Avoiding Repetitive Stress Injuries in Yoga, by Theresa Elliott
Originally published, February 2008 In 1999 I seriously injured my sacroiliac. I had been practicing yoga for 13 years and given my strength, flexibility and ability to do “big poses,” I wondered how...
View ArticleChoosing a Yoga Teacher, by Theresa Elliott
Originally published July 2008 Yoga has exploded in Seattle as in much of the country. For every coffee stand, there is at least one yoga studio lurking nearby. With so many places offering yoga, how...
View ArticleTaj Yoga Goes Viral
See the fun we had with the Museum of Flight! “Kneeling Armstrong”, the commercial with Taj teachers and students! Walk in the footsteps of astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Trainer, only at The...
View ArticleThe Elephant Grave Yard, by Theresa Elliott
Post #1 in The Elliott Lexicon of Satisfactory Yoga Terminology Words have always been difficult for me. When I was a kid, my parents thought something was wrong because I played alone in my room....
View ArticleThe Unicorn, by Theresa Elliott
Post #2 in The Elliott Lexicon of Satisfactory Yoga Terminology This is quite contradictory to how I operate, but I found the Unicorn while teaching with a hangover. I don’t think of awareness as a...
View ArticleIn an “Anything Goes” Yoga World, What’s a Teacher To Do?
What alignment brings to our practice, and how to find it. By Theresa Elliott One of the challenges we face as teachers of hatha yoga is the practice has become so diverse and mutates so quickly that...
View ArticleTry Yoga Dance, An Interview with Theresa Elliott by Simona Trakiyska
The following is an excerpt from a recent article by Seattle Yoga News regarding my work in yogadance: “The poses are the dots,” Elliott said. “They give us position, framework and space. Back when...
View ArticleDeath by Yoga Not Okay and the Sensation Continuum, by Theresa Elliott
Post #6 in The Elliott Lexicon of Satisfactory Yoga Terminology Sadly, when the phrase “Death by Yoga Not Okay” occurred to me some 25 years ago, I didn’t rush right out and buy the URL. In my defense...
View ArticleMr Wizard and The Fancy Leg, by Theresa Elliott
Post #7 in The Elliott Lexicon of Satisfactory Yoga Terminology Totoor Turtle was a character in an old cartoon from the 60’s. He was ambitious and often got into trouble. When in need of help he cried...
View ArticleTreats are Part of Your Personal Mystery, by Theresa Elliott
Post #8 in The Elliott Lexicon of Satisfactory Yoga Terminology It was around 1994 and I was teaching a class on padmasana (lotus pose), a three hour workshop preparing the hips for this less than easy...
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