I have to admit, the first time I saw Erin doing yoga, I was shocked.

At 330 pounds, her frame was not what I was used to seeing in the classroom, but it wasn't until I saw her in action that I realized how strong my bias was about...

I posted a request from YogaforVets.com on my Facebook page the other day. Seems simple, right?

It's a site, founded in 2007 by Navy diver and yoga instructor Paul Zipes. He says he had the idea for the site because he wanted to support the troops and their...

Dear Mr. President,

I know you're trying to fix our massive problems, all while moving us forward on multiple fronts. I voted for you, and rejoiced when you won.

Yet, I also want you to quit.

I'm sure your stress levels are unbelievable. Yet, if you want...

Are You A Spiritual Snob?

snob  [snob]
-noun

1. A person who imitates, cultivates or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing towards others.

2. A person who believes him or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful...

First, a disclaimer:

I'm not a dude.

However, I teach enough of you to be an expert in GUYS, or the Guy's Unawareness of Yoga Syndrome, which culminates in a few different ways. Mostly, though, it ends up keeping you away from a fitness practice that can benefit you...

Open any fashion magazine, and chances are, you'll see women there who look absolutely perfect: sleek, skinny, happy, fashionable, and well, living a fairy-tale life with the equivalent of that Diet Coke commercial guy drooling all over her. It's hard, in the face of all the billboards, ads and commercials...

Do you think that your headstand or Downward Dog was handed down from yogi to yogi for centuries, or when you're doing the Sun Salutation, you've joined the ranks of yogis who were practicing those same motions thousands of years ago?

Then think again.

When I tell people that...

As a longtime yoga teacher, I remember when part of my job used to consist of talking resistant people into trying it for the first time.

Then maybe they love it, they lose weight, look better, feel more awake and aware, their relationships transform, blah, blah, blah. But most...

I used to be a total gym rat--I lived for my pre-work workouts and breathed the smell of sweat and showers. For two hours every other day, clanking weights, anonymous house music and whirring elliptical machines was my soundtrack.

I'd spend an hour doing cardio, and another hour lifting...

I've done yoga for 15 years, taught it for 10. I train teachers, travel across the globe doing high-level workshops, conferences and retreats. My days are spent gladly, and often, for free, helping hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to find their best selves ever.

I consider myself...

While we all sit around and shake our collective heads at the sad state of Michael Jackson's lifestyle of prescription drug abuse in the months (and increasingly as it sounds, years) preceding his death, it would behoove you to also look straight ahead at the man (or woman) in the...