Push Up Party

September 15, 2015

PSA: Four quick things: 1) Our Costa Rica Jungle Retreat is filling up! We'd love to have you join us! 2) If you're interested in participating in a live chat on the yoga forum, let us know! 3) Our holiday YBC Mantra Box is available for pre-sale, and we now offer YBC Grab Bags for my peeps on a budget. 4) If you've downloaded our YBC Official App and reviewed it, send a screenshot to @ybc_lauren on twitter and we'll send you a little gift in thanks!

If you're working on arm balances, one of the best things you can do is build your upper body strength. I have a love/hate relationship with push ups - mostly because they're freaking hard. When I was in Morocco, Greg and I wanted to workout but we were in the middle of the dessert, so he suggested a hiit workout that included what he affectionally dubbed a "push up party."

Pin now and join in the 30 Day Mindful Yoga Program for free!Picture from my trip to Dubai. — Pin now and join in the 30 Day Mindful Yoga Program for free!
Picture from my trip to Dubai.

Mindful Yoga Program - Week 3 Schedule

September 14, 2015

PSA: Five quick things: 1) Our Costa Rica Jungle Retreat is filling up! We'd love to have you join us! 2) If you're interested in participating in a live chat on the yoga forum, let us know! 3) Our holiday YBC Mantra Box is available for pre-sale, and we now offer YBC Grab Bags for my peeps on a budget. 4) If you've downloaded our YBC Official App and reviewed it, send a screenshot to @ybc_lauren on twitter and we'll send you a little gift in thanks! 5) Our gratitude giveaway is still going on - a handful of awesome items to inspire gratitude in your life - and the comments section is the best thing on the internet right now.

How's the #YBCmindful program going for you? Are you seeing results? I've been making an effort to be more present in my practice, in my workouts and in my life off the mat and it's made such a huge difference in my stress levels, and in the quality of my practices, workouts and life. I'm so glad we started this program, and would love to hear how it's going for you down in the comments below!

Pin it! Grasshopper pose progress. Wearing top: teeki pants (review), Wearing bottom: sweaty betty tank (similar), zella capris — Pin it! Grasshopper pose progress.
Wearing top: teeki pants (review), Wearing bottom: sweaty betty tank (similar), zella capris

Practice Makes Progress: Grasshopper Pose

September 11, 2015

We're back with another Practice Makes Progress, and this time I'm looking back at how far my grasshopper pose has come.

Pin now, practice handstand later! Wearing: Sweaty Betty leggings, Puma tank and sneakers. — Pin now, practice handstand later!
Wearing: Sweaty Betty leggings, Puma tank and sneakers.

5 Steps to Handstand with a Wall

September 3, 2015

My handstand isn't quite the bomb dot com just yet but it's getting there as I continue to build my upper body strength. In yoga, sometimes it works to your advantage to have a background in gymnastics. In this case, not so much because my gymnastics work always had me doing front walkovers and therefore my muscle memory always kicks in and I have a tough time getting my balance and catching myself at just the right time. It's coming along slowly, (ever so slowly), but it's definitely coming on.

Pin now, practice binds in your yoga practice later! Wearing: Lululemon shorts, f21 tank (similar), alo bra. — Pin now, practice binds in your yoga practice later!
Wearing: Lululemon shorts, f21 tank (similar), alo bra.

4 ways to Incorporate Binds into the Yoga Practice

August 27, 2015

PSA: Looking to get away? We'll be headed to the Costa Rican jungle in November and would love for you to join us for a relaxing yoga retreat! Also, if you have a second to review the YBC Official App in the App Store, we'd be so grateful!

I'm not going to lie to you - I don't love binds. My shoulder always makes this embarrassing popping sound, and it sort of feels like my chest might rip open, but they say the poses you avoid are the ones you need to do, so I'm making more of an effort to incorporate binds into my practice.

60 Minute Slow Flow Power Yoga

August 25, 2015

PSA: The Costa Rica yoga retreat is happening in November and we cannot wait! Monkeys in the trees, lots of sunshine, horseback riding and yoga! Come join! And, if you have a second to review the YBC Official App, we'd be so grateful!

You guys! The YBC Community is 50,000 strong on YouTube! Incredible! As promised, here is a 60 minute free yoga class to celebrate the 50k mark.