FleshContext
A blog by Anna Karkovska about yoga, asana, alignment, anatomy, yoga philosophy
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Rhomboids: Enter the Magician's Circle
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I was scrolling through my make-believe Facebook feed the other day and came across this Yoga Journal blog post , which was posted by Amy Ip...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Allow Your Core to Happen
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I recently led a workshop titled "Allow Your Core to Happen." So much of what we think about the core propels us to work harder, t...
Friday, October 4, 2013
Walking as a Practice of Letting Go
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When I was doing Jenny Otto 's yoga as therapy training in 2010, I remember her telling us about Mary Dunn, the late Iyengar yoga teache...
Friday, September 13, 2013
In Defense of External Rotation
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Yogis of all stripes view external rotation with ambivalence at best. I've heard many lamentations about coming to yoga and being very e...
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Why Internal Rotation of the Legs Is Misunderstood
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In yoga, we have a love affair with internally rotating the legs. Down dog: turn the legs in. Standing forward fold (uttanasana): turn the l...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
How to Release Groins of Steel
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Short answer: stop digging your heels! I came to this insight as I was riding my bike (which I do every day to and from work). Basically, I ...
Friday, July 5, 2013
Levator Scapulae: Perp or Vic?
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You can't integrate the pieces until you can differentiate them, and that for most people is a big deal - most people don't even re...
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