What Is Type A Yoga?
Type A Yoga® began in 2010 as a response to people who said, “I can’t do yoga.” Although yoga practices have since begun to speed up and become more “Type A,” (i.e., hurried, impatient, irritable, elitist, exclusive, co...

Type A Yoga® began in 2010 as a response to people who said, “I can’t do yoga.” Although yoga practices have since begun to speed up and become more “Type A,” (i.e., hurried, impatient, irritable, elitist, exclusive, co...
This was originally published on my Martinez Patch.com blog on Apr. 15, 2012. Whether I’m at the studio or out in the world, when people find out I’m a yoga instructor they often ask me how often they should “do yoga”. I have ...
This was originally published on my Pleasant Hill Patch.com blog, Jan. 14, 2013. Our studio staff were recently discussing our new Welcome Back Yoga class, designed to help ease our experienced students back into a regular class after a long absence,...
Type A personalities are competitive and driven. They push themselves through life, always striving to get ahead. Often, they don’t stop to realize they already are ahead, or take the time to appreciate what they have. More importantly, their attit...
Is Yoga a fitness program? A religion? A cultural artifact? A clinical psychology tool? A physical therapy modality? A way of life? Yoga is a challenging field of study because of these questions. No one asks if cardio-kickboxing might convert them...
Type A Yoga® began in 2010 as a response to people who said, “I can’t do yoga.” Although yoga practices have since begun to speed up and become more “Type A,” (i.e., hurried, impatient, irritable, elitist, exclusive, co...
Type A personalities are competitive and driven. They push themselves through life, always striving to get ahead. Often, they don’t stop to realize they already are ahead, or take the time to appreciate what they have. More importantly, their attit...
This was originally published on my Martinez Patch.com blog on Apr. 15, 2012. Whether I’m at the studio or out in the world, when people find out I’m a yoga instructor they often ask me how often they should “do yoga”. I have ...
This was originally published on my Pleasant Hill Patch.com blog, Jan. 14, 2013. Our studio staff were recently discussing our new Welcome Back Yoga class, designed to help ease our experienced students back into a regular class after a long absence,...
I realize this headline is a bit presumptuous… I don’t even know you and now I’m jumping to conclusions about your health habits and speculating as to your state of mind! A bit rude, really. However, given that this is a blog and ca...
Type A Yoga® began in 2010 as a response to people who said, “I can’t do yoga.” Although yoga practices have since begun to speed up and become more “Type A,” (i.e., hurried, impatient, irritable, elitist, exclusive, co...
Over the last decade of yoga’s increasing popularity, many, many more mat products, materials, and characteristics have been released and it can be challenging to determine what options are best for you. For those of you looking for guidance, w...
There are a multitude of voices and styles in the yoga community. Students who become accustomed to one style of teaching may find themselves caught off guard when they find a teacher who is drastically different than what they expect. Students who h...
The yoga “industry” is getting more and more athletic. A practice associated with gentle breathing in the seventies is now associated with acrobatics and contortion. Advertisements for workshops and pictures for yoga articles feature adva...
Over the last few years I’ve been open, actually over the decade plus I’ve been practicing, an industry has risen. Not all of it represents the same thing as what yoga means to me. We are Type A Yoga because when I started practicing, Ty...
Is Yoga a fitness program? A religion? A cultural artifact? A clinical psychology tool? A physical therapy modality? A way of life? Yoga is a challenging field of study because of these questions. No one asks if cardio-kickboxing might convert them to another religion and few ask about the use of Zumba in clinical PTSD ...
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