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Category: yoga for your body

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 9 Oct, 2019

    How your autonomic nervous system defines your mental state, reactions and behavior

    Imagine yourself biking in a safe neighborhood on a nice day. You are feeling good and safe. When you go up the hill, you have to pedal a bit harder,[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 2 Oct, 2019

    Three main forces that regulate your homeostasis and inner balance

    When my son was a baby, he used to wake up several times per night. After putting him back to sleep, I would lie in my own bed awake for[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 28 Aug, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hands, wrists and forearms

      Whenever you plan to work with hands, wrists and forearms in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following important points: Wrist problems are[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 14 Aug, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hamstrings, IT band, knees and ankles

      Whenever you plan to work with legs, knees and ankles in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following points: It is important to[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 7 Aug, 2019

    Yoga Teacher’s Toolbox: How to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators

      Whenever you plan to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following important points: Your hips[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 31 Jul, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hip flexors, extensors and QL

      Whenever you design a class or a private yoga session to address tension in hip flexors, extensors and QL, it helps to remember the following important points: Your hip muscles[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 24 Jul, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with lower back and sacrum

      Whenever you plan to work with lower back and sacrum in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following important points: Your lower back[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 17 Jul, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with core and pelvic floor

      Whenever you design a yoga class to strengthen the core or tone the pelvic floor muscles, it helps to remember the following important points: Your core musculature functions as[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 10 Jul, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with shoulders and upper back

      Whenever you plan to work with shoulders in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following important points: In our daily lives we rotate[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 3 Jul, 2019

    Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with neck and upper back

      Whenever you design a yoga class aimed at releasing tension in the neck and upper back, it helps to remember the following important points: Static stretching of the neck[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 26 Jun, 2019

    Follow the sun: Short yoga practice for happy neck

    It is hard for me to believe that June is almost over. My last two weeks seem like a blur of planes, trains, hotels, yoga events and family visits. And[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 19 Jun, 2019

    Take care of your lower back and sacrum

    Last week we explored how hormonal fluctuations, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, recurring asymmetrical activity, and sports injuries can lead to sacroiliac joint (SI) dysfunction and manifest as lower back pain.[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 12 Jun, 2019

    Is lower back pain gender-specific?

    My grandmother suffered from lower back pain for many years. She described it as sharp, debilitating pain on one side of her lower spine. The only remedy she could find[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · Announcements
    • — 20 Feb, 2019

    Yoga for Every Body: How to Adapt Yoga Poses for Different Situations, Conditions and Purposes

    I remember many years ago when I just started practicing yoga, I learned to do yoga poses in a very specific way: feet go here, arms go there, etc. Once[…]

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 6 Feb, 2019

    Do you experience butt discomfort or tension in your hips?

    Five years ago I wrote a blog post about different types of butt pain with specific details on how to identify potential reasons for discomfort and what to do about[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 23 Jan, 2019

    How to build a habit of consistent and meaningful home yoga practice

    Last week we identified three major obstacles that get in our way of making a positive behavior change (whether it’s maintaining a consistent home yoga practice, or any other action[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 16 Jan, 2019

    Why is it so hard to have a consistent, meaningful and inspiring home yoga practice?

    Two weeks ago I asked you to give me feedback on the content of my blog and answer few other questions on how yoga fits into your life. Thank you[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 26 Dec, 2018

    Find the right practice with ease: Updated Body Map for yoga practices

    Has your regular yoga practice slipped a bit through the holidays? Celebrate the New Year by restarting your home yoga practice; you can find a practice to take care of[…]

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    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 5 Dec, 2018

    You can do yoga anywhere: situational yoga practices

    My son is really into drawing; wherever we go, I always have a notebook and a pencil ready for him. When we visited Barcelona last summer, we went to all[…]

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    • in Virtual Yoga Studio · yoga for your body
    • — 17 Oct, 2018

    Short yoga practice for hip flexors

    The beauty of short yoga practices is that you can fit them into small pockets of your day much more easily than a full-length yoga practice. This means that you[…]

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