by Andrea Trank | Apr 9, 2023
Frequently asked questions about yoga styles, including their similarities, differences and benefits This past week, a friend of mine asked what is the difference between Yin Yoga and Gentle Somatic Yoga? It got me to thinking about all the different styles of yoga...
by Andrea Trank | Aug 9, 2019
How does yoga heal? In the therapeutic traditions of yoga, there are five bodies in which yoga is working on. Known as the Pancha Koshas (five sheaths), it provides us with a road map for better understanding our health, psychological and spiritual development. The...
by Andrea Trank | Nov 4, 2017
I do not do backbends like this anymore. Too many hours of teaching yoga, an already extreme lumbar curve, coupled with very tight hamstrings from all the tennis and running around I do has made this deep a backbend no longer appropriate for my practice. I still do...