of St. Patrick's Day and how that relates to Yoga practice and today's offering. Note: In my excitement to share all the things, I neglected to honor my lineage and say that I initially learned this co...

Live Asana 1/14/24 - Effort & Ease - Sthira & Sukha

A balanced flow where effort and ease are woven together throughout. Starts seated, moves to standing, culminates in simple, grounded backbends and then settles into hip openers and savasana.

Live Asana 12/17/23 - A SolaLuna practice that emphasizes the balance of effort and ease with awareness, focus and attention to details in support of our Self-Study or Svadhyaya theme of the month. Alignment isn't about doing it perfectly, what if it was about cultivating self-awareness as a prec...

Reflect has two meanings – there’s a turning inward to witness what you’ve been through and where you’ve come from as well as a shining out of light, sound or heat into the world.

This practice supports and encourages both a tuning in to assess and a shining out from your heart and what you valu...

Live Asana 8/13/23 - Compassion - Live from Portland! We explore Effort + Ease with standing balance poses and a beautiful soundtrack

Like a delicious dish rich with layered flavors, this practice includes both dynamic and static stretches to satisfy your entire body mind complex.

We’ll explore creative takes on some classic poses that will leave you feeling nourished on every level.

Live Asana 7/16/23 - Energy Management - Mobility, hip openers, arm balances and lots of CHOICE!

0:00-13:00 - Context and connection to this month's theme of Energy Management
13:00-End - Practice

Summer Solstice and International Day of Yoga Bonus Live Practice! Nicely balanced SolaLuna practice with dynamic flow and hip openers alike!

Live Asana: Hearts & Hips from Bali 3/15/23

A morning practice on the day we explored Relational Health. Focus is on both our hearts and our hips. Once again my attempt to capture Michael singing live was thwarted, this time by Zoom trying to cancel out "background noise". Hard to do this withou...

Live Asana: Basics Live from Bali 3/6/23 - Day 2 of our Soulrocker Retreat. This retreat has plenty of folks who are new to Yoga so I keep it simple and accessible. Our focus of the day was Spiritual Health so we focused on the heart center and dissolving the armor that can inhibit our relationsh...

Live Asana: Basics Live From Bali 3/5/23 - Day One of a Soulrocker Retreat with lots of newbies!

This was a test recording to see what the quality was. Even though the angle of the camera is too high to see me and the audio is rough, I decided to post it anyway so you can share in the beauty and...

This practice is full of spinal twists to support a wringing out of what is no longer in alignment with your values and a return to your true self.

This journey follows the pattern of a wave, beginning low and slow, rises to a crest and then returns to a restful trough.

Live Asana 12/11/22 - Reflection or Svadhyaya - A SolaLuna practice that is both spicy and sweet. It intends to support the strength and courage needed for self-reflection as well as the receptivity and ease to foster growth. Twists, turning inward, hamstring and hip flexor stretches galore.

Live Asana from Bali 11/4/22 - so fun to share with you a little glimpse outside my window here at Soulshine Bali. While the video quality and lighting isn't up to my usual standards in my home studio, the same love is still there! This is a crow pose class that is easily down-shifted into a hip ...

BONUS Live Asana - 9/22/22 - Autumnal Equinox - A SolaLuna practice to celebrate both the light and the darkness, the union (yoga) of polarities and the power of both!

Live Asana 8/7/22 - Wholeness - Solaluna practice

This practice is an embodied ode to our glorious planet Earth.

We’ll move through a story of postures that invoke reverence, delight, care and celebration.

It’s an opportunity to celebrate being a part of life on Earth and in your earthly body!

And I’ll close the practice with a special offeri...

Full Circle is a “mandala” practice – a mandala is a circular, sacred space that represents wholeness and is a container in which you can flourish.

Inside the mandala, you celebrate your inner world, your creativity and offerings.

We’ll move through familiar poses in a circular pattern in a sea...

This practices supports you in centering and grounding when you’re experiencing a bout of anxiety!

One point of focus is APANA, or the downward flow of energy so you start to come out of the head-spin and get grounded. The other focus is SAMANA or the inward flow of energy so you regain a feelin...