The Journal — A Yoga Life

July 2026

Backbends

Cobra Pose: the gentle beginning of the backbends.

Cobra is where many people first discover that a backbend is nothing to fear. It is gentle, low to the ground, and built from strength rather than force, the soft doorway into the backbends.

Wind-Removing Pose: the quiet care of the inner body.

July 2026

Rest

Wind-Removing Pose: the quiet care of the inner body.

Most postures attend to the parts of you that show. This one tends to the parts that do not, a small posture with a generous purpose, the quiet care of the inner body.

Camel Pose: opening the heart you have been protecting.

June 2026

Backbends

Camel Pose: opening the heart you have been protecting.

Ustrasana is not the deepest bend you can reach. It is the felt memory of choosing to open when everything in you wanted to close.

Balancing Stick: the whole of you in one held moment.

July 2026

Balance

Balancing Stick: the whole of you in one held moment.

Balancing Stick is brief, and that is its power. For a few seconds the whole of you is present in one place, and the shortest posture can be the most complete.

Half Moon Pose: lengthening the side you forget you have.

July 2026

Standing

Half Moon Pose: lengthening the side you forget you have.

We spend our days moving forward and back. Half Moon is the posture that remembers the long lines of the side body — the space you did not know you were missing.

Bow Pose: the full opening of the front body.

July 2026

Backbends

Bow Pose: the full opening of the front body.

Bow is the fullest opening of the front body in the floor series, the whole front of you opening at once, generous and alive.

The Sit-Up: the bridge between stillness and movement.

July 2026

Core

The Sit-Up: the bridge between stillness and movement.

The sit-up is the bridge, the small, conscious movement that carries you from lying still into the seated postures to come. It asks you to bring intention even to the in-between.

Rabbit Pose: letting the spine lengthen and the head release.

July 2026

Forward Folds

Rabbit Pose: letting the spine lengthen and the head release.

Rabbit is the counterpose to all the backbends, a gentle rounding that lengthens the entire spine from tailbone to crown and gathers you quietly back in.

Standing Separate Leg Stretching: the quiet release of letting go.

July 2026

Forward Folds

Standing Separate Leg Stretching: the quiet release of letting go.

After the bright, demanding balance postures, this one feels like an exhale. A gentle wide-leg fold for the hamstrings and the whole back body.

Letters for the yoga life,
on and off the mat.

Final Breathing: carrying the experience out into your life.

Cobra Pose: the gentle beginning of the backbends.

Wind-Removing Pose: the quiet care of the inner body.

Camel Pose: opening the heart you have been protecting.

Balancing Stick: the whole of you in one held moment.

Half Moon Pose: lengthening the side you forget you have.

Bow Pose: the full opening of the front body.

The Sit-Up: the bridge between stillness and movement.

Rabbit Pose: letting the spine lengthen and the head release.

Standing Separate Leg Stretching: the quiet release of letting go.

Letters for the yoga life, on and off the mat.

Final Breathing: carrying the experience out into your life.

Cobra Pose: the gentle beginning of the backbends.

Wind-Removing Pose: the quiet care of the inner body.

Camel Pose: opening the heart you have been protecting.

Balancing Stick: the whole of you in one held moment.

Half Moon Pose: lengthening the side you forget you have.

Bow Pose: the full opening of the front body.

The Sit-Up: the bridge between stillness and movement.

Rabbit Pose: letting the spine lengthen and the head release.

Standing Separate Leg Stretching: the quiet release of letting go.

Letters for the yoga life,
on and off the mat.