If you think about your legs—actually don’t think about them, look at them. Your legs are three-dimensional. Cylindrical in shape, with feet at the bottom and a pelvis at the top. Seems utterly elementary, no? Well, maybe not. As I sit…
Calf tightness and pain can be annoying and even debilitating for someone who loves activities or sports that require being on their feet. Many people assume calf tightness and pain to be emanating from their gastrocnemius, soleus and/or Achilles tendon, the…
I have a client who loves running. It is her raison d’être! So when she started having pain this past winter on the lateral superior part of her foot she became worried. She took several days off and iced; but, the…
Recently, one of my students discovered how tight her left shoulder was while I was teaching her the leg stretch series and practicing Yoga Tune Up® Leg Stretch #3. Although this pose focuses on the lumbar twist, it is also a…
Last week I introduced you to Raymond (not his real name), whose lifestyle of air travel, poor office chairs, and ‘weekend warrior-ing’ has caused him to experience debilitating back pain. Lower back lengthening and hamstring stretching poses such as Leg Stretch #3,…
Avoiding a regular practice of stretching will never get you the healing benefits that come with the work. Even if you only do one pose a day, you will make a huge difference in your body, brain and well-being.
There is one pose that I do religiously that tackles so many issues at once, it’s practically an ALL-IN-ONE Yoga Tune Up® pose. My students know that they will get one of a dozen variations of this pose in any of…
