Since 2001, Yoga Therapist Susi Hately has been on a mission to teach people how they can reduce or eradicate their chronic, persistent pain. In this free download, Susi, whose academic background is in kinesiology, biomechanics, and exercise physiology, talks about how she has been able to bridge modern science with ancient yogic healing practices. Susi … Continued
The role of chronic inflammation in the development of disease is receiving increasing attention from the medical community. Not unlike high blood pressure, it is increasingly looked to as the one factor we might be able to influence, which in turn could help us avoid a wide range of ailments ranging from cancer and heart … Continued
As yoga teachers, we often experience situations where students are unable to perform even basic yoga postures properly, because of physical limitations in strength and/or flexibility. To help such students progress, it’s essential for yoga teachers to know how to assess a student’s current strengths and limitations. Join yoga teacher and physical therapist Chrys Kub, … Continued
Many students come to yoga with pronounced posture problems like forward head posture (or ‘text neck,’), which in turn cause alignment issues in numerous yoga postures. In this course, Julie Gudmestad focuses on one of the origins of this problem: Chronically protracted scapula positioning caused by muscle imbalances, including tight pecs, and weakness in the trapezius and rhomboids. … Continued
Informal surveys indicate that the highest percentage of yoga injuries come from forward bending postures. One likely reason is that numerous biomechanical factors impact the safety of forward bends. These include not just tight hamstrings, but many other interactive anatomical and kinesiological factors, which most yoga teachers have not been trained to observe or correct. … Continued
Join us for an exciting new course with renowned author and yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater in which she will share some of the most important takeaways from her more than fifty years of teaching yoga! Yoga is not a work-out, it’s a work-in, says Judith. Yoga invits us to a transformative journey into the … Continued
Moving from the Organs – The Many Benefits of Twisting Postures We often focus on practicing our poses from the spine, arms and legs. But the ancient teachings of yoga also dealt with opening and quieting the organs of the body, like the heart, kidneys and liver that are found in the “kunda” or vessel … Continued
Many yoga classes speak about the benefits of hip “opening”, and yet surprisingly, the most common injuries in yoga are related to the hips – back pain, QL issues, piriformis syndrome, labrum tears, SI Joint and knee issues. This begs the question – what are we actually doing in hip openers? It is a little … Continued
One of the most important shoulder muscles for upper body weight-bearing yoga poses is serratus anterior. It is a hard muscle to find and describe, and isn’t mentioned often in yoga classes. That is especially unfortunate, because many students come to yoga with weak serratus muscles. Serratus weakens due to lack of strengthening activities, including … Continued
Scoliosis affects an estimated 6 million Americans, but millions more than that have minor scoliotic curvatures of the spine, which largely goes unrecognized, but can be the source of discomfort in the spine, shoulders and sacroiliac joints. Yoga, when practiced with insight and self-awareness, is quite well suited to working with scoliosis and the pain … Continued
How to Build a Thriving Yoga Teaching Practice With Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D., E-RYT-200 There are plenty of teaching opportunities outside yoga studios. Learn where to look for new teaching opportunities, how to create your own following of students, and how to position yourself for greater success. Eva Norlyk Smith is a long-term yoga practitioner … Continued
The effect of yoga on the nervous system is one way we can understand the truly integrative approach of yoga to health and well-being. The nervous system is our communication network through which we respond to internal and external stimuli and through which we work to maintain a homeostatic environment within our body. The effects … Continued