by Robin Penney | Sep 11, 2019 | Building Strength
Your Body is Your #1 Asset I recently started shifting my focus to specialize in women who are over 40 and have an established business or a “weird job” that allows them to be flexible in how and when they work but also requires them to be active, out in...
by Robin Penney | Aug 8, 2019 | Building Strength
No Hands, Ma! I ask my students to try getting up and down off the floor without using their hands quite often. It’s a fun thing to try. It’s playful! They chatter, they waver, they puzzle, they laugh, they try new things. Even after they figure out how to do it, I...
by Robin Penney | Mar 22, 2018 | Building Strength
Part 2: Trust Your Body’s Intelligence This is Part 2 in a series on the incorporating new movements in yoga, what I’m doing in my own practice to address a hip-clicking issue, and how I’m working to develop more strength and stability in my body. Read the...
by Robin Penney | Feb 28, 2018 | Building Strength
Part 1: Pick Longevity Over Sensation This Part 1 in a series on the incorporating new movements in yoga, what I’m doing in my own practice to address a hip-clicking issue, and how I’m working to develop more strength and stability in my body. Read the...
by Robin Penney | Feb 28, 2018 | Building Strength
Honesty in Yoga: New Movement to Challenge an Established Asana Practice I have a confession to make. Yoga ALONE doesn’t make my body feel great. As a yoga teacher with an “advanced practice” (meaning I can do a lot of fancy poses), I’ve been...
by Robin Penney | May 5, 2017 | Building Strength
8 Core Strengthening Moves with the Yoga Wheel Got a yoga wheel? Looking for ways to use it, instead of letting it accumulate dust in your prop corner? I was guilty of this until I took my first yoga wheel workshop and got comfortable playing around with it, and now I...