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She comes to class every Tuesday. She moves through her practice without complaint, goes deeper than most, holds longer than she probably should. After class she mentions, almost as an aside, that she took an Aleve before she left the house. Another woman in the same class takes ibuprofen. Different pills, same idea. She means well. She wants to show up. She wants to do the work. And I understand that impulse completely. But what neither of them realizes is that the medicatio

You roll out your mat, settle into your first Downward Dog, and that familiar ache starts creeping in right along the base of your palm. Maybe it has been there for weeks. Maybe longer. So you do what feels logical. You reach for a wrist brace before your next class, strap it on, and hope for the best. It is a reasonable instinct. And unlike a lot of quick fixes, it is not entirely wrong. But whether a wrist brace actually serves you on the mat depends on something most peopl

I have a deep personal relationship with plank pose. I have been teaching it for 16 years and practicing it for 38. Of all the poses in yoga, it may be the one that most directly reflects the philosophy I teach: strength is the foundation of everything. Plank is not glamorous. It does not look impressive on social media. But it is one of the most complete full-body conditioning exercises in yoga, and the research behind its benefits is stronger than most people realize. Here

We are halfway through a sun salutation. The room is warm, the flow is steady, and the body is starting to soften into the rhythm of the sequence. Then it happens. A sharp sting underneath the big toe. Something so small that nobody else in the room would notice. But we notice, because now every downward dog, every chaturanga transition, every step forward between the hands comes with a little flash of pain that pulls us right out of our breath. If we have been practicing yog