Urban Sky Yoga

08/28/2023

I have much gratitude for the experience of an amazing weekend in Atlanta with yogis from all over the middle Georgia region 🫶 Plus the added benefit of hanging out with .urbanskyy❤️ (Thanks for hosting your mom😉)

Thanks to and for the opportunity to be a part of the inspiring group of presenting teachers! A huge shoutout to all the amazing yogis 🎉

It is back to our regularly scheduled programming today and tonight at 7pm is Restorative Yoga with crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, ocean drum, and zephyr chimes. Come and give yourself deep rest through sound vibrations.

Link to sign up is my my bio.

08/22/2023

This is the weekend! If you are in the Atlanta area and want some yoga in your life, check out . I’ll be hanging out there all weekend and even teaching a class with on Sunday at 11:30am. Check out the link my bio to sign up.👆

We had an opportunity to spend time with some of the other festival teachers at , an amazing space 💜 where scheduled a photoshoot with the talented .

So many credit to give: for this opportunity. for asking me to be her teaching partner and bringing in some High Vibrations⚡️ for the look and for a lovely venue and for creating the perfect vibe. Thanks to .urbanskyy for hosting me in his new apartment and being ok with hanging out with his mom🙄

08/18/2021

I am so thrilled with this bolster from

08/08/2021

A foot release and activation practice.

08/08/2021

A gentle foot release practice.

08/08/2021

A short discussion of plantar fasciitis.

11/22/2020

Here is a short seated practice. It can be done sitting on a chair, seated on the ground, or even standing up.

Side-bending to bring awareness to your side body.

11/11/2020

Our wrists seem to often get overlooked in our yoga practice and in our daily life. Beginners and non-beginners alike roll out their mats and immediately passively bear weight on their wrists, usually without any type of meaningful preparation. Here is an exercise that you can do without even wearing yoga clothes or getting on the ground. Of course you can always feel free to do these in yoga clothes and on the ground😉.

10/28/2020

How aware if your hands are you?

10/22/2020

Day 4 of the challenge is all about the feeling of tightness in upper shoulders and neck. Before diving into a deeper learning of how the body moves I just blurted out cues that had been taught to me over the years or cues that I had picked up along the way. Thankfully I have had AMAZING teachers along the way and am thankful to the wealth of knowledge I received and continue to receive.

Reach your arms up and move your shoulders down your back is a classic cue that you have probably heard if you’ve been to a yoga class. Here’s the thing, friends. If you lift your arms up (shoulder flexion) your shoulder blades have to upwardly rotate and elevate. This means your shoulder blades lift. (Yoga teachers: if you continue to use this cue, please have a reason behind it. For example, you are trying to bring awareness of intentional movement to another action through the rib cage or shoulders.)

That tightness we feel in the upper shoulders is 99% of the time NOT the trapezius muscles, but the levator scapulae muscles instead. The video shows how we can coax more work out of the upper traps to attempt to more evenly distribute work between the upper traps and levator scapulae.

BTW, it takes more muscular effort to elevate your shoulder blades than to depress them. Just a side note that deserves a separate post - or 20🤓 The video shows one way to address under-worked

If you are really interested in how all this really works, please follow . He has helped me better understands the workings of anatomy. My postings are amateur hour compared to his🤩

Maybe try some turning out of the upper arm bones while your arms are overhead. Could be that incorporating some repetitions of this movement could elevate upper shoulder pain.🤔

Kudos to all of you who read this far!😍 I can’t seem to stop myself. I get excited about these movement possibilities. Hahaha🤓

10/21/2020

Today’s challenge (Day 3 for those of you following along) is brought to you by the 🎺🎺🎺 {trumpet fanfare} HAMSTRINGS. { great cheering and confetti- throwing}

Check out for all the anatomy goodness, but suffice it to say that our hamstrings could probably benefit from some intentional loading/work similarly to the iliopsoas as was mentioned in yesterday’s challenge.

Feel free to shout out words of love to your hamstrings (and me😉) when you try this.

10/20/2020

Another mind-expanding opportunity from . A deep hip flexor strengthening pose in the position of hip extension. (BTW, this was probably take number 30. I am terrible at making these short postings🙄😬) I long for the silent film days😂🤣😂🤣😜