Flow and Go Yoga

You’ve done it! You’ve taken the plunge and I’m so proud of you for choosing yourself, your health, and your well-being!! But now what? How do you optimize your at-home yoga practice?  The good news is there are several ways! The premise behind Flow and Go Yoga is to make it easy and accessible for you to show up, rock out a flow, and be consistent with it. Life is hard enough. Fitting a quick yoga flow into your day shouldn’t be one of those things. Our flows are all 20 minutes which is something you can do daily (or at least most days) and we offer more live times than any other yoga platform to help you stay consistent and accountable!  Without further ado, here’s how to get the most out of Flow and Go Yoga: #1. Use Yoga Props I can’t say this enough: Use Props! In fact, just have them handy! You don’t need to have fancy ones but here’s what we recommend: Yoga Blocks (2) - You can use a couple of sturdy, hardcover books instead and in cases where you just want to bring the...

With the holidays coming, you might be wondering where does my yoga practice fit in?  The beautiful thing is that while our schedules, customs, and habits change for a few days or weeks, yoga is something that we can take with us. In fact, my favourite part of yoga isn’t the big fancy asanas; it’s that no matter where I am or what I’m doing, yoga is always available to me.  You might be asking yourself how that’s possible. How do I find time to roll out a mat? Or even the space? Sometimes the answer is that you don’t roll out the mat, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still do yoga.  Yoga is the Sanskrit word for ‘union.’ It means connection to yourself. Read that one more time. Yoga means connection to YOURSELF: that beautiful soul and being that you are. It means you strengthen that connection, and that’s something that doesn’t always require a mat.  What you can do is work it into your every day. At its simplest, yoga is a mindful breath that grounds you and brings ...

We all know that yoga is one of the healthiest forms of exercise for your body and mind. However, is it beneficial to do yoga every day? If not, how often is the most optimal amount of yoga you should do? It depends on several factors, and in this article, we will go a little deeper.  How Often Should You Do Yoga? There’s a lot of information out there on what’s best. Some people say yoga should be practiced daily. Others will say that once or twice a week is enough to gain the benefits of this mind and body practice. Before I started my yoga teacher training, I was told that I should be doing at least 60 to 90 minutes of solo yoga daily to understand and appreciate yoga fully.  While this endurance was helpful for the long days of yoga teacher training, it’s also not very practical to everyday life.  The best answer I could give you regarding the amount of yoga you should do is that there is no one size fits all solution. It all depends on you, your schedule, and your bo...

I used to struggle with using props. It was so important to me to be able to "do" yoga that I resisted any help what-so-ever, including those little foam or cork blocks.  In reality, props actually support our practice more than I ever would have given them credit for doing. They help us fos on where we intend to grow and allow us to get the most out of each pose. This of course, helps us tune into our bodies even more.  In a lot of poses, there's a point where we start to strain. For example, in this half split without blocks, I'm rounding through my back which means my hip flexors are more slack.  Now add blocks under my hands and bring the ground up higher. I can actually lengthen my spine and engage the hip flexors. It also deepens the stretch in the back of my hamstrings and calves.  When I first started practicing yoga, I didn't realize that straining was our body's way of saying "no" and asking for help. It's important to listen and to sup...