by Sherri Koehler | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog Posts, Practice
At the beginning of December I was on my way to Puerto Vallarta, the first stop on my way to attend a transformational retreat on offering yoga at end-of-life. Mexico was an astounding place to visit. From delightful people, happy to help me practice my very rusty...
by Sherri Koehler | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog Posts, Practice
In 2015 I was asked to sub a class for older adults, Gentle Hatha Yoga. The teacher was going to be gone for a couple of weeks and I was in the system as a sub, the club was running out of options and gave me a ring. After a couple of weeks I was asked if I’d be...
by Sherri Koehler | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog Posts, Meditation, Pranayama
Last month Trinity College Dublin released a study* that identifies how the brain functions when prāṇāyāma helps us to focus. The study revealed activity in an area of the brainstem, the locus coeruleus, which produces noradrenaline. This chemical helps us to focus...
by Sherri Koehler | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog Posts, Practice
This month, as of October 15th, I have been honored to teach yoga for 10 years. A decade of offering the light of Yoga to others. There have been some breaks in there, times when my own health needed attention and the rest of not teaching. The span however, from my...
by Sherri Koehler | Jan 25, 2015 | Blog Posts
On September 5, 2008, I started my 200+ hour teacher training course for Hatha Yoga in Portland, Oregon. Although I’d successfully completed a shorter, beginning teacher training course in Seattle, Washington, in the spring of 2006, this training established me...