One of the great benefits of being a Yoga Tune Up® teacher is the shared knowledge constantly crossing the globe from YTU teacher to YTU teacher – literally! This latest question posed by YTU teacher Nathania Apple received such detailed and…
I have a friend, and fellow coach, who is an elite level CrossFit athlete and a Yoga Tune Up® teacher’s dream. He is strong AND supple and moves beautifully. Despite having had a few serious injuries from his career as a…
As an athlete, singer, yogi and human I find inhalation to be very near and dear to my heart. I mean, it does help to keep me alive! Thankfully, I have my serratus posterior superior (SPS) to literally help with the…
Last time we talked about awakening the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis for all kinds of love inducing activities. By now your fingers must be itching for some Yoga Tune Up® relief! With that in mind, let me do the honor of offering…
When the Beatles wrote “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” in the coquettish year of 1963 they were not singing about the flexor digitorum superficialis, but this extrinsic flexor muscle, a master puppeteer of the fingers at the proximal interphalangeal joints and crucial…
“You are only as flexible as your… ribs.” These soft-spoken words from the mouth of my teacher gave my brain a little jolt. Up until that moment I had only heard spine as the end of this phrase, a cliché classic…
Despite the heroic title of this blog, for the better part of two years pain was the boss of me. I hurt in multiple places and as a movement professional it was embarrassing. I kept saying to myself: “I’m a professional,…
An overworked masseter can lead to jaw tension, headaches, and the oh-too-common TMJ syndrome. Check out the link below to watch Jill’s YTU tips and tricks to relieve jaw tension and pain to keep the Masseter and its other facial buddies…
Simon says: say “cheese”. Simon says: pucker your lips. Simon says: knit your eyebrows. Simon says: name all the muscles of the face. Simon just zoomed from a fun-guy to a stick-in-the-mud with one innocent request, didn’t he? In Simon’s defense,…
Not only can a weak supraspinatus muscle hinder everyday activities and workouts, but neglecting the muscle all together can be a source of discomfort and neck pain. Discover your body blind spots by reaching areas that have become neglected or overworked…
