Welcome to another edition of Mindful Monday. Today, I’ll explore the importance of warming up before physical activity, prompted by a viewer's question about warming up the quadriceps.

Welcome to the world of ankle stretching essentials, where we explore the key techniques to maintain flexibility and enhance mobility in your ankles. Have you ever wondered how to unlock greater flexibility in your ankles, thereby improving your overall body and foot health?

Today, I have an invigorating variation of Warrior 1 to share with you (aka Virabhadrasana I), offering a deeper challenge to your practice.

In the traditional Warrior 1 posture, we aim to deeply bend the front knee, grounding ourselves firmly to the floor. To intensify this experience, we can incorporate a chair into our practice. Here's how it works:

Warrior postures are good for you because they help you feel strong by building strength in your body. But sometimes they are intimidating to do standing because of the balance and strength required.

Yoga is excellent for improving mobility and balance. A thigh stretch is wonderful for those benefits but can be challenging when done standing. This variation gives you all the benefits but with all the support by being practiced from the chair.

Yoga is excellent for improving mobility and balance. This thigh stretch is wonderful for those benefits but can be challenging for many. This variation shows how you can use supports to make it more accessible allowing you to get all the benefits of the stretch.

The thigh muscle is extremely important to maintain mobility. Learn how to do this stretch safely and effectively. If this variation is too challenging stay tuned for other gentle variations.

Do you try to meditate but wind up falling asleep? This video will provide a tip for how to meditate and stay awake when you meditate so you can receive all the amazing benefits of a regular meditation practice.

Trying balance yoga poses in yoga can be overwhelming and scary. But there is a way to try balances without the fear of falling or injuring yourself. In this video I offer some ways for you to work into balances so that you don't hurt yourself and so you can gain the confidence to get better in balance poses.

Sitting on the floor isn't always easy. But with some instructions and props it just might be possible. In this Mindful Monday video I offer some tips so that you can try for yourself and see. You just might surprise yourself.

Yoga isn't just about poses on the mat. Yoga is a practice for living life. And in this Mindful Monday, I share with you the practice of being intentional. Making time to set your intentions puts energy and attention on those things that you really want for our life so that you can draw them into your life. Ask yourself, "What do I really want?"

Yoga isn't just about poses on the mat. Yoga is a practice for living life. And in this Mindful Monday I share with you the practice of being in gratitude. Gratitude is all about acknowledging the little moments of grace throughout your day. It doesn't have to be big. Even the smallest moments can be meaningful.

Yoga isn't just about poses on the mat. Yoga is a practice for living life. And in this Mindful Monday, I share with you the practice of celebrating you. This is an important skill to strengthen because you deserve to be not only acknowledged but celebrated for all the things you do every day - even the little things.

Use body awareness that comes with the practice of yoga to build strength while standing up and sitting down in a chair. You'll strengthen your body awareness and also the muscles of your legs. Be intentional in this functional movement that you do every day.

Yoga is great for opening the chest and shoulder but with a strap it can be even more beneficial by allowing us to explore a great range of motion. Try this exercise with a strap from my Mindful Monday Series and see how it opens up your upper body.

You can use the mindfulness of a yoga practice to help you find the proper body position in plank to help you build core strength.

Try this hamstring stretch with the assistance of the wall. It take very little effort once in the stretch. With the assistance you can stay there for a while and really allow the muscles to lengthen and open.

Here's a great way to practice being in Warrior 2. Use a block as a support to help you build strength and improve your pose the next time you're on your mat.

This yoga pose, knee to chest pose aka apanasana, is great for relieving back pain. It can also be combined with the breath or pranayama to give you a sense of calm and help to reduce stress. And it's even a pose that supports your digestive system. Best part, it can all be done from the chair.

At the start of the New Year there's 3 important questions to ask yourself. Take time to meditate, reflect, and journal the answers to these very powerful questions.