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Category: yoga for your body

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    • in yoga for your body
    • — 12 Aug, 2020

    Gas exchange within the body: Don’t rush to get rid of carbon dioxide

    Two years ago, my family and I went to the beautiful San Juan Islands. The San Juan Islands are an archipelago of about 170 islands in the Pacific Northwest between[…]

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    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 5 Aug, 2020

    The mechanics of inhalation and the proper way to inhale in yoga

    In college I majored in Russian literature, and I remember being fascinated by the sheer number of heroines in the Russian classics who would faint at the slightest sign of[…]

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  • 5
    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 22 Jul, 2020

    Dual roles of your diaphragm and why they are essential in your yoga practice

    A diaphragm is the primary muscle of inhalation; it is responsible for about 75% of the air movement in normal breathing at rest (external intercostal muscles are responsible for the[…]

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    12
    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 15 Jul, 2020

    Your vital lung capacity: Why is it important and how can you improve it with yoga?

    The last time I went to visit my mom, she asked me to show her some yoga moves because she wasn’t feeling too well. Once we got down to the[…]

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  • 5
    • in Teaching tips · yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 17 Jun, 2020

    What do your students need in their yoga right now?

    Yesterday morning I was trying to do my pranayama practice, as my 9-year old was bouncing on furniture around me, my puppy was chasing his tail knocking over everything in[…]

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    9
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 18 Mar, 2020

    Ten things to do to benefit your well-being when you are home-bound

    Today I was supposed to fly to Hawaii for a part-work, part-vacation trip. I’ve been planning this trip for months, but now everything is cancelled. A lot has changed in[…]

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  • 0
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 6 Nov, 2019

    How to relieve tension in your neck and upper back

    Last week we explored three main reasons that produce neck tension. The main question is – how do we deal with different kinds of neck and upper back tension and achieve long-lasting[…]

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    2
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 30 Oct, 2019

    What could possibly be going on with your neck? Three main reasons for neck tension

    What do you do when you are startled, or if you hear, see, smell or sense something unusual? You immediately turn your heard toward it to see what’s going on.[…]

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  • 4
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 23 Oct, 2019

    What causes neck stiffness and tension headaches and how we can deal with them

    Do you ever get tension headaches? This feeling of a tight band wrapped around your head? Or maybe a localized throbbing at the very base of your skull that you[…]

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    10
    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy
    • — 16 Oct, 2019

    How to deal with your daily ups and downs: The four R’s of restoring connection

    Couple of months ago my husband and I went to see a play. It ran long, we hit traffic on the way back home, and instead of being away for[…]

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  • 0
    • 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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    5
    • 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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  • 0
    • 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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    0
    • 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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  • 0
    • 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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    0
    • 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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  • 1
    • 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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    3
    • 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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  • 0
    • 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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    5
    • 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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