All posts by Tonya Wetzel
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5 Fitness Routine Musts for a Balanced Workout: Are You Missing Any?
For a balanced fitness routine, add these 5 elements to your next workout: aerobic, strength training, core, balance training & flexibility.
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Learn How to Do Dancer Pose In This 3-Minute Video Tutorial
Dancer Pose is a standing back bending posture that challenges your strength, balance & flexibility. Here's a tutorial on Dancer Pose.
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Learning Yoga: How to Do Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) Safely + Correctly
Learn how to practice Triangle Pose (Trikonasana in Sanskrit) safely and correctly in this yoga pose tutorial article and video!
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Learning Yoga: How to Do Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2)
Warrior 2 Pose is a foundational yoga pose that builds strength & opens the body. Learn how to safely practice Warrior 2 with this tutorial.
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Learn How to Safely Access Forearm Wheel With This Photo Tutorial
Forearm Wheel Pose is a backbend that requires strength and flexibility. Learn how to practice Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana in this tutorial.
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9 Ways to Practice Self-Discipline: The Self-Care Tool You’re Probably Overlooking
Self-discipline helps create the life you desire. Learn 9 practical ways to develop self-discipline in your life, and how it will impact you!
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Improve Any Yoga Pose With These 5 Alignment Cues
These foundational yoga cues will improve your alignment on the mat, and they apply to everyday life to help you live your yoga off the mat.
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Use This Step-By-Step Guide to Practice Compass Pose (Photo Tutorial)
Compass Pose is an advanced yoga pose requiring flexibility in the hamstrings, shoulders, and hip. Learn how to do it in this photo tutorial.
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Learn How to Do Warrior 1 Pose In This 4-Minute Video Tutorial
Warrior 1 Pose is a foundational yoga pose balancing strength and flexibility. Learn how to safely practice Warrior 1 with this tutorial.
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Twist Your Way to a Healthier Spine With These 8 Yoga Poses (Photo Tutorial)
Adding yoga twists to your practice helps support a healthy, flexible spine. Practice along with this yoga twists sequence pose tutorial.
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Try These 7 Yoga Pose Modifications to Avoid Yoga Injuries (Photo Tutorial)
Injuries in yoga can happen, despite it being great for the mind and body. Swap these injury-prone poses with these yoga pose modifications.
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Wild Thing and Flip Dog: Here’s How to Keep Your Shoulders Safe (Photo Tutorial)
Wild Thing + Flip Dog are both backbending yoga poses. Learn the difference between them + how to keep your shoulders safe here.
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Learn How to Do Warrior 3 and Standing Splits With This Photo Tutorial
Warrior 3 and Standing Splits are two challenging yoga poses. Learn their similarities, differences, and how to safely access both here.
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Challenge Your Yoga Practice With These 5 Yoga Block Exercises
Yoga blocks aren't just for beginners - they can be used to advance your practice! Challenge yourself with these 5 yoga block exercises.
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Modify 9 Common Yoga Poses to Make Them More Accessible (Photo Tutorial)
Learn how to modify 9 common yoga poses with this photo tutorial to make them more accessible in your body. Yoga is for every body!
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Spring Clean Your Negative Self-Talk With These 11 Positive Affirmations
Clean up your negative self-talk along with the dust and clutter this Spring. Use these positive affirmations to replace negative thoughts.
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3 Steps to Develop Unwavering Self-Respect (Trust Me, It Matters)
Do you have a strong sense of self-respect? Learn about what self-respect is, plus 3 simple strategies to develop it.
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Missing Your Sun Salutations With a Foot or Ankle Injury? Practice This Chair Sun Salutation Flow
Sun Salutations are difficult with a foot or ankle injury. This chair Sun Salutations flow will keep your injury safe but your body active.
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Need a Natural Energy Boost? Here Are 3 Breathwork Practices to Pick You Up
One of the many benefits of breathwork is the natural energy boost. Learn 3 simple breathing exercises to give you the boost you need.
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31 Self-Reflection Journal Prompts to Start Your New Year With Intention
Stop wasting time with New Year's Resolutions. Start your year off with intention instead by using these 31 self-reflection journal prompts.
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Wrist Injury? Here’s How to Modify 7 Common Yoga Poses (Photo Tutorial)
Yoga with wrist injury? It may sound impossible, but it’s not! Learn how to modify 7 yoga poses to continue practicing yoga with a hand or wrist injury.
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Foot or Ankle Injury? These 7 Chair Yoga Poses Are Just for You
A foot or ankle injury doesn't have to keep you from your practice. Use these 7 Chair Yoga poses to keep your injury safe and your body active.
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Travelers: Use These 7 Packing Tips to Ditch the Checked Bags and Only Use Carry-Ons
Packing for vacation can feel overwhelming. Follow these 7 packing tips and travel for up to two weeks with just your carry-on luggage.
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Chair Yoga: Use This 8-Pose Sequence for a Gentle Practice (Photo Tutorial)
Chair Yoga is a great option for beginners, seniors, or anyone looking for a supported practice. Use this Chair Yoga sequence for a gentle yoga practice.
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10 Summer Mantras to Celebrate the Season
Reciting mantras is a helpful tool to use in meditation and motivation. Here are 10 summer mantras to incorporate the vitality of the season into your life.
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This Is How to Use a Yoga Strap In 6 Common Yoga Poses (Photo Tutorial)
A yoga strap can positively impact your asana practice in different ways. Here’s how to use a yoga strap in 6 common poses to challenge and open your body.
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Need to Declutter? Here Are 6 Habits All Tidy People Share
Keeping your home tidy might seem like a losing battle, but it doesn’t take as much work as you might think. Follow these 6 tips to learn how to declutter.
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Wrist Pain In Yoga? Try This Sun Salutation Variation (Photo Tutorial)
If you have wrist pain in yoga, use this modified Surya Namaskar for a Sun Salutation variation that will give your wrists a much-needed break.
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4 Yin Yoga Poses to Soothe Your Sore Feet
Feet can get overworked, tired, and tense just like any other body part. That’s why we need yoga for feet! Use these 4 Yin Yoga poses to free your feet.
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Planning Your First Road Trip? Follow These 8 Tried-and-True Tips
Always wanted to take a road trip but not sure where to start? Use these 8 road trip tips to plan with ease so you can hit the road with confidence.
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Stiff Shoulders? Practice These 6 Yoga Poses to Find Relief
Stiff shoulders can cause serious pain and even lead to injury. Try these 6 yoga for shoulders poses for instant relief of shoulder tension.
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Air Out Your Heart With These 7 Beginner-Friendly Backbends
Backbends offer so many physical and emotional benefits. Here are 7 backbends for beginners to add to your practice to crack your heart open.
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“Knit My Ribs?” 6 Often Confusing Yoga Cues Explained
Yoga teachers use yoga cues meant to help but can sometimes be confusing. Read on for six common yoga cues explained and deconstructed.
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These 10 Gratitude Mantras Will Bring You Joy, Peace and Abundance
Gratitude is the foundation for joy & a gateway to abundance. Use these 10 gratitude mantras to lift your perspective & focus on the good.
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Use This Yoga Sequence to Safely Prepare Your Body for Lotus Pose
Lotus Pose is an advanced seated yoga pose often used for breathwork or meditation. Follow this sequence to safely prepare your body to practice Padmasana.
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Rock Your Boat Pose With These 7 Fun Navasana Variations
Boat Pose (Navasana) challenges your core + leg strength plus your balance + stability. These 7 variations will make Navasana your new favorite yoga pose!
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Create a Realistic Self-Care Routine From These 17 Simple Practices
Self-care is key for our wellbeing. Here are 17 simple, effective self-care practices to help you create a daily, weekly & monthly routine.
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How to Find Inner Peace With Aparigraha (Non-Attachment), the Fifth Yama
Aparigraha is the fifth Yama outlined in the 8 Limbs of Yoga. Learn how to practice non-attachment and let go of what does not serve you.
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Karma’s More Than a B*tch: Here Are the 12 Laws of Karma Explained
Karma means action, and the 12 Laws of Karma explain the relationship between our actions and their effects. Learn all about these 12 laws here.
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Practice These 8 Simple Exercises to Infuse Your Day With Mindfulness
When practiced regularly, mindfulness can have profound benefits. Use these 8 simple mindfulness exercises to add mindful awareness to your day.
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Fallen Angel: Learn How to Practice This Beautiful Arm Balance (Photo Tutorial)
Fallen Angel is an advanced arm balance and Side Crow (Parsva Bakasana) variation. Learn how to safely access Fallen Angle with this photo yoga tutorial.
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Side Crow Step-by-Step Photo Tutorial: Prepare to Fly!
Side Crow (Parsva Bakasana) is a twisting arm balance used as a foundation for many advanced arm balances. Learn this posture with this photo tutorial.
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Master Baby Grasshopper Pose: Explore 2 Different Ways to Access This Fun Arm Balance (Photo Tutorial)
Baby Grasshopper Pose looks harder than it actually is! Explore this fun mini arm balance with these two different approaches to enter Baby Grasshopper.
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Here’s Your Step-by-Step Guide to Visvamitra’s Pose, Or Visvamitrasana (Photo Tutorial)
Visvamitrasana, or Visvamitra's Pose is a challenging arm balance that builds strength, balance and flexibility. Learn how to do it with this yoga tutorial!
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Don’t Forget About Sun Salutation C! Here’s a Refresher of How to Practice (Photo Tutorial)
Sun Salutation C (Surya Namaskar C) is a Vinyasa sequence used for warm-up or as a foundational yoga flow. Learn Sun C with this yoga tutorial and photos.
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Tittibhasana Time! Practice These 6 Steps to Access Firefly Pose (Photo Tutorial)
Tittibhasana, or Firefly Pose, is a challenging yet playful arm balance. Learn how to access it here with this six-step yoga pose tutorial.
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Challenge Yourself With This 6-Step Grasshopper Pose Tutorial (Also Known as Dragonfly Pose)
Ready for a challenging arm balance? This 6-step Grasshopper Pose tutorial breaks down Grasshopper, often called Parsva Bhuja Dandasana or Dragonfly Pose.
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Get Playful with This 10-Step Super Soldier Pose Tutorial
Add playfulness to your practice with this Super Soldier Pose tutorial, and get into Viparita Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana in 10 simple steps!
