by Jules | May 27, 2017 | Asana, Yoga Biomechanics
“Blind respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” – Albert Einstein I’m currently on a writing sabbatical, book writing, not blog writing. That means little-to-no time on social media, extended periods of time staring at my computer, a lot of...
by Jules | Nov 16, 2016 | Anatomy, Asana, Biomechanics, Stretching, Yoga Biomechanics
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I have been teaching all over North America and between traveling, updating my slideshow, creating handouts, seeing private clients, and making time for a personal yoga practice, writing time has been scarce. Then we had...
by Jules | Jun 26, 2016 | Biomechanics, Muscle, Restorative Yoga, Stretching, Yoga Biomechanics
Stretching. That one simple word is anything but simple. It’s a linguistic divide among the yoga community. On one side we have the “yoga is not stretching” camp and on the other side we go to public yoga classes, and we do what seems to be stretching. In fact,...
by Jules | May 25, 2016 | Anatomy, Asana, Biomechanics, Flexibility, Stretching, Yoga Biomechanics, Yoga Events
This blog is sort of like a podcast, only you have to read it. It’s basically a conversation between me and my friend/colleague, Charlie Reid, about yoga and resistance stretching. We email often, so this is a glimpse into one of our email threads, just...
by Jules | Mar 17, 2016 | Anatomy, Asana, Biomechanics, Muscle, Stretching, Yoga Biomechanics
My friend and colleague, Jenn Pilotti, delivers again with a guest blog on an important topic for yoga teachers. I actually find the dialogue she has begun here to be so essential to education for yoga teachers, I have a hashtag for it: #thepigeonconversation As...
by Jules | Feb 3, 2016 | Anatomy, Asana, Biomechanics, Muscle, Yoga Biomechanics
It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. Too long. But to put things in perspective, since my last post back in (gasp!) July, I was in Europe filming and on retreat, teaching workshops and seminars almost every weekend, putting together a book deal, and most...