Lori's Yoga

03/19/2026

See ya tonight 3/19/26 at Westminster College
Lakeview Room of McKelvey Campus Center
5:30pm

03/12/2026

**Lil Reminder**
NO YOGA class tonight at Westminster College 3/12/26

Take some time to practice on your own, wherever you’re spending spring break.☀️🧘🏼‍♀️🙏🏼

03/04/2026

Hey…
See ya all at yoga class!
tomorrow 3/5/2026
Westminster College
5:30pm
McKelvey’s Lakeview Room

I’ll be waiting for you.🙏🏼

02/25/2026

Yoga Class at Westminster College
Thursday 2/26/2026
5:30pm

Lakeview Room in McKelvey Campus Center
More info in the comments…

We will be working on Balancing Half Moon 🌖

02/18/2026

Hey… just a gentle reminder…
**No yoga class at Westminster College this week 2/19/26

If you still want to practice, there’s always my Patreon account. You can join for as little as $5/month and cancel anytime. You will have access to 70+ yoga videos/classes.

Namaste 🙏🏼
Lori

Get more from Lori’s Yoga on Patreon

02/11/2026

💙Join us at Westminster College🤍
Upstairs in McKelvey’s Lakeview Room
Thursday 2/12/26
5:30pm
(no class 2/19)

While teaching at the college last week, I looked across the room and thought, “How beautiful everyone looks in Kneeling Side Plank!”
I asked permission to take a pic 📸

When I got home and took a closer look. I was filled with emotion🥹
Everyone was practicing exactly as they should…
Some practicing the Full Pose, some making Modifications, and some honoring their body and Resting when needed.

Then I thought about how diverse our entire class is:
We have anywhere from Grandmothers to Student Athletics and Everyone in between!

No one cares if you’re wearing designer yoga clothing or hand me down clothes.
Everyone is completely respectful to eachother.🙏🏼

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Just Come!

02/09/2026

*20 YEARS AGO* ~ Super Bowl Sunday 2006 I finished up my first course of my yoga certification Level 1

The location was YSU. A snow storm had blown in and our instructor was trying to hurry through so she could allow us to get home safely.

I remeber arriving home in time to watch the 🏈game and feeing proud of myself for my leap of faith.

I was a stay-at-home mom with three sons (ages 10, 14, & 17) who were very involved in multiple sports. Oh my… when I think of my yoga journey. 💭

This pic is my middle son’s Sr year at Westminster College. I taught yoga at WC from 2009 - 2019 as part of their Life Long Learning program. And here I am teaching at Westminster again ~ as part of their Health and Well Wellness program.

Join us Thursday evenings 5:30pm in McKelvey Campus Center’s Lakeview room.
See you there 2/12/26
No class on 2/19/26

02/05/2026

02/05/2026

See ya Thursday, 5:30pm
Westminster College
McKelvey’s Lakeview Room

01/27/2026

Yoga class at Westminster College is CANCELED for this week ~ Thursday, January 29, 2026

See you all back at McKelvey’s Lakeview room next week, February 5th
💙🤍🙏🏼

(also, yoga class is canceled for February 19th)

01/23/2026

You all know how I obsess about stretching this muscle in my yoga classes. 🙏🏼

🌹👍🌹🗑️ THE BODY’S EMOTIONAL TRASH BIN

Have you ever taken a yoga class and, when deeply opening your hips, suddenly felt like crying for no reason?
You’re not crazy. You’ve touched your psoas. 😮‍💨

The Psoas Major is the deepest hip flexor muscle.
Physically, it allows you to lift your leg to walk.
Neurologically, it is the fight-or-flight muscle 🏃‍♂️⚡

When you feel fear or stress, the brain sends a signal:
“Curl up to protect the organs!”
The psoas contracts instantly.

😰 THE MODERN PROBLEM

We live in chronic stress:
📧 emails
🚗 traffic
📰 constant news

But we never run or fight. We stay seated.
That “escape energy” gets trapped in the psoas.

Over time, the muscle becomes:
• Chronically tense
• Short
• Dry

Because the adrenal glands (adrenaline) sit right above the kidneys and rest on the psoas, a tight psoas constantly stimulates them — keeping you in a permanent state of alert and background anxiety ⚠️🧠

🔓 FREEING THE PSOAS

Releasing the psoas isn’t just about easing lower back pain.
It’s about emptying the emotional recycling bin of the last 10 years 🧹💭

🌿 VITALIZATE TIP (The Release)

Constructive Rest Pose
👉 Don’t force a stretch if you’re very tense.

1️⃣ Lie on your back on the floor
2️⃣ Bend your knees and place your feet on the ground, hip-width apart
3️⃣ Let your knees gently fall toward each other (resting)
4️⃣ Place your hands on your lower belly 🤍

Stay there for 10–15 minutes ⏳
Gravity will allow the femur to “drop” into the hip socket, and the psoas will release on its own.

You may feel:
✨ Trembling
🔥 Warmth

Let it happen.

🧠 CONNECTION

Your psoas connects your legs to your spine — and your survival instincts to your nervous system.

📚 Source:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
“Psoas muscle and lumbar spine stability”
Liz Koch – The Psoas Book

11/15/2025

You can catch us at :50 💙🤍

Only 2 more yoga classes this semester at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA

Join us! 5:30pm!