Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts

11/23/2025

Geeta Iyengar often taught rocking and rolling motion to help improve our freedom in twists and forward bends. Here Karen enjoys the controlled momentum and ease of these gently swinging movements, preparing her for the final Head of the Knee Pose.

11/21/2025

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Calm the mind through exhalation
• In Yoga Sutra I.34, the sage Patanjali describes one of several techniques for establishing a serene and benevolent state of consciousness.
• To quiet the mind, we can observe and extend the pensive state experienced at the end of a soft and steady exhalation.
• With practice, we can learn to pause before inhaling again, passively remaining in a state of tranquility.
• B.K.S. Iyengar writes that this practice ensures a state of consciousness which is like a calm lake.

11/20/2025

Join Evelyn for a gentle Restorative practice on Saturday, November 22, from 1:00-2:30 pm (In-Studio only), where she will lead you through a rejuvenating sequence, using blankets and props to fully support your resting body, built around health-enhancing poses that quiet the mind, calm the nervous system, and nourish the immune system. Sign up here: https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/calendar.

11/16/2025

To arrive on one leg from a Handstand takes strength, coordination, and sharp mental focus. Julie displays all three in the transition from Handstand to Upward Extended One Leg Pose.

11/14/2025

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Choose One Pose as a Reference for the Entire Practice
• Select a basic pose that you are comfortable with, such as Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose), Trikonasana (Triangle Pose), or a seated twist.
• Whatever posture you do, follow it with the reference pose.
• Observe how the reference pose changes as you move through your practice.
• The body will naturally become more mobile, but see if you can notice subtle aspects of the pose.
• Learn to observe the specific effects of other poses on your reference pose.

11/12/2025

Join Karen In-Studio or Online on Friday, November 14 at 12:00 noon for a Focus Fridays class dedicated to lengthening and strengthening the lower back. She will guide you through a series of poses to increase stability and spaciousness in the lower back as you traction the lumbar spine, strengthen the abdominal and spinal muscles, and restore balance to your pelvis and hips. All students who sign up for the class will have two weeks of online access to the recording, so you can take – and retake – as often as you’d like! Sign up here: https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/calendar.

11/09/2025

Amy displays both strength and lightness in this arm balance, the Eight Bends Pose. The strong closing of the knees around the arm helps make the pose stable.

11/07/2025

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Concentrate on one action
• Create a sequence of 3 - 5 poses that have a common action for your practice of concentration.
• For example, you could focus on pressing your heels strongly down into the floor in a series of standing poses.
• Keep your mind on this single action and observe the various effects or outcomes of the action.
• Observe how your ease and familiarity with the action improves as you move through your sequence. As Geeta Iyengar said, it "becomes known to you."
• Concentration, or dharana, is the sixth limb of yoga, and is considered a pre-requisite for the experience of deeper meditative states of awareness.

11/06/2025

11/05/2025

Supta Padangusthasana, Reclining Big Toe Pose, is a classic yoga asana with many benefits. Come study this deeply therapeutic pose with Karen Allgire on Saturday, November 8 from 1:00 - 3:30 pm. This special workshop - Freeing the Hips and Spine through Supta Padangusthasana - will include many variations of the pose, designed especially to create length in the lower back and mobility in your hips. To register for the Studio workshop visit https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/classes/18470535 To register for the Online class visit https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/classes/18470536

11/03/2025

Yoga can help you feel ease in your lower back, freedom in your hips, and improved digestion, especially with the practice of Supta Padangusthasana, Reclining Big Toe Pose. Join Karen on Saturday, November 8 from 1:00 - 3:30 pm for Freeing the Hips and Spine through Supta Padangusthasana. You can participate at the studio or online. The class will be recorded and available to all participants for one month. To register visit https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/classes/18470535

11/02/2025

From Head Balance 1, Charlotte shows strength and courage in her quick yet stable transition into Head Balance 2. This takes strength, good alignment and confidence. And of course, practice!