In honor of Spring and all of its novelties, I am sharing two Yoga Tune Up® techniques that literally wash away the remnants of bad-habits from your tissues and allow for the surrounding structures to blossom into their fullness. For now,…
On Wednesday, we discovered that the “Cinderella” of our hip flexors, the bi-articular sartorius, could be an over-looked cause of muscular pain at the anterior hip and medial knee. Over and above an acute injury to the muscle, we should also…
Although squatting is an essential human movement that we should all ideally be able to perform with ease, the majority of our modern Western bodies are significantly “squat-challenged”. There are many different areas of the body that can restrict our range…
In my previous article, “The Emperor Muscle – the Gluteus Maximus and Other Pains in the Butt”, we discussed the mechanics of how gluteus maximus dysfunction and generally weak hips can show up elsewhere in the body as IT band pain,…
When I first started practicing yoga, I was a hot mess in Triangle Pose. I thought that if I touched the floor with my hand, I was achieving the best possible version of the pose. I watched everyone around me placing…
I love practicing yoga. I love strengthening and lengthening my muscles feeling an overall transformation every time I step off of my mat, and into my day. I do however, have moments where I wish my heels would drop further to…
Marcus was a client of mine who came to me for Pilates classes. However we did very little Pilates and focused on his acute lack of flexibility, through mobility and yoga. He wore very high heels for work every day (yes…
“To bend like a reed in the wind — that is real strength.” – Lao Tzu All athletes and movement artists know the importance of the spine as the central axis for human movement. And even if we’re not athletes by…
A few weeks ago, I taught a Yoga Tune Up® class that focused on the psoas. I started by educating my students on the very basic anatomy of this deep gut muscle. All across the room I begin to witness complete…
When you stand in your ‘normal’ posture, do your feet rotate in, out, one in, one out or are they parallel? Another way to ask the question is, are you duck toed or pigeon toed? Stand, look, and answer. Go ahead,…
