Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Yoga practice can have a major impact on your life as a dancer, not just on a physical level, but on a mental and emotional level too.

Habitually crossing your legs when you sit can cause lower back pain. Stop this unhealthy habit now and start recovering with these Yoga Tune Up® exercises.

One of the cool things about the back is the lumbar spine and its free form structure. All too often, however this area of our body is a source of chronic pain and instability – WHY?

Our bodies are a wealth of information, loaded with pleasure, pain and memories. Our minds sometimes stuff memories into our tissues that were painful or traumatic. A practice of yoga can come across those memories within the body’s tissues like trip wires that result in opening up the flood gates of unprocessed emotion.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome may begin as a tingling in the fingers from too much repetitive movement, but left untreated can develop into a serious condition that may even require surgery. Let’s address the situation before it becomes a liability by applying some common sense and a little Yoga Tune Up®!

Breath equals life. Correct breathing in yoga is perhaps one of the most important keys to exploring the practice. Ujayii breath is one of many breathing techniques used in yoga — and I recommend you try it for stress relief and mind-body health even if you’re not a regular yoga practitioner.

Holding a phone to your ear for extended periods sets up a string of prolonged tension in a gaggle of muscles that are prone to adapt to their shortened position.

On day one of the training, the trainees reminded me what it was like to be new to anatomy: they were hearing strange words and working hard to give them context, sometimes finding themselves totally confused, and occasionally discovering moments of clarity and comprehension.

Bonnie Golden recalls how one of her yoga students had a hard time with tree pose. Turns out plantar fasciitis was at the root of her problem.