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Your Flexibility Needs a Foundation

March 11, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Many people come to yoga because they desire more flexibility or they are already flexible. But without a solid foundation, that flexibility can can cause injury.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: flexibility, foundation, structure, yoga

How Restorative Yoga Gives CrossFit Athletes a Competitive Edge

March 10, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Restorative Yoga may not seem on par with CrossFit’s intensity, but it’s a secret “heavy lift” that delivers superior recovery and a competitive edge.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: CrossFit, fitness, mindfulness, nervous system, parasympathetic, performance, recovery, restorative yoga, yoga

The Change in a Yoga Pose That Changed My Perspective on Productivity

January 13, 2026 | Renée Fishman

How removing the “support” of a yoga block from a pose radically changed my perspective on yoga, productivity, and life itself.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: ability, blocks, capacity, foundation, Katonah Yoga, nervous system, security, stability, support, systems, yoga

A Tour of Your Body as a House

January 12, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Understanding your body as a house makes its forms and functions more understandable, and can help you identify where you get stuck in movement and in life.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: body, body as a house, fitness, Katonah Yoga, metaphors, performance, productivity

How Katonah Yoga Made My Yoga Practice Practical and Purposeful

January 10, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Even though I’m a yoga teacher, I didn’t always love yoga. That changed when I discovered Katonah Yoga, which helped me see yoga as practical and purposeful.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: body, confidence, fitness, habits, home, Katonah Yoga, maps, metaphor, navigating change, practical, practice, purpose, real estate, rituals, transitions, yoga

Why Your Muscles Stay Tight No Matter How Much You Stretch

November 15, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re constantly trying to stretch or massage away your chronically tight muscles and your efforts are failing, it might be time to consider that the tight muscles aren’t the problem.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: biomechanics, biopsychosocial, exercicse, fitness, muscles, nervous system, physiology, protection, safety, security, stability, stretching

What’s the Correct Way to Breathe in Cat/Cow Pose?

November 8, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Should you always inhale for cow pose and exhale for cat pose? It all depends on your intention for what you’re trying to accomplish.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: breathing, cat/cow, habits, patterns, yoga

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