My introduction to yoga started with a bang.

In the first winter we were together, my girlfriend decided to enroll in yoga teacher training. In order to win her heart and be a good partner, I agreed to be her first yoga student guinea pig. These are the things a man will put his mind and body through for love.

There we were, on a cold, dark night in her tiny living room. Not too far into the routine, I attempted my first low lunge and it happened. The peaceful silence of the vinyasa flow was... Read more...

Kundalini yoga can cause some head scratching.

What is it? Did it begin in a cult with a guru? Was this teacher raised a Catholic and yet was of the Sikh religion? Do Kundalini teachers wear white and cover their heads to protect their electromagnetic field? What’s a class like? Are there postures, meditations, and chants that change the nervous and glandular systems of the body?

Yes!

After a long, overnight flight from Colorado, London greeted me with a big smile in the form of Charli Sales. The London yoga instructor, known for her original yogic style and program called Yoga Rhythm, met my plane.

“London is not like Manitou," she said immediately. "It’s a little more fast-paced.” I laughed, knowing what a different world I had stepped into.

Let me begin by telling you how much I love your knees.

Even if we've never met, I will bet you I'm more concerned about your knees than most other strangers. Why? I teach yoga. And despite what you may have read recently in the New York Times, I care deeply about your well-being, your mental health and your knees.

While I haven't got the space to devote to those other characteristics, allow me to give you a few pointers about keeping those beautiful knees healthy in a yoga practice. 

1. Can... Read more...