Thursday, May 30, 2013

What Knife-Hand Strike Can Tell Us About Hand/Wrist Alignment?

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One of the things that we are concerned with in yoga is creating space: space in the flesh body, space in the mind body, space in the emotio...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

How Are Your Groins Connected to Your Humanity?

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"The groins are of great importance for humans because their full extension creates the upright posture unique to our species. In a sen...
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Downward-Facing Dog Exploratorium

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Downward-facing dog is one of those ubiquitous yoga poses, spanning styles, methods, disciplines, and approaches. It is a defining (visual) ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Bands to the Aid

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Up until now, a lot of my posts have alluded to or discussed myofascial (myo=muscle, fascia=connective tissue) lines or tracks in the body, ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The seesaw principle and the deep front line

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You are in yoga class in a standing pose with the front knee bent, as in virabhadrasana 1 or 2 (warrior) or parsvokonasana (side angle), and...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Turn the Key, or How to Optimize Your Shoulder Alignment

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When talking about shoulder alignment in yoga classes, the practitioner most often hears about the upper arm bone (the humerus) and the shou...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Scoop or Lift: Up Front in the Back

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The instruction to scoop or lengthen one's tailbone is a very common, if not ubiquitous, instruction in yoga classes. Mountain pose: tai...