Wonder where you fall on the aging trajectory and how to target your yoga practice to stack the aging odds in your favor? We have much more power over the aging process than most people realize. But the key is to start early and plan ahead! By the time problems begin to emerge, you’re already … Continued
Introduction to Backbends for Beginners with Julie Gudmestad This practice is designed for the beginner and older beginner yoga student who is new to backbending. Julie has expertly crafted this practice to first warm up the shoulders and core muscles, preparing your body for the deeper stretching that will take place later in the class. … Continued
Beginner Guide To Downward Facing Dog With Cyndi Lee Bring balance, length, strength, and connection to the earth into your Downward Dog through this tutorial. Downward Dog is not a one-size-fits all pose, and as our bodies change from doing yoga, our Downward Dog pose will shift as well. The guidelines Cyndi provides in this … Continued
Strong and Steady with Full Side Plank (Vashistasana) Vashistasana is a challenging, core-strengthening and balancing pose. It stabilizes the arms, belly, legs, and wrists, and in its full version, demands flexibility of the legs. In this tutorial, Natasha breaks this pose down into other, more familiar poses whose actions all come into play in Vashistasana, … Continued
Dump the Slump: Deepen Your Backbends to Improve Posture The amount of time we spend sitting in chairs closes up our front body: our hips flex at a right angle; our arms stay low, which tightens our shoulders; our diaphragm is compressed; our chest dropped; and our mid-back flexed. It’s no wonder we face a … Continued
Can Alzheimer’s be prevented? And how might yoga help? In this free download, Dr. Baxter Bell, author of Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being, shares some exciting new research on the potential for reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. For decades it has been assumed that Alzheimer’s and dementia are diseases that … Continued
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Can Alzheimer’s disease be prevented? Indeed, promising new research shows that dementia is not an inevitable condition of old age over which we have no control. There are steps we can take to reduce our risk of Alzheimer’s and improve cognitive functioning – and the earlier we start, the better. Join Baxter Bell, MD, C-IAYT, … Continued
The foot is the only contact point between the body and the ground. The 26 bones of the foot form a complex structure, which plays a critical role in the way in which our body stabilizes during dynamic movement. We usually pay the most attention to the bones, muscles, and ligaments of the foot. However, … Continued
The pelvic floor muscles are increasingly becoming recognized as an important focus for our regular exercise and fitness activities. Proper work of strengthening, stabilizing, stretching, and softening the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation for each movement in the body. Yet what is most prescribed as a catch-all cure is “just do your … Continued
The pelvic floor muscles are increasingly becoming recognized as an important focus for our regular exercise and fitness activities. Proper work of strengthening, stabilizing, stretching, and softening the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation for each movement in the body. Yet what is most prescribed as a catch-all cure is “just do your … Continued
Studies have shown that yoga offers a wide range of benefits in a surprisingly wide range of areas. These include not just the enhancement of physical fitness but improvement in several areas relating to nervous system functioning, such as awareness and mindfulness, self-regulation of internal physiological and psychological states, as well as the development of … Continued
“Research suggests that unresolved PTSD can facilitate lasting physiological changes and that these modifications can be passed on to the next generation.” – Dr. Arielle Schwartz We usually think of trauma as something caused by shocking or harmful experiences that affect us personally. But did you know that you might be affected by trauma, and … Continued
Discover New, Innovative Approaches to Old Standbys! Find new ways to fall in love with yoga and deepen your practice. Whether you are a yoga teacher or yoga practitioner, you will enjoy this 7-session practice series with Melina Meza’s signature innovative approaches to practicing common yoga poses. Learn how to go beyond standard approaches to … Continued
Sometimes wish that you could stop the merry-go-round of our frenzied lifestyle and just take some time out to chill out? Join us for a course with renowned yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater on Exploring the Stages of Being: The Yoga of Inner Peace. Learning how to take a “time out” to soothe and relax … Continued
“Research suggests that unresolved PTSD can facilitate lasting physiological changes and that these modifications can be passed on to the next generation.” -Dr. Arielle Schwartz Does your family come with a secret story that is hard to tell? Indeed, most of us grow up in families which carry with us some history of past traumatic experiences. … Continued
Can we maintain the effortless sense of ease and focus that is the hallmark of a good yoga practice, even when we introduce more demanding, strength-building work into our yoga practice? It is well known that strength-building is one of the most effective ways to slow age-related degeneration of the body. Our muscle mass decreases … Continued
Until recently, fascia was mainly seen as a supportive and protective tissue, one that held muscles, bones, and organs in place. This view of fascia has been challenged in the last several decades as researchers have taken a closer look and have begun to uncover the true complexity of this multi-layered tissue. Those involved in … Continued
What will the Third Act of your life look like? And how much power do you have to influence how well you age and how healthy you will be in the last one third of your life? Trail-blazing actress Jane Fonda has set an example for how the last part of our lives indeed can … Continued
Do you feel like Tin Man when you wake up in the morning with achy, stiff joints and tight muscles? Well, it doesn’t help to go hunting for Dorothy with the oil can, notes Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers in this week’s free download talk. It’s a pretty universal phenomenon that over time, the soft … Continued