Morning yoga practice to energize your system
Need to wake up and get going? Try this morning yoga practice. This is an example of how you can use yoga to energize and get ready for the day[…]
Need to wake up and get going? Try this morning yoga practice. This is an example of how you can use yoga to energize and get ready for the day[…]
Had a rough day? Try this yoga practice. This is an example of how you can use yoga to unwind after a difficult day. It begins with stronger movements to[…]
I am not a morning person. In my early days as a yoga practitioner I would will myself into x number of sun salutations or some power yoga routine in[…]
A few weeks ago, a student complained of trouble falling asleep. You know how it goes – you are lying there awake at 2am, mind still spinning. I suggested that[…]
What differentiates a living breathing human body from a cadaver? After all, the hardware is still there: heart, lungs, brain – they are just not working. If you ask a[…]
Recently a new student asked me: “Why do we care about breath in yoga anyway?” This caused me to stumble for a moment as different possible answers rushed through my[…]
My yoga teacher likes to ask: what is more important – your hamstrings or your liver? The question is not meant to undermine the importance of the structural issues that[…]
This simple yoga practice consists of four 5-minute stretch breaks that you can do whenever you have to sit too much. It is designed to release tension in the areas[…]
When I was in middle school, a friend of mine, whose mom was a doctor, mentioned in passing that many bus drivers had problems with their intestines falling out since[…]
This yoga practice will help release tension in the muscles that get stressed from running or hiking. It includes both stretching and strengthening poses for the hips, legs and back,[…]
This short yoga practice will help prepare your knees, hips and back for running or hiking and will help protect you from potential injuries. No need for a yoga mat[…]
As a yoga therapist I create practices for students who are very physically active, students who are sedentary and everything in between. Students at both ends of the activity spectrum[…]
This home yoga practice will stretch and strengthen the lateral structures of the torso to begin restoring symmetry to the position of your pelvis (pelvis leveling). Make sure that you[…]
There is a peculiar maneuver that I often recommend to the students who have restrictions in the movement of their hips; I call it a “salsa move”. I find it[…]
This home yoga practice will help you release tension in the piriformis muscles and other hip rotators. This practice is not so much about “hip opening”, but more about the[…]
Having a literal pain in the butt is not a fun experience; it can make walking, sitting and sleeping difficult and uncomfortable. It is certainly something that one would want[…]
This home yoga practice for the hips will help you release tension in the inner thighs (adductors) and strengthen your outer hips (abductors). You will need a yoga block (preferably[…]
Few months ago this video of Jean Claude van Damme doing a split between two moving trucks made quite a stir and produced a number of copycats trying to do[…]
This practice will help you release tension in the psoas and iliacus muscles, as well as their supporting musculature. You will need a sturdy chair to get the best out[…]
Technically, we have five main hip flexor muscles, but one of them seems to be in the spotlight much more then others – the “mighty psoas”. Psoas seems to be[…]