While the inhale tends to be a bit more uplifting and invigorating, the breath out carries with it a capacity to slow us down, supporting our ability to surrender and rest. This is an easy and customizable breathing pattern that you can do anywhere to help you get out of your head and grounded in the now.
Nourish Your Roots: MFR for the Feet
Exploring the Edge: Yoga, Surfing, Life
Recovery Yoga: 5 Hip-Openers Using the Wall
Breathing for Courage: Kapalabhati
Human Connection: Like Islands in the Sea...
Breathing for Connection: Partner & Heart Breathing
Metta Meditation for Self-Love & Loving Kindness
A Hint of Salt: Practice, Patience, and Dedication
As cliche as it sounds, our yoga & surfing practices often remind us of this truth that extends far beyond our surfboards or our yoga mats: The destination is in the journey, the practice is in the process. And if we can focus on what’s in front of us now, we can open ourselves up to the possibility of what’s next.
Breathing for Patience: Box Breath (Sama Vritti Pranayama)
Yoga Update: YM500 + Therapeutic Specialist
A Note for the Wellness World: We're Only Human
Yoga for Surfers + Athletes: Morning / Pre-Surf Routine
Talk Story: Surfing, Yoga, and Mirrors of Life
3 Tips to Maximize Your Cross-Training
We all train for a variety of reasons. For some, exercise is a form of stress relief. For others, working out is a way to improve their physical health. Some people train to feel more confident in their bodies, and others may work out to improve their athletic performance or to train for a specific event, such as a race, or competition, or in preparation for a high season of surfing. Regardless of the reason, or the modality, here are 3 tips to get the most out of each session!
Self-Care Club: 7 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System
A Yoga Playlist for Slowing Down + Doing Less
Check It Out! I'm on the KookCast Podcast
Travel Journal: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua
Yoga: More than a Practice of Postures, It's a Practice of Living
I think that one of the most common, modern-day misconceptions of yoga is that it’s only about the poses we practice on the mat, when really, well at least the way I see it is, yoga is more so a practice of choosing to show up for life. Yoga is a practice that reaches far beyond these four corners with the capacity to stretch into each + every corner of our lives.