Sun Salutation: How to Practice Vinyasa Without Stressing Your Wrists or Shoulders
Sun Salutations are the heartbeat of a vinyasa practice — the sequence most yoga classes return to again and again as a way of warming the body, building heat, and linking breath to movement. Which makes it particularly frustrating when
The Psoas: The Most Important Muscle You've Probably Never Heard Of
The psoas muscle may be the most important muscle you've never heard of How the Psoas Quietly Shapes Your Gut, Your Stress, Your Breath — and Your Aging… One of the most profound truths in human physiology is also one
Extended Hand-to-Toe Pose: How to Build Toward Full Expression Without Losing Your Balance
Extended Hand-to-Toe Pose is one of those poses that tends to collapse the moment you attempt it — the standing leg wobbles, the hamstring resists, and the effort of trying to hold it all together at once leaves you hopping
Forearm Balance: Finding Your Vertical Line Without the Shoulder Risk
Forearm Balance (Pincha Mayurasana) has a reputation for being a pose you either have or you don't — something that arrives one day when you finally get brave enough to kick up hard and hope for the best. But that
Ayurvedic Herbal Remedies for High Blood Pressure
Nearly half of U.S. adults will experience high blood pressure at some point in their lives. Medication can be effective at lowering blood pressure, but natural means can also help support healthy blood pressure. Ultimately, the best way to
Tom Myers - Fascia as a System of Biomechanical Auto-Regulation
I am so over the word ‘fascia.’ I have touted it for 40 years – I was even called the ‘Father of Fascia’ the other day in New York (it was meant kindly, but…) — now that ‘fascia’ has become
Stand Tall: 11 Yoga Poses to Improve Posture
This sequence is designed to help you improve your posture, especially if you tend to slump forward. Because this is a rather long practice, feel free to shorten it by only doing the dynamic versions of yoga poses that offer
Your Genes Aren't Destiny: How Yoga Changes Gene Expression
Here's something that even most yoga practitioners don't know. Within three hours of a yoga practice, measurable changes in gene expression can be detected in your blood cells. Not eventually. Not after months of practice. Within the same afternoon. And
Uncomfortable in Yoga’s Child’s Pose? Try These 4 Variations
A teacher training graduate writes: “When I teach Child’s Pose, I have noticed that some of my students keep their back straight and hips hiked up in the air, almost Downward Facing Dog-like. I’m not sure if this is a
Low Lunge Pose: Finding the Release Your Hip Flexors Have Been Waiting For
Most people who sit for long hours already know their hips are tight — they can feel it when they stand up, when they climb stairs, when they wake up in the morning with that familiar stiffness in the front
Yoga Pose Primer: Revolved Triangle Pose (Parvrtta Trikonasana)
If I had to pick the most complicated asana in the canon of common poses, Parvrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle Pose) would be among the top few. Parvrtta Trikonasana is a balance pose, a spinal rotation, a forward bend, and even
Wall-Supported Balance Practice: Finding Stability Without the Struggle
Balance poses have a reputation for being humbling. You stand on one leg, you wobble, you come out early — and somewhere in the back of your mind you start to wonder whether this is just something your body isn't
How to Make Savasana Actually Restful: The Two-Blanket Setup for Neck and Lower Back Support
Savasana has a reputation as the easy part — the reward at the end of class where you simply lie down and rest. But if you've ever spent those final minutes quietly negotiating with your neck, or noticed your lower
Half Moon Pose: Finding Stability Without the Chaos
Balance poses have a way of revealing something uncomfortable: that effort alone isn't the same as control. Half Moon Pose — Ardha Chandrasana — is one of yoga's most visually striking standing postures, and also one of the most frequently
Yoga Pose Primer: Parsva Balasana (Bird Dog Pose)
Chances are Bird Dog Pose (Parsva Balasana) does not have a 2,000-year history in the yoga tradition. More likely, the concept of a bird dog— a symbol of one of their favorite pastimes—may have come from the British who colonized