Announcing: Yoga in the garden with Sheena Adams

Credit: Courtesy Sheena Adams

Sheena demonstrates the “tree pose,” excellent for balance and shoulder stretching.

Organic gardener and GardenWise columnist Sheena Adams to blog about yoga for gardeners

Many of you are familiar with Sheena Adams as a longtime GardenWise magazine columnist focused on the health benefits of organic gardening. What you may not know is that in addition to her strong background in horticulture, Sheena is also a yoga teacher and Ayurvedic counsellor.

Currently she is back at university working on a biology degree at the University of Fraser Valley, and she also has several very cool projects in the works, including an upcoming internship in an elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka!

Recently I asked Sheena if she would be interested in sharing her expertise on yoga with her readers. Yoga is a fantastic way to get in shape for the gardening season, plus—like gardening—it calms the spirit and puts the world right when you are overwhelmed by the wear and tear of modern-day life.

As Sheena demonstrates—above, the “tree pose” on a mountain perch and, below doing the “downward dog” on a trip to Desolation Sound—yoga is very portable and fun to do wherever you may wander.

Check out Sheena’s yoga moves and tips, featured in GardenWise Online’s Rhizome community blog. Here’s her first post…

The “downward dog” is an excellent hip opener and side stretch.