Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle) Tutorial
This tutorial will give you more understanding of alignment in Parivrtta Trikonasana.
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Playful Ways to Work with Balance
Strengthen your hips and build balance with this practice. Explore entering familiar standing poses from new angles to lay a stronger foundation. This practice stimulates proprioception, works with your vestibular system, and increases your capacity to balance and stabilize during transitional movements–a key factor in healthy aging.
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Tutorial: Help with Supta padangusthasana
While Supta Padangusthasana is mostly a hamstring stretch, there are a few other elements involved in this pose that can make it difficult to make progress in the pose and experience its benefits. In this video, Doug shows you tips to get the most out of the pose and also variations to get a better … Continued
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Tutorial: Working with the Hamstrings in Seated Forward Bends
Forward seated bends can pose a particular challenge to those with tight hamstrings or less-than-strong lower backs. In this video, Doug shows how to work with these limitations. He also covers important anatomical details to be aware of in the posture to prevent strain or injury.
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Tutorial: Exercises and Principles for Working the Four Corners of the Feet
In this tutorial, Doug shares principles to improve your arches and work with some of the problems many people encounter with their feet. These techniques, when brought into your action poses, will help stabilize the corners of your feet and strengthen the multiple arches each foot to help prevent chain reaction of ankle, knee, and … Continued
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Tutorial: Variations in Arm Positions in the Cobra Pose — and Chaturanga Dandasana
Often times, having the hands as we have them in traditional cobra puts pressure on the fronts of the shoulders, irritating the biceps tendon and causing tension that rounds up into the neck. To avoid shoulder pain, neck tension, or tension in the upper back, Doug presents alternatives that can help open our shoulders as … Continued
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Tutorial: Arm Rotations in Downward Facing Dog Pose
In this tutorial, Doug shows you what the rotation of the elbows should be in Downward Dog and how to work with the arms and elbows in the pose. Doug also shows you how to handle the common problem of hyperextension in the elbows, which can place unhealthy pressure on the shoulders and wrists.
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Tricking Tight Hamstrings into Lengthening: Quick Tip from Dr. Baxter Bell
Tight hamstrings are one of the biggest complaints yoga practitioners–new and experenced–face. Fortunately, there’s a secret to tricking your hamstrings into stretching out more than they want to. Watch as Dr. Bell demonstrates this trick!
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Too Tight to Do Yoga? Quick Tip from Dr. Baxter Bell
Many people tell Dr. Bell that they are “too tight to do yoga.” See what the doctor has to suggest in response.
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Don’t Jam Your Low Back: Quick Tip for Tree Pose
Many yoga teachers instruct practitioners to point their knee out to the side in Tree Pose in order to open their hips. When done right, this can work, but there’s a little thing most students also end up doing that puts strain on the lower back. Listen to Dr. Bell’s explanation, and try out your … Continued
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Strengthen and Stretch: Seated Compass
Open, twist, and strengthen your whole body (seriously) in this expertly-designed Vinyasa class from Kate Heffernan. This class will build to a challenging yoga pose called Seated Compass Pose (with modifications for the not-so-flexy.) In preparation for this pose, Kate will guide you through poses that will open the inner thighs and hamstrings, while also … Continued
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Tutorial: Jump Through to Seated
Preparatory poses for jump through, including Navasana and Tolasana, then practice the jump through to seated from Downward Dog.
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