Mar 15, 2015 | Anatomy, Inversions |
I’d like to invite you to two workshops with me on Sunday March 22nd from 10am to 3:30pm. There are several places left in this full day devoted to a close look at what is needed to do inverted yoga poses with ease. The first one is suitable for beginners, but...
Nov 1, 2014 | Anatomy, Healing, Health, sciatica, Yoga Therapy |
The other night at the cinema, riveted by a documentary called “Once My Mother”, I felt a sudden stab of pain in the back of my left leg. I felt like jumping up and running out of the theatre, the pain was so acute. I thought, oh no, sciatica! My innate...
Jun 8, 2014 | Anatomy, Healing, Health, Yoga practices, Yoga Therapy |
The head is proportionately a heavy part of your body. The average weight is 6.6 to 8 pounds. So your neck may end up feeling compressed, especially from long hours at your desk or from doing detailed work. Here’s a way to lengthen the back of your neck. Use...
Aug 7, 2013 | Anatomy, Mindfulness Meditation, Yoga practices, Yoga teaching |
The miracle that our human body is goes unnoticed most of the time. A yoga teacher has the privilege of bringing people home to their bodies in the way she conducts classes – and hopefully to a sense of wonder and appreciation about our embodiment. Over the...
Aug 2, 2013 | Anatomy, Healing, Health, Yoga practices |
Do you love words? If you’ve followed these posts for some time, you must know that I love words. A favourite word of mine is articulate. It relates to two things that are important in my life and particularly in yoga teaching: language and anatomy. In relation...
Jul 25, 2013 | Anatomy, Families of Poses, Healing, Yoga practices |
The laughing yogini pictured above (me, c. 1989) is demonstrating the seated pose called Samakonasana. Most people would be crying rather than feeling light-hearted in this position, as they struggled with the combination of external hip rotation and hamstring...
Jul 22, 2013 | Anatomy, Families of Poses, Yoga practices |
In terms of our anatomy, the spinal column is an engineering work of art. Getting up on two legs – evolving from bipeds to quadrupeds – allowed us humans to see further and freed up our hands to carry tools and perform other tasks. It also conserved...
Jul 16, 2013 | Anatomy, Families of Poses, Nature, Yoga practices |
Daniel and I went on a bush walk in the Kattang Nature Reserve today, just north of the long sweep of Dunbogan Beach. It’s been a mild winter which probably accounts for the early season wildflower displays we discovered scattered among banksia shrubs,...
Jul 15, 2013 | Anatomy, Families of Poses, Side-bending, Yoga practices |
evolve wellness via pinterest Stretching the sides of your body, particularly hips, waist, rib cage, shoulder blades and arms, has benefits for your inner and outer body. In almost any yoga workout, you’ll find simple poses like triangle pose (trikonasana) or...
Jul 14, 2013 | Anatomy, Families of Poses, Yoga practices |
If yoga abdominal exercises are done properly, they are of tremendous benefit in toning digestive organs and creating postural support in the lower torso. What does ‘properly’ mean? It means we build up strength in this region slowly over time and we do...
Apr 26, 2013 | Anatomy, Healing, Health, Hip Surgery, Yoga practices, Yoga Therapy |
Judy is in a rehabilitation centre at the moment ‘finding her legs’, as she is 15 days out from double hip replacement surgery. She is a veteran yogi and also trained as a yoga teacher, and probably has about 35 years of Iyengar yoga under her belt....
Apr 10, 2013 | Anatomy, Side-bending, Yoga practices, Yoga teaching |
Source: etsy.com via Alison on Pinterest This week I came up with a sequence I enjoy doing and teaching. The theme is all about stretching the sides of your body, particularly hips, waist, rib cage, shoulder blades and arms. Somewhere along my yoga travels, I heard...
