The Breath Project

The Breath Project is a seasonally produced newsletter that contains original and guest articles intended to stimulate the reader's consideration of breath as health. Each issue has a specific theme and demonstrates editorially and graphically yoga asana relevant to the theme. The menu on this page describes content for each issue to date. I invite questions and comments on anything you may read within.

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Biomechanical Inefficiencies of Bipedalism: Stretch Your Psoas
August 2010 | (PDF 1.8 mb)

• Function of the Ilio-psoas muscle and its relationship to low back and hip dysfunction
• Craniosacral Therapy, contributed by Sarah Lawrie, LMT
• Yoga Asanas for stretching the ilio-psoas muscle

Liberating the Heart
March 2010 | (PDF 1.2 mb)

• Bodywork and yoga as ways to explore and liberate the deeper self
• A Buddhist Perspective on Liberation, contributed by Annie Mahon, owner of Circle Yoga
• Asana practice as self-liberation

Bodywork and Transition
October 2009 | (PDF 1.6 mb)

• An original essay on the role of bodywork and yoga in moving through periods of personal transition
• Yoga Asana during times of transition
• Non-traditional bodywork (focused on energy), contributed by Mary Kay Parkinson