Renee Schettler

1 month ago | yogajournal.com | Renee Schettler

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It’s a week of the mind. As Mercury enters Gemini and a new Moon takes place in the same sign, our minds become influenced by the curious sign which influences our thoughts, learning, conversing, and sharing. There’s an expanding of awareness taking place, one that allows for openness to alternate insights, perspectives, and possibilities.

1 month ago | yogajournal.com | Olivia James |Renee Schettler

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I ran back up the stairs after my morning walk, flung open the door to my studio apartment, and saw my boyfriend sitting at the table, already tapping away at his computer. In a second, my plans to meditate that morning disintegrated. He’s already working. Shouldn’t I be doing something productive, too? I pulled out my laptop, skipping my meditation practice for the day.

1 month ago | yogajournal.com | Renee Schettler |MacDuff Perkins

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I’m standing on my mat during yoga class, palms pressed together in front of my heart, setting a silent intention. Eyes open, and I begin to move through Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations), prayer vibrating through my bones. There is the flight of the feet, the lift of the sternum, the hips reaching up and back. An exhale and I’m back at the top of the mat.

1 month ago | yogajournal.com | Renee Schettler

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. “Poetry is what happens when your mind stops working, and for a moment, all you can do is feel.” That’s what the contemporary poet Atticus once wrote. It’s not unlike what happens during yoga—not only your experience in the actual poses but the transitions in between them. Well, some yoga transitions.

2 months ago | yogajournal.com | Renee Schettler |Yoga with Kassandra

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The following 15-minute yoga for hips practice is ideal for whenever you need to stretch out some soreness. It’s a straightforward flow featuring all sorts of hip-opening stretches that you can do at any time of day.