One of the things that seems to be coming up quite a bit lately is toning the upper body. I have class participants and clients telling me that they just don’t feel like their arms are toned enough, or that they feel strong enough in their upper body. The first thing I want to offer [...]

Seems like lots of folks have their legs on their minds lately. So many people have been asking for help with hips and thighs. This week’s Blend is all about strengthening and toning that area. Remember – warm up with yoga or cardio before doing this Blend – don’t come into it cold. Enjoy!

I’m not going to lie… I WILL overeat tomorrow during the Thanksgiving Holiday. With all that good food around, and me without will-power… yeah – it could get ugly! And yes, I will be doing yoga at some point tomorrow evening to aid my poor, out-of-balance body. In fact, I will be doing this exact [...]

I know, push ups may not be an exercise that you get totally excited about doing. But, these come with a couple of yoga poses thrown in for extra added nourishment – and total body strength building yummy-ness. Check it out:

This week, I thought I’d share some of my favorite resistance training exercises that are based on yoga poses. I use these in my yoga classes, and my participants tell me they see great results and feel stronger because of them. Yoga is one of my favorite forms of exercise because it improves balance, increases [...]