What’s up everyone. I’m Courtney Bell and this is Yoga Current. We all experience wonderful health benefits from yoga. This blog shares information about how yoga targets specific health functions and creates therapeutic effects on the human endocrine system. Namely, how the yoga pose called Supported Shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana) effects the Thyroid and Parathyroid glands. […]
A Whole Body Approach to Leg Stretches
What’s up y’all I am sharing more and creating new content once again! My latest video on Patreon is a 30+ minute session, called A Whole Body Approach to Leg Stretches. It is divided into two parts so you can access Part One, lunar/restorative and Part Two, solar/active independently, or practice them together! Here is a […]
Warrior One – Yoga Alignment Practice
Vinyasa Basics, Part 2
A Vinyasa Basics Practice
Morning Yoga, April 1st
It’s a wonderful day! I am writing this from an amazing space of fulfilment and I’d like to share that I am 100% thrilled with what’s been happening in my world. I’ve taken time to connect with sources of inspiration, focus on ways to build bridges from my true self, nurture relationships, and tend to my […]
Diary of a Yogini (with video!)
So I had this idea a while ago to start a home yoga video series called Diary of a Yogini in Her Habitat and I think it’s one of those ideas that is actually going to become a thing. You know it takes a while sometimes to see if it’s just a fleeting thing or […]
Beginner’s Yoga for Weight Loss
My Beginner’s Yoga for Weight Loss has been the most popular video by far, from my YouTube collection. The first video targets core strength. Here are the first five steps of the video. Practice each step for 2 minutes to begin. 1. Begin seated cross-leg seat, known as Suhkasa or Easy Seat. In this seated […]
With Great Affection
I absolutely love this picture and quote because I identify with the sensations of contentment, stability, and blissfulness within yoga. And I’d like to ask YOU if you also feel this in your yoga. Do you feel colorful heart symbols bursting through your poses? How about friendly birds perched onto your side? Yes? No? Maybe so? Well, I definitely […]
Underlying the Inner Thigh Gap
Reading the following article reminded me of the dearly sought after “inner thigh gap” that displays a thin appearance of the femur bones. Now, as much as it would be an easy shot for me to condemn the “inner thigh gap” in order to justify the point that such superficial characteristics do not define beauty, I want […]