In my Continuing Education Training over the past several years I have completed courses on yoga for high blood pressure, or hypertension (HTN), with two different doctors, Dr. Tim McCall and Dr. Baxter Bell. Both have spoken of the scientific data regarding the benefits of yoga on HTN, including its ability to train the nervous …
Aging Gracefully
Less Is More: 30-Minute Functional Flow Yoga!
Over the past few years as I’ve been doing research on yoga and aging, I’ve come across several recommendations from experts saying that as you get older your workout routine should change. In particular, the general consensus is that the length of your workouts should get shorter. Yes, you heard that right! Less exercise! The …
One of My Favorite Student Stories About the Importance of Relaxation
You know how you have those incidents that stick in your mind long after they’ve occurred? One of my favorite student stories about the importance of relaxation is one that has stuck in my mind for almost a decade now. Allow me to share… A number of years ago I had a student who was …
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Yoga for Osteoporosis Prevention
Osteoporosis–a condition in which bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes as we age, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D–affects 1 in 10 women in their 60s, 1 in 5 in their 70s, 2 in 5 in their 80s, 2 in 3 in their 90s. …
Vinyasa Yoga Sequence for Text Neck
I recently wrote a blog post about Text Neck as a supplement to the audio sequences I recorded as part of my *7 Weeks to Better Posture* course. My yoga classes always have very thought-out intentions behind them. My intention for this sequence is to help you bring greater awareness to the placement of your neck …
Do You Have Text Neck?
Did you know that shoulder tension happens more because our head is not positioned correctly on top of shoulders (forward head) vs. stress? The first sign of posture deterioration — forward head, or ‘text neck’ – is shortness in the front of the neck, chest and upper abs. We get this from so much looking …
6 Easy Steps To Improve Your Posture
Time for another installment of helpful tips from my Yoga Welless Educator training! Try these out–in your yoga practice or any time–and see if they help you improve your posture! 1) Align feet parallel and knees tracking forward 2) Tone legs and gently lift knee caps 3) Lengthen tailbone down 4) Side ribs long, abs …
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is a pretty common complaint that I hear from yoga students. Since I just had another student asking me about it I thought I would post these two short videos from some anatomy-based yoga teachers here so that you can educate yourself in the hopes of preventing plantar fasciitis yourself, or mitigating it the next …
7 Reasons Why Balance Becomes More Difficult As We Age
Updated June 2022 Some of you may have heard me mention the year-long Yoga Wellness Educator training I am in the midst of taking. Although I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, there is always so much more to learn. This training is a great source of continuing education for me, especially because most of …
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