Do you suffer from painful hip, glute, or leg pain? Have you had sciatica for months or years but never tried yoga? These five poses will get at some of the common root causes of sciatica. 1. Bridge pose. Sciatica is often caused by tight hip flexors (from sitting too long), which “turn off” the […]
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Many yoga classes include some cat/cow motions, usually near the beginning of the sequence in order to warm up the spine. Have you ever wondered why we do them? Is it just so we can stretch out our backs? Is it good for breathing in and out? It all made a bit more sense to
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Warrior 2 is an interesting pose that involves the action of external rotation of the rear hip, even though the foot is angled towards the body. It flows well with reverse warrior and side-angle pose, as the leg and hip position remain largely unchanged throughout those poses. The most important consideration when doing any of
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One thing is for certain about chair pose, students have a definite preference for either keeping their feet together or standing with their feet hip width apart. Both of these variations can be safe for our knees, but not if we try to combine the two. By that I mean, if you are going to
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Once we’ve arrived in Downward Facing Dog, we can move right into the next pose, right? Possibly, depending on the instructor’s sequence. But when you consider how much time we spend either holding or flowing through downward dog, it’s a pretty important pose to focus on in preventing wrist and shoulder pain. There are plenty
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It looks magnificent when the yoga journal models hold the pose with a lengthened spine, engaged core, and an eloquent upward gaze! It can feel, however, like your low back is about to break, your neck is straining, and you can’t really breathe. One obvious alternative to the discomfort is to swap cobra pose for
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I recently heard a comedian joking about his lack of experience with yoga. He said something along the lines of, “everyone else around me was warming up with handstands and intense stretches, and I was still trying to figure out which side of my yoga mat touched the floor last time!” That gave me a
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Ease into Power Yoga By Sandy Baird, DC Power yoga is an athletic, fast-paced, challenging class that is usually performed in a warm room. The poses are linked together in a flowing manner, and the practitioner connects his or her breath to the movements in and out of poses, as a way to build-up internal
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