Lauren Eirk's Articles

When teaching yoga, what are the fundamental, or central, themes to focus on, and among the numerous poses, which are the most important ones for your students to practice? In...

Hatha yoga, the yoga that uses the body as a vehicle for meditation, has consisted of 84,000 asanas, or poses, throughout history. Open the book Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyenga...

Some people believe that stretching before exercise lowers your injury risk. However, research has found that mild stretching can cause damage at the cyto­skeletal level of t...