Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops nationally on pelvic floor strengthening to help … Continued
Life inevitably brings us difficulties – adversity takes many forms and can happen without warning. Particularly as we enter the last two to three decades of our lives, traumatic events become almost inevitable in the form of traumatic health challenges or the passing of friends, relatives, or even a life partner. Life challenges can scar … Continued
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While the war on cancer still sadly is far from succeeding, advances in detection and treatments have vastly increased the number of people surviving cancer. While that is good news, unfortunately, cancer survivors often face numerous significant after-effects that undermine their quality of life, says yoga teacher and cancer specialist Vicky Fox in this free … Continued
Join us for this 6-session yoga practice series course with Ellen Huang Saltarelli. In this course, you’ll learn how to use props creatively and intelligently to energize and enlighten your asana practice. These practices are precise, thoughtful, and often challenging. Practice #1: Using an array of props to emphasize various aspects of the pose, this … Continued
Everyone loses muscle strength as they get older, and because our daily activities (and fitness programs) don’t usually strengthen the pelvic floor, this part of the body is particularly vulnerable to problems. As a result, many women develop pelvic issues as they get older, including incontinence, prolapse, sexual dysfunction, and other issues rooted in the … Continued
Join James Knight through explorative somatic practices to help you unwind from stressful life experiences stored in our tissues (muscles and fascia). Fascia is the interconnected fabric of embodiment. It is a body-wide communication matrix, and it’s the largest sensing organ of your nervous system. When we’ve had accidents, injuries, or other stressful life experiences, … Continued
Join James Knight through explorative somatic practices to help you unwind from stressful life experiences stored in our tissues (muscles and fascia). Fascia is the interconnected fabric of embodiment. It is a body-wide communication matrix, and it’s the largest sensing organ of your nervous system. When we’ve had accidents, injuries, or other stressful life experiences, … Continued
Yoga poses that target the hip joints are among the quintessential yoga asana practices. They’re vital for increasing our general comfort with all forms of sitting, for supporting low back and knee health, and for releasing pent-up tension in the pelvic area from emotional stress and even from past trauma. Hip opening yoga poses also … Continued
Keeping our joints healthy is key to retaining our ability to move freely over our lifetime. Unfortunately, for most people, the joints begin to wear out in the later stages of life, slowing our movements and, in the worst cases, leading to the need for joint replacement. However, there are ways to prevent or slow … Continued
Cancer touches the lives of all of us. In the US and UK, 1 in 2 women and men will develop cancer at some point in their lives, according to the British Journal of Cancer. Even if we are lucky enough not to contract cancer ourselves, we all have close relatives and friends who will … Continued
Cancer touches the lives of all of us. In the US and UK, 1 in 2 women and men will develop cancer at some point in their lives, according to the British Journal of Cancer. Even if we are lucky enough not to contract cancer ourselves, we all have close relatives and friends who will … Continued
In this insightful free download, renowned yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater discusses the vital role of the core muscles, with a special emphasis on pelvic health. She provides yoga teachers and practitioners with expert guidance on using the abdominals correctly in yoga practice to avoid putting excessive pressure on the pelvic floor. Lasater explains that … Continued
Yoga poses that target the hip joints are among the quintessential yoga asana practices. They’re vital for increasing our general comfort with all forms of sitting, for supporting low back and knee health, and for releasing pent-up tension in the pelvic area from emotional stress and even from past trauma. Hip opening yoga poses also … Continued
Get ready to view the simple act of walking in a whole new light! In this illuminating interview, renowned podiatrist Dr. Emily Splichal spotlights the immense power of the gait cycle, i.e., our walking pattern, to influence our longevity and vitality and even to extend our health span. Doctors have long known that slow walkers … Continued
We look forward to having you join us for monthly mentoring sessions. These meetings are an open, interactive Q&A forum where all the members of the Online Yoga Studies Group come together to share their teaching experiences.
The core muscles are our physical, structural, and energetic center. A strong core is essential to healthy and functional movement throughout life. It forms the foundation for proper posture, ease and grace of movement, and even creates greater emotional balance and strength. For many people, core work is associated with tedious and unpleasant exercises, like … Continued
In this unique 3-hour bonus course, two of yoga’s most experienced and versatile teachers, Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee share their insights into how to immerse yourself in the deeper aspects of practice, and find your inner yoga. Learning to tune in to your inner compass will guide you in your practice and often … Continued
Enjoy these yoga practice videos with Julie Gudmestad, Marlysa Sullivan, Gabriel Halpern and Natasha Rizopoulos.
In this free download, renowned yoga teacher and author Bernie Clark, a leading authority on the practice of Yin Yoga goes into the details on the many unique features of Yin Yoga and how it can enrich other aspects of our yoga practice. Yin Yoga is the other half of our physical practice, notes Bernie … Continued