Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts

01/16/2026

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Open the palms
• Take a pose in which your bear weight on your hands such as Downward Facing Dog Pose.
• Press all parts of the hand down - the outer edges of the hands, the center of the palms, the undersides of the knuckles and the fingers.
• Especially press the index finger mound, the area below the index finger knuckle.
• Observe how the even, firm pressure of the hands onto the floor effects your arms, shoulders and shoulder blades.
• Connecting the palms strongly to the floor is a way of working with the earth element, which brings stability and steadfastness to the posture.

01/14/2026

Join Karen on Friday, January 16, from 12:00 noon-1:30 pm (In Studio and Online) for “Pranayama, The Art of Yogic Breathing,” where she will help you discover the regulation and expansion of life energy through breath (from the Sanskrit: “prana” means “life force or vital energy” and “ayama” means “extension, expansion, or regulation”). This class is open to students of all levels ready to explore the subtle art of yogic breathing, and signing up for the class gives you two weeks of online access to the recording. Sign up here: https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/calendar

01/11/2026

Twisting postures help develop the rib cage and hip mobility needed for arm balances. Here Julie shows a balance of mobility, strength, and lightness in her One Arm and Shoulder Pose.

01/09/2026

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Reach out into the space around you
• In a standing pose such as Half Moon Pose, extend your energy outward from the center of your body, out through your limbs and into the surrounding space.
• Imagine the reach of your energy moving far beyond the confines of your physical structure.
• Lengthen your spine and imagine space being created between all your joints.
• Notice how this spatial intention affects the pose. Observe how reaching into the periphery changes your balance, your breathing, and your ease in the pose.

01/07/2026

Join Karen on Friday, January 9, for “Core Support through Yoga,” where she will guide you through a sequence focused on developing core awareness and strength. You’ll explore how the abdominal and spinal muscles and the psoas support posture, balance, and ease of movement. The class will be recorded; everyone who signs up will have access to the recording for two weeks following the class. Sign up here: https://greentarayoga.punchpass.com/calendar

01/04/2026

Charlotte displays her smooth transition into Head Balance, and her upright alignment in the final pose in a lovely blend of strength and lightness.

01/02/2026

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Do daily reading about yoga philosophy
• Students of Iyengar Yoga are extremely fortunate that B.K.S. Iyengar was a prolific writer. He has left many books, articles and transcripts of talks for us to study.
• Select a book and commit to a few minutes of reading each day. Try doing your reading in the morning and see how it effects your asana practice and your day.
• A small amount of reading and reflection can have a big influence. A few pages of attentive reading are enough to nurture reflection about how you are practicing, and the meaning of yoga in your life.
• If you are new to philosophy studies, start with one of the more accessible books such as Light on Life or The Tree of Yoga.

01/01/2026

Iyengar Yoga is an innovative form of classical yoga focused on alignment and awareness. Green Tara Yoga was voted the FutureHeights Best Place to Practice Yoga in 2025. We offer weekly classes and a variety of special workshops. Your first class is free!

• Each $36 pass provides you with one month of unlimited access to a collection of three 90-minute classes with Karen Allgire, plus access to the asana sequences and notes about how to do the poses.

12/31/2025

This week’s holiday schedule has us closing early on New Year’s Eve, so our 6:00 pm Level I class will not be held on Wednesday, Dec 31, and we’re closed all day on New Year’s Day. Happy New Year to all!

12/28/2025

Sun salutes help develop strength and mobility while generating heat. They can become a practice in themselves, and are also a good preparation for standing poses, backbends or arm balances.

12/26/2025

Karen’s Yoga Practice Tip: Reflect on how to relate to others
• In Yoga Sutra I:33, the sage Patanjali describes how we should interact with others.
• We should be friendly toward those who are happy, compassionate toward those who are suffering, rejoice when we see virtue in others, and be non-reactive when we see vice.
• Practicing these qualities leads to citta prasadanam, a graceful diffusion of consciousness.
• Study Light on Life page 94 where B.K.S. Iyengar describes these four healthy movements of the mind.

12/25/2025