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Five Unsexy Steps to Healthy Living Today

by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 31, 2012 | Fitness, Health, Nutrition

Healthy living isn’t difficult. Your body is already an expert at bringing itself back into balance—turning down the temperature when it’s overheated, turning it up when there are viruses or bacteria to be eliminated, creating new skin when you cut your knuckles while...

The Real Reason Downward-Facing Dog Is So “Good” / “Bad” for You

by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 26, 2012 | Yoga

“Downward-facing dog is the most ubiquitous pose in yoga,” writes Sara Calabro on the Huffington Post. That’s very true, but is this actually a good thing? This popular pose is the yoga world’s ambassador to a largely inflexible public. You see it in advertisements...

Five Ways to Develop a Personal Yoga Practice

by Shawn Radcliffe | Mar 4, 2011 | Yoga

In a previous post, we looked at the benefits of having a personal yoga practice. Here are 5 ways to start developing your own practice today. Find a yoga teacher The fastest way to a personal yoga practice is with the guidance of a yoga teacher. He can work with you...

Isn’t Yoga Just Stretching?

by Shawn Radcliffe | Jan 27, 2011 | Fitness, Yoga

When people find out that I’m a yoga teacher, they usually respond in one of two ways. “Wow, you must be pretty flexible,” or “I’ve never been good at stretching. Not like my daughter/friend/etc. who is super-bendy.” Yoga is often associated with stretching That makes...

Hot Yoga: Is it hot in here or is it just me?

by Shawn Radcliffe | Dec 5, 2010 | Fitness, Yoga

If you’ve ever met die-hard Bikram Yoga fans, you’ll understand why hot yoga looks like a cult. Bikram fans sweat for 90 minutes a day in rooms heated to 105°F, and they suffer through an entire class just so they can reach the “high” that comes afterwards. Bikram...