[Video Tutorial] 2 Minute Opening Yoga Practice
Try this fun and upbeat 2 minute practice to start out your day, or maybe, take a break from sitting at that desk!
Author: Jen Allen
Practice with the Breath – Pranayama Journal Entry
For two weeks, I practiced ratio breathing with the idea of getting up to 2:1, creating longer holds on the inhalations than holds on the exhalations to create an energizing pranayama practice preferably in the beginning of the day.
Day Hike, Meditation & Yoga
Come join Jen allen for a short hike on the Appalachian trail followed by seated guided meditation (along with seated yoga) on the weverton overlook and lunch!
AcroYoga Event with HopAsana
Join Jen Allen and Dan Hill at Black Flag Brewery for an acroyoga learning event, plus beer!
Visiting Thailand – We Begin with Bangkok (Part 1 of 3)
In February of 2017, Jen Allen visited Thailand for a Thai Yoga Massage Retreat. Here is here recount (part 1 of 3) of the experience.
New Year, New You….or So the Saying Goes
In Yoga, the habits we create and reinforce are referred to as samskaras, which is a Sanskrit term for these repetitive patterns and thoughts.
A Breakdown of Yoga Therapy
What Is Yoga Therapy? Yoga therapy is a full bodied approach to help you achieve a greater sense of wellbeing, restore a sense of vitality, live with a deeper place of meaning, be awake to every moment, and bring balance to your wellbeing. It is a form of health promotion that utilizes the tools found…
What I’ve been up to
What a great time to be alive, the present! I’ve been immersed into learning more about the mind, body, and spirit through the relationships we have with diet, exercise, and thought patterns. Mostly through the yoga therapy program I’m enrolled in for the next two years of my life, and also from self exploration. I…
Interview with Geoff Blake
Personal Trainer Spotlight: Geoff Blake of Strongman For The Everyman I had the pleasure of sitting down with Geoff Blake, a personal trainer and inquisitive mind that is always finding ways to challenge himself and become a better version so he can help other reach their goals in life. Recently, I saw he helped a…
The Ways We Learn Yoga
There are usually three different ways a new student learns yoga: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Each student is going to learn yoga in a different and unique ratio of these three areas. Heck, they might even call memory recall and dreaming as another form of visual learning because that is what I remember during my…