Why Don’t My Heels Touch The Floor In Downward Facing Dog

Your heels may never touch the floor in Downward Facing Dog. It isn’t a hard and fast rule. This pose is a spine lengthener, and you want to use your arms and legs as a way to support the actions of lengthening the spine while keeping the hips and shoulders in alignment. Sometimes, your stance […]

7/8 Destination: Maya Bay, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand

10 secret places for travelers to stash cash

HARD WON AND FILLED with spending potential, your rupees – dollars – Euros – pounds – dinars are an essential part of any trip. But that overloaded wallet you are carrying – with phone numbers, business cards, and photographs – is a rather insecure basket to store your cash. A few carefully stashed bills can be the […]

Winners of the Small World micro-photography contest

In Focus has a selection of winning photos from Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition. The picture featured above is a 40x view of the crystallization of tartrazine (dye primarily used as a food coloring), by Frederic Labaune, Education Nationale, Auxonne, France.