I want my MTV! Wow, I’m showing my age with this one. Do you want your Daily Downward Dog (D.D.D.)? Are you wondering where the hell the D.D.D. is? Well, something really exciting has happened (for me, at least). The D.D.D. was feeling a little cramped over here at MariaMedia. It needed a bigger yoga more…

I have to admit, I’m not a morning person. I hit the snooze button more than a few times every morning (it’s my own special way to get even with my snoring husband). It takes me a while to get functioning, and please don’t try to strike up a conversation with me until I’ve had more…

Do you sometimes have a hard time getting into yoga class? Is it hard to walk away from the stress of your day and leave it all behind? Do you want to get all the benefits of yoga? If you want to get into a better state during yoga class, try closing your eyes. I’m more…

Do you have an old yoga mat that needs to be replaced? Don’t throw your old one away; donate it and get a great discount on a new one. When you donate your gently used yoga mat to The Bolder Mat Company, they will clean and refurbish it and then donate it to yoga charities more…

Warrior goddess. Just the name itself is cool! I had never heard of this pose, but we did it in my yoga class this week. I think I may have heard my yoga instructor wrong though, because when I looked up the pose, I found that it is called goddess squat or utkata konasana. What more…

The other night in yoga class, we were in wide-legged forward bend (Prasarita Padottanasana), where the goal is to get your head to touch the floor. If you can imagine, my head is nowhere near the floor. The yoga instructor told us not to worry about getting our heads to the floor, but to do more…

What’s a Downward Dog, you ask?! It’s just the most famous and highly practiced yoga posture of all time – that’s all! If they gave out Oscars for yoga, this pose would have won Best Picture and I’m sure a Lifetime Achievement Award. For me it is the quintessential pose, and one that inspires me more…