How to keep your sacrum happy

Over the winter holidays, I went to Chicago for a short family vacation. Fun, right?…

Get the bowling balls off your neck

A recent study published by Surgical Technology International concludes that when you look down at…

Six yoga substitutes for the most common gym pre-exercise stretches

Every time I go to the gym, I see somebody doing the anga bangha stretching.…

Stretching is overrated: it doesn’t help with muscle tension or muscle soreness

Some years ago, an article in the New York Times titled Reasons Not to Stretch…

Yoga version of kegel exercises for men and women

We all know that kegel exercises are useful for strengthening the pelvic floor muscles; but…

Yoga for pelvic floor muscles: do you need to strengthen or release?

My toddler has been going through a potty training process, which means learning to control…

Mula bandha: what it is and whether or not you need it

Some Sanskrit words had successfully made it into our pop culture. When a lady in…

IT band stretching and rolling won’t relieve the tension

As a yoga therapist, I create practices for students who are very physically active, students…

Dance your way out of hip pain – salsa moves can help relieve QL tension

There is a peculiar maneuver that I often recommend to students who have restrictions in…

Yoga practice to release piriformis tension

This home yoga practice will help you release tension in the piriformis muscles and other…

Three types of pain in the butt and what you can do about it

Having a literal pain in the butt is not a fun experience; it can make…

Home yoga practice for the hips with emphasis on adductors and abductors

This home yoga practice for the hips will help you release tension in the inner…

Neglecting your hip abductors can mess up your walk, sleep and balance

A few months ago, this video of Jean Claude van Damme doing a split between…

Yoga practice for the hip flexors

This practice will help you release tension in the psoas and iliacus muscles, as well…

Stretching the hip flexors is not always a good idea

Technically, we have five main hip flexor muscles, but one of them seems to be…

Assessment yoga practice for the hips

This yoga practice for the hips will help you assess the asymmetries in your hips…

Why do we get hip pain and what can we do about it?

When you look at the structure of the hip joint, it becomes clear that it…

Want pain-free shoulders? Cut down on your Downward dogs and Planks

A fellow yoga teacher confided in me once: “I had quite a scare in my…

Six reasons your yoga practice can become a pain in the neck

Many of us carry tension in our necks, and when we go to a yoga…

How to stretch your neck and relieve neck tension more effectively

If you google “neck stretches” or “neck stretching” you will get a number of variations…